Wednesday, July 17, 2024

2024. Buying and Eating: July 1-15

 Allocation:  $403

Cushion:  $839.00

YTD:   178 days

Total:  $1227.00

Grocery:  $868.26

Eating Out:  $358.74


What We Ate:  chicken, stuffing, green beans and white gravy with fresh cherries and grapes ;      Grilled garlic shrimp, roasted carrots, cheesy potatoes;     Fresh tomato sandwiches and snack items;     Jambalaya, yellow beans, Amish coleslaw;     Meatballs, pasta, fried zucchini and cucumber and onion salad;     Grilled ham and Swiss sandwiches and fried potatoes with onion;     Lentils with split pea Dahl over rice, applesauce, cottage cheese with onion;     Korean beef and veggies, fried green beans, cucumber and onion salad;     Spanokopita casserole, corn on the cob, leaf lettuce salad, garlic cheese bread;     Rigatoni, green beans, salad with maple cherry vinaigrette;     Rigatoni, salad, garlic bread;     Chicken and stuffing, cucumber salad, Lima beans;     Chicken pot pie, cheesy potatoes, tossed salad with maple cherry vinaigrette;     Leftover smorgasbord (2);     


What We Bought:

Produce stand:  zucchini (2), cucumbers (2), yellow beans     $5

Sanders:    London broil steak (2#), bananas  (5#), potatoes (5#)   $11.85

Price rite:  butter (6), corn (2),    $18.98

Aldi:   Mushrooms, baking soda, Pam, pretzels,Roma tomatoes (2), leaf lettuce, English muffins, cucumber, bagels, sourdough bread, raisin cinnamon bread,eggs, penne pasta  $22.04

Trader Joe:  chicken gyoza, frozen spinach,king pal chicken, orange chicken, sweet potato fries, artichoke timbales, feta (3), spanakopita, cheddar (2), Asiago, manchego, garbanzo beans (2), pasta (2), almonds (2), cashews, peanuts (2), eggs (4)     $96.53

Aldi:  pasta (2), danish  $5.41

Price Rite:  cornstarch  $2.29

Two Week Total:  $152.10   Our yearly trip to Trader Joe brought it up quite a bit.


Eating Out:

Mike lunch in Cleveland.    $8.07. Taco Bell

Greek festival. $33

Asian food as a birthday celebration. $36.99

Two Week Total:  $77.96.  Birthday fun brought it up.


Remaining Allocation:  $172.94

Cushion:  $839

YTD:  193 days

Total:  $1457.06

Grocery:  $1020.36

Eating Out:  $463.70

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