Sunday, February 16, 2025

2025. Buying and Eating: February 1-15

 Allocation:  $364    $13 / day

Cushion:   $186.09

YTD.  31 days

Total     $149.08

Grocery.    $86.06

Eating Out.    $63.02


What We Ate:     Melt in your mouth chicken, apple and orange salad, pesto and cheese florentine rice;     Ham, hubbard squash, black eyed pea salad;     Tuna chowder, Raisin Bran muffins;     Chicken piccata, florentine rice, salad, garlic and cheese bread;     Vegetarian bean curry, yogurt and fresh fruit, homemade flatbread;     Chicken piccata, zucchini, Italian rice balls;     Ham loaf, mixed wild rice, banana and yogurt ;     Stuffed pepper soup, chicken sandwich ;      Pasta with spinach , sautéed cauliflower, garlic cheese bread , fruit and yogurt;     Leftovers;     Tacos, guacamole, beans and rice;     Valentines Day:   Savory Italian cheesecake, baked Parmesan zucchini, yogurt and fruit, vanilla wafer cake;     


What We Bought:

Giant Eagle:  Parmesan, provolone, sharp cheddar cheese (3#)   $10.95     Sale items 

Erie Food Cooperative:  flax meal ( replace eggs in baking)   1# equal to 70 eggs   $6.29

Sanders:   Cauliflower, zucchini, yogurt, donuts   $7.95     All sale items.

Auldi:  cheese (2#),  avocado (2)     $5.77     Sale items

Total:  $30.96


Eating Out:

Butchs Diner   $9.01  lunch with the ladies 

Sam’s Club    $3.66 lunch on way to dc

Italian Restaurant  $32.02     Dinner with Mike and Gail

Frederick Social   $22.00   Lunch with kids

Pizza for national pizza day   $15.50

Sam’s Club    $2.80 lunch on way home 

Total:   $82.19

Our trip to dc really added to the cost, but I am fine with that. 


Two Week Total:  $103.15


YTD:  46 days 

Total:   $252.23.         $5.48/day.         $2.74/person/day

Grocery:  $117.02.         $2.54/day.       $1.27/person/day

Eating Out:     $145.21.         $3.16/day.        $1.58/person/day

Remaining Allocation:   $260.85

Cushion:  $186.09

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