2021 August Salvage Shop #3

 Black beans  39 cents

Red kidney beans (3)  39 cents each

Chili beans 49 cents

Small white beans (2)  49 cents each

Garbanzo beans (3)  49 cents each

Garbanzo beans (29 oz)  59 cents

Pinto beans (29 oz)  (3)   59 cents each

White chicken (10 oz) 99 cents

Coconut milk (2) 69 cents each

Fried apples (2)  49 cents each

Tomato sauce  49 cents

White clam sauce  69 cents

Jasmine boil in bag rice for RV   69 cents

Dry milk (1#)   (3)   89 cents each

Korma simmer sauce (2)  39 cents each

Gyro breads  99 cents

Pam  89  cents

Montreal steak seasoning  49 cents

Total  $19.49

2021 Frugal Things in September

 1.  We vacationed in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, known for its smoked white fish.  We found smoked salmon at one fish store.  It was on sale for $5/#.  We bought two pounds.  Lots of yummy bagels in my future!

2.  Regular white fish is delicious but expensive up here.  To cut the cost we went at lunchtime, ordered one take out dinner and split it.  Perfect!

Not a very frugally centered month.  Hope October is better.

2021 Buying and Eating: October 1-15

 Monthly Allocation:  $310

Cushion:  $773.38

YTD Amount (256 days):  $6.32/day

What We Ate: pasta with ham and peas in a white sauce with cheese, salad; pumpkin curry and quinoa; Salisbury steak and noodles with lima beans and salad; potato and cheese quiche, sauteed green beans, toast; ham and sauteed cabbage and apples with salad; pumpkin curry with quinoa, salad and fruit; beef and noodles, roasted Brussels sprouts, plums, Swiss Cheese bread; tortellini with cheese and chicken and ham, three bean salad, pears; Swedish meatballs, baked potatoes and green beans; sloppy Joe, fried potatoes, applesauce; savory sausage bread pudding;  pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, homemade rolls; chicken, beans and rice,, veg, fruit; Grilled ham and cheese with potato skins

What We Bought:

Homestead Farm:  apples and apple cider $17.34

Union Market:  croissants and baguette  $12.25

Bread Store:  bagels (3), English muffins (3)   $5.49

Tops:  eggs (2), potatoes (5#)  $3.75

Total for Groceries:  $38.83

Eating Out:

Lunch with girls and grands  $16

Birthday brunch with girls and grands :  $38.00

Total for Eating Out:  $54.00

Two Week Total:  $92.83

Remaining Allocation:  $218.17

2021 August Salvage Shop #2

 Canned pinto beans ( 29 oz )  69 cents

Canned Roman beans  (15 1/2 oz)  39 cents

Black beans 39 cents

Red kidney beans  39 cents

Sliced beets 39 cents

Whole water chestnuts (4) 49 cents each

Artichoke hearts 39 cents

Beef stew starter  (2) 2/ 59 cents

Bean sprouts 39 cents

Bamboo shoots 49 cents

Grape leaves (16 oz) 99 cents

Vegetable karma (2) 59 cents each

Beefy onion soup mix (3) 79 cents each

Fine egg noodles 69 cents

Brown sugar, 2#  (3)  99 cents each

Wheatabix cereal  $1.50

Total:  $22.79

2021 August Salvage Shop #1

 Frozen spinach (3) @50 cents each

Ham steak (2) @ $.99 each

Nann  33 cents

Fire roasted eggplant (100 oz)  $1.99

Cider vinegar $1.40

Bleu cheese dressing 50 cents

Sliced water chestnuts (5) 10 cents each

Yeast (1#)  $3.29

Tiny shrimp (4 oz) 2@ 75 cents each

Smoked salmon (2) @ $1.99

Cottage cheese $1.00

Potatoes (10#) $2.00

Onions (10#) $3.00

Total:  $20.99

Buying and Eating: September 16-30

 Remaining Allocation:  $167.91

Cushion:  $712.55

YTD (226 days):  $1378.41

What We Ate:  leftover pizza and French fries; bbq pork sandwiches, garlic. Couscous, green beans; Swedish meatballs with potato dumplings and sliced beets; zucchini- crab cakes, potato rounds with cheese, roasted beets, carrots raisin salad; grilled chicken, coleslaw, stuffing, green beans; sloppy Joe and potato skins; Swedish meatballs, mashed potatoes, corn; garlic shrimp and cheese tortellini, homemade bread; mock chicken fried steak, corn, baked potato; tuna chowder and grilled cheese; Greek salad with grilled chicken, cheesy onion bread; pasta with sauce, salad, garlic bread; ham steak on the grill, winter squash, pasta with cheese

What We Bought:

Price Rite:  tomatoes (1.5#), cucumber (2), red sweet peppers (3)  $3.34

Costco:  feta, paneer, parmigiano, Dubliner, Swiss   $ 53.87

The Creamery:  feta, cheddar with stout  $  12.88

Fort Meade Commissary:  eggs (3 doz), butter, potato mixes (2), olives (4), potato flakes (for baking), beef bouillon, chicken bouillon, dry split peas, pasta sauce (3)  $29.57

Grocery Total:  $99.66

Eating Out:

Lunch heading to reunion  $7.42

Two Week Total:  $107.08

Amount to Cushion:  $60.83

New Cushion Amount:  $773.38

Monthly Cost/Day:  $7.97

Monthly Cost/Person/Day:  $3 .98

YTD Total:  $ 161,7.58

YTD Cost / Day (256 days):  $6.32

YTD Cost/Person/Day:  $ 3.16

A high cost month due to eating out.  Hopefully things will settle down in October.