Remaining Allocation: $127.88
Cushion: $860.22
What We Ate: pastrami sandwiches with horseradish cheese, homemade French fries; Spanakopita and fried Greek cheese with salad; Homemade French onion soup with garlic and cheese croutons; Split pea soup with fruit and yogurt; Pierogie casserole, peas and carrots , salad; Leftovers; Bean and rice burittos; Assortment of appetizers; Rib roast, cranberry horseradish sauce, peas with mushrooms and almonds, dauphinois potatoes, fig pudding; Beef sandwiches and leftover apple salad; Chili with homemade French bread; Sloppy Joe, cheesy potato, edamame, apple sauce; Lo mean, brown rice, zucchini ; Beef, bean and cheese nachos with sweet potato wedges; Assortment of appetizers
What We Bought:
Giant Eagle: townhouse crackers, 3 pkgs cookie mix$2.70
Aldi: zucchini, celery,French fried onions,cheese , brusselsprouts (3), cream of soups (4), $23.44
Aldi: whipped topping, cheddar cheese (3) $8.16
Save a lot: half and half $2.99
Save a lot: marshmallow fluff $1.69
Two Week Subtotal: $38.98
Eating Out:
Mike’s birthday lunch. $26.05
Mike’s birthday dinner. $42.98
Mike lunch in Cleveland. $1.48
McDonald’s 50th anniversary of first date. $10.58
Lunch with Mike’s family. $35.09
Two Week Subtotal: $116.18
Monthly Total Groceries: $128.96
Monthly Total Eating Out: $239.32 A social month.
Final Total: $368.28 Over allocation by $27.28
Into the Cushion: $27.28
Remaining Cushion: $832.94 This does not carry over to 2024.
YTD: 306 days
Groceries : $1707.00 $5.58/day for two people. $2.79/person/day
Eating Out: $806.04 $2.63/ day for two people $1.32/person/day
Final Total: $2513.06. $8.21/day for two people. $4.11/person/day
From last year we were up $1.43/day for two people.
Taking that number into consideration, I am upping the daily allocation from $11 to $13.
The Department of Agriculture, for their lowest food plan, suggests $19.26/day. We will be under that recommendation by $6.26. I can live with that.
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