2025. Household and Personal Care: March

 Household 

Coffee filter   (2)    $2.50     Dollar Tree

Serving spoon    $1.14     Salvation Army New Zealand 

Coffee pot       $74.88

Personal Care 

Great Clips    $9.99   Mike haircut 

YTD 

Household  $147.73 over

Personal Care   $46.63 under

2025. Buying and Eating: April 2-15

 Allocation:  $13/day for 28 days    $264

Cushion:   $371.17

YTD 82 days

Total    $397.91

Grocery  $210.34

Eating Out     $197.97

What We Ate:     Frozen Pizza with snacks;     Corned beef casserole, mixed vegetables, peaches;      Sloppy Joe, fried potatoes with onions, applesauce;     Stack enchiladas, refried beans, corn with salsa ;     Vegetable fried rice, kung pao chicken, Chinese onion pancakes;     Soup and cheese and crackers;     Mexican pizza (2),   Leftovers;     Pasta with spinach, garlic bread, zucchini fritters;  peachy marinated boneless pork chops, broccoli and bleu cheese casserole, salad, pasta with garlic and cheese;     Cheese fondue, broccoli casserole , salad, guava slices;     Vegetarian haggis, broccoli salad, cheesy potato rounds; 

What We Bought:

Sanders:   Donuts, zucchini (4), lettuce, broccoli, tomatoes (6).    $11.43.    All sale items

Sam’s:     All purpose flour (50#), sharp cheddar (2#), mild cheddar (2#), yeast 2#)   $38.44

Total  Grocery  $49.87

Eating Out:

Butchs.     $7.      Lunch with the ladies 

Sam’s.      $2.65.   Mike lunch Cleveland 

Total Eating Out. $9.65

Two Week Subtotal.  $59.52

Remaining Allocation:   $204.48

YTD. 95 days

Total.   $457.43     $4.81/day      $2.41/person/day

Grocery.    $260.21      $2.71/day       $1.36/person/day

Eating Out.    $207.62.     2.18/day.      $1.09/person/day

2025 Linus and Such: January-March

 Linus Blankets.    15

Chemo Caps.   26

Pet Blankets   3

Operation Chemo Squares   15

Operation Gratitude Scarves 11

10 skeins of yarn for $10.   Ashtabula Good Will.   $1/skein               3 skeins for free, buy nothing group 

10 skeins  for  $16.80    Dc good  will    $1.68/skein                            5 skeins for free, buy nothing group 

15 skeins   $6.83    Goodwill     $0.45/skein                                    

 6 skeins wool from  NZ      $15

12 skeins    $5.86   Salvation Army      $0.50/skein

26=skeins    $20.78     Thrifty Shopper   $0.80/skein 

70 skeins for  $1.07/skein                                                                    8 skeins for free