2025. Frugal Things in October and November

 1.  Mike used a coupon to get $5 off his haircut.

2.   I made no knead artisan bread, cinnamon rolls and raisin/ cinnamon bread and saved a lot over buying them.

3.   I have taken on the challenge of eating from the stockpile, more rather than less.  It is working well.

4.  We stayed in a hotel while we were changing addresses.  All paid for with points.

5.   Buying frozen vegetables instead of fresh.  They last longer, no waste, and often cost less.

6.    Turkeys never really got inexpensive this year, so I used chicken thighs from the freezer and made crockpot chicken with cranberries.  Yummy and easy and stockpile focused.

Frugal Fail:  While changing address I Couldn’t find the motivation to make English muffins or bagels so I bought them.   We will survive.

2025 Buying and Eating: November 16-30

 Remaining Allocation    $315.16

Cushion    $927.58 

Days    294 as of the end of November 

What We Ate:    Homemade macaroni and cheese, mixed vegetables , plums;     Baked pasta and sausage , fried zucchini , garlic bread, apple carrot slaw;     Pasta with sausage , peas, garlic cheese bread;     Chicken pot pie, apple and cabbage salad , pear sauce, banana bread;     Vegetable soup and  tuna and egg salad sandwiches ;        Kraut casserole, fruit and yogurt, fried green beans;      Mongolian beef casserole, bacon wrapped water chestnuts, stir fried Napa cabbage (2);     Olive cheese bread,  pasta with sauce, broccoli, baked pears;      Ribs and baked beans with fruit salad;      Cheese fondue, bread cubes, apple slices, crackers ;     Leftover steak , beef and onion rice, fruit salad, cheesy bread.      Marinated pork loin , stuffing, plums, dilled carrots;       Chicken piccata, roasted California vegetables , smashed sweet potato , Napa cabbage with poppyseed dressing, cheesy biscuits ;         Thanksgiving Eve:   Cheese and crackers, spicy ranch oyster crackers, crab meat and cream cheese with cocktail sauce, Megen’s cheesy things,     Thanksgiving:  Crockpot Cranberry chicken , stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas, pumpkin pie

What We Bought  

Tops:   Eggs, pasta, onions, sweet potatoes    $4.13

Aldi:     Frozen vegetables (5), sour cream, cottage cheese, russet potatoes (10#)    $16.10

Aldi:  Greek yogurt    $3.69

Two Week Total    $23.92

Eating Out:

Sams   Pizza for two     $4.75

Two week grand total     $28.67

Monthly grand total $103.51        $3.45/day        $1.73/person/day     The stockpile really helps.

YTD:   294 days

Grocery.   $1399.60           $4.72/day          2.36/ person/day

Eating Out.    $627.13          $2.13/day             $1.07 /person/day

Grand Total.    $2004.03.         $6.81/day.          $3.41/person/ day 

New Cushion.      $1139.74