Quarterly Household and Personal Care: July -September

Personal Care:   $60.46 for three months

$20.15/ month

Just under my hoped for average of $25.00


Household Expenses:

$36.32 for three months

$12.11/ month

Doing well!

Meal Plan: October 16-31

Vegetarian:  Greek quiche (3), Welsh rarebit,   cheesy lasagna;  Vegetarian bean tacos; bleu cheese strata

Low Meat:  Italian stromboli (2); hot chicken salad

Meat:  roast beef sandwiches (2); ham loaf; ham and cheese sandwiches; southern bbq

Vegetarian  7

Low Meat  3

Meat  5

Buying and Eating: October 16-31

Remaining Allocation:  $322.02
Cushion:  $1008.96

What We Ate: roast beef sandwiches, homemade French fries, pickles; ham loaf, baked potato, mixed vegetable;  roast beef sandwiches, chips ; Greek quiche, tomato bread (2), Welsh rarebit, yogurt, acorn squash with cumin; lasagna, buttered carrots, garlic bagels;  Italian stromboli; bean burrito; hot chicken salad, cranberry muffins;  Vegetarian bean tacos, cottage cheese and peaches; ham and cheese sandwiches and bean soup;  bleu cheese strata; southern bbq butter beans, fruit; stromboli and potato skins;  Greek quiche, garlic bread, cottage cheese and peaches

What We Bought:

Dollar Tree:  cinnamon  $1.00

Save a Lot:  potatoes (10#), bananas(2.82#)  $4.41

Aldi:  pretzels (2)  $2.58

Price Rite:  cake mix (3), sliced fresh mozzarella (2#), carrots (5#)  $10.04

Aldi:  corn syrup (for pecan pie) $2.99

Tops:  beef broth (32oz), goldfish, peanut butter, turkey breast (14.75#)$16.78

Price Rite:  Skippy peanut butter, French fried onions (3), croutons (3), cream cheese (4)  $13.35

Salvage Shopping:  coffee (14.5#),  pretzel crisps (4),  breaokfast flats (5), puffed rice snacks (2), toaster pastry (3), frosted mini wheats (2), beignet mix, cornbread muffin mix (4), marshmallow (2), Atkins bars (2), chocolate pudding (2), saltines (2), noodles, fried baby likes (2), Low carb tortillas (4), Velveeta, fried cranberries (4), Lipton onion soup (2), mayo (7), mustard (2), tortilla shells (3), vanilla sandwich cookies (2), cream (3), baking powder, while wheat flour (3), cornmeal, spaghetti sauce (2), black olives, diced tomatoes (6), fried apples (2), citrus salad, Progresso soup (4), crushed tomato (3)  $99.13

Bread store:  blueberry English muffins, Everything bagels, Everything bagels thins,  three pound loaf seeded rye bread  $5.34

Tops:  Italian bread, cider (gal)  $3.98

Total for Groceries: $159.60


Eating Out:

Lunch with Jim and Robin. $21.75
Mike lunch  $1.61
Lunch while leaf peeping  $20.66

Total for Eating Out:  $44.02


Grand Total for Time Period:  $203.62

Amount to Cushion:  $118.40

New Cushion Amount:  $1127.30

Quarterly Buying and Eating July -September

Total for Groceries:  $516.

Total Eating Out:  $134.64

  Grand Total:  $651.17

This works out to $217.09/month for the two of us

There were 91 days this quarter.

So we averaged out to $7.16/day for two people or $3.58/day/person.

This included a lot of stockpile purchases.  I wish it was lower but I will live with it.

Restocking at Salvage

We were almost out of coffee and that can NOT happen.  So off we went to salvage for a restocking shop!

Coffee.    14.5 pounds  total           $37.86
Candy for Halloween     8 bags total.       $8.62
Dishwasher detergent.    4  x $2.99   $11.96
Pretzel crisps.    4x . 25  $1
Breakfast flats.    5x .35     $1.75
Puffed rice snacks  2x .25     50 cents
Toaster pastries     3 total     $1.98
Frosted mini wheats     2x $1.50     $3.00
Beignet mix     79 cents
Cake mix (for biscotti).    3 total     $2.26
Cornbread muffin mix.    4x .25     $1.00
Marshmallows (for Krispy rice treats)  2 x .69.    $1.38
Atkins bars     2x .99.    $1.98
Ferrari Rocher 12 count (for Christmas)  4x .49     $1.96
Chocolate pudding     2x .59.    $1.18
Self rising flour.    3x.49     $1.47
Saltines     2x .49     $1.98
Egg noodles.    $0.75
Fried onion pieces    2x .79.    $1.58
Low carb tortillas, 8 count.    4x .29.    $1.16
Velveeta type cheese, 2 pound     $4.69
Dried cranberries    4x .50     $2.00.
Lipton onion soup   2 for     $1.18
Mayo     4x .25   and  3x .29     $1.87
Tortilla shells, 8 count     3 for $1.00
Vanilla sandwich cookies     2 for $1.00
Whipping cream   3x .2     $0.87
Baking powder.    $.49
Sandwich bags     $.79
Whole wheat flour     3x $1.50     $4.50
Corn meal, 24 ounces     $0.79
Spaghetti sauce.    2x .69     $1.38
Black olives.    $0.49
Diced tomatoes.    6 x .25     $1.50
Fried Apples     2x .59     $1.18
Citrus fruit salad.   $0.79
Progresso soup     4x .10     $0.40
Crushed tomatoes   3x .10.    $0.30

Total:   $117.08

Easy Caramel Sauce for Gifts

This stuff is great on ice cream 🍦, between cake layers, drizzled over cheesecake, sandwiched between cookies, eaten with apples.  Use your imagination.

It takes less than three minutes hands on time and makes a great gift.  Put in a basket with some ice cream bowls, an ice cream scoop, and a gift card for ice scream.    Or, pack it with a bag of apples.  Remember to include the recipe.

Line your crockpot with paper so the cans don't mark the bottom.  Put in the cans and cover with water.  Cook
on high for eight hours.  Tada!

Quarterly Meal Plan: July-September

Vegetarian: 24

Low Meat:  23

Meat:  25

Although the budget might not show it, I appear to be getting the hang of this.