Household:
New butter dish for RV $1.99. Thrifty Shopper
Lightbulbs, two gallon bags. $4.37. Salvage
New napkins (4). $1.59. Goodwill
Total: $7.95
Personal Care:
Toothpaste. $0.89. Salvage
Mike hair cut and beard trim. $23.00 Great Clips
Total: $23.89
YTD:
Household: $20.36 over budget
Personal Care: $63.64 under budget
We are on vacation this month. Food is provided. Therefore, nothing was budgeted.
1. I took advantage of a 50% off senior sale to buy yarn at Thrifty Shopper and saved $33.82.
2. I bought Hallmark birthday cards at Dollar Tree and saved $14 from the price printed on the cards.
3. I was gifted 36 skeins of yarn, including some perfect for pet blankets. Again, A bundle of money saved.
4. I used an inexpensive cake mix to make 24 biscotti for about $1. To purchase them would be at least $24. Significant savings.
5. Using my birthday gift certificate from the yacht club, we saved $15 on a celebratory lunch out.
6. We salvage shopped on Senior Day and saved $9.24.
7. Our hotel room in Boston was paid for using, you guessed it, points.
Remaining Allocation: $244.74
Cushion: $520.18
What We Ate: creamy chicken and vegetables over mashed potatoes, cottage cheese salad, bagels; ham and spinach quiche, fried zucchini, salad, garlic and cheese biscuits; Leftovers; leftover chicken and vegetables, garlic and cheese biscuits, salad, fruit; Kielbasa on the grill, potato skins, cantaloupe and cottage cheese; Cheeseburger on the grill, homemade French fries, macaroni and cheese, cantaloupe; Scalloped potatoes and ham, carrots, salad; Leftovers; Buffalo chicken wings, fried green beans, parmesan rice patties, cottage cheese and tomato; Freezer leftover smorgasbord of pulled pork, chicken and vegetables, colcanon; chicken parmesan Florentine and pasta with cheese bread, salad; Quiche, potatoes Anna, green beans, salad; Potato and garbanzo curry, carrots, fruit; Baked beans with rib meat, potato salad, garlic rolls, fruit;
What We Bought:
Produce Stand: tomatoes $4.14
Salvage Shop: ground chicken (7#), game hens (2), artificial crab (1#), brats, coffee (9), broth (2), gnocchi (2), peanut butter (3), butternut squash puree (2), corn tortillas, tuna, Pesto, flour (20#), sesame milk (4), ragu, Vegall (2), diced tomatoes (2), parmesan cheese (2#), dry lentils (2), pinto beans, green chiles (2), corn, kraut $71.87
Salvage Shop: frosted mini wheats , crackers (3), peanuts, green beans, pineapple (2), peaches (2), apricots, cashews, tuna (2), dry garbanzo (3), stir fry sauce(3), oatmeal, mushroom broth, gherkins, beef stew sauce, coffee (6), tortilla bowls (2), digestive biscuits (2), dry onion, onion soup mix (3), parmesan cheese (1#), bleu cheese dressing (2), dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, dill slices, banana peppers, lemon juice (2), evaporated milk (4), bamboo shoots, coffee (2), tea $76.33
Salvage Shop: coffee (15), crackers (2), green beans (7), corn (2), peas and carrots, peas, cream (2), tuna (4), apple sauce, canned chicken, pad Thai noodles mix (2), roasted chickpeas, bread flour (2#), baking soda, oil spray, sesame ginger sauce (2), tikki masala sauce $70.75
Salvage Snack Box: 60 items in total: 7 are full size and 53 are individual size and includes peanut butter crackers, pretzels, tortilla chips, bugles, Chex mix, kind bars, cashews, protein bars $2.00
Our salvage shopping for the year is now over. We located almost all the items on our list. We saved quite a bit of money but😚 did find that prices were higher.
Subtotal: $225.09
Eating Out:
Mike lunch in Cleveland $2.00 Taco Bell
Lunch at Yacht Club $18.56
Subtotal: $20.56
Total: $245.65
Into the Cushion: $0.91
New Cushion: $519.27
YTD: 220 days
Grocery: $1406.83 $6.39/day $3.20/person/day and that includes all of the salvage stockpile
Eating Out: $462.88. $2.10/day. $1.05/person/day
YTD Total: $1869.73. $8.49/day. $4.25/person/day this will decrease as we use the stockpile
