Friday, October 1, 2021

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.



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