Friday, March 14, 2025

2025 Buying and Eating : March 1-13

 We are traveling from March 13-April 1.  Food is included.

Allocation    $169.00

Cushion       $285.09

YTD      69 days

Total    $314.08     $4.59/ day    $2.29/person/day

Grocery    $150.34      $2.18/day      $1.09/person/day

Eating Out    $174.74      $2.21/day     $1.11/person/day


What We Ate:     Ham loaf, stuffing, fresh fruit salad, California medley;     Early St. Pat’s Day:  Reubens, snack items;         Corned beef and Swiss casserole, mixed vegetables, fruit and yogurt;     Chicken tetrazzini, butter beans, peas;     Spinach pasta, three bean salad, garlic bread;     Grilled salmon, pasta with garlic and cheese, French chickpea salad, carrots;     Potato pancakes, apple sauce, corn, kielbasa;     Southern bbq,  cheesy potato rounds, winter squash;     British fish pie, baked sweet potato, California mixed vegetables, fruit;     Pepperoni pizza and snacks;   Assorted appetizers 


What We Bought:

Giant Eagle:   Claw crab meat (4#).     $27.96.     Sale priced treat

Aldi:   Jalapeño and garlic olives (4). $11.16

Aldi:  edamame (3).   $7.47  sale item

Aldi:  salmon, shrimp.    $12.06.    Sale items 

Save a Lot:   Bananas.  $0.36.      Sale items

Giant Eagle:     Lemons (4)     $0.99    Sale Items 


Eating Out:

Avantis.      $20.14.    Breakfast with Mike 

McDonald’s.  $3.69.    Breakfast with retirees 


Remaining Allocation  $86.17

New Cushion    $371.17

YTD.   82 days

Total.   $397.91.       $4.85/day.        $2.43/person/day

Grocery.    $210.34.      $2.44/day.    $1.22/person/day 

Eating Out.    $197.97.     $2.12/day.    $1.06/person/day

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