2021 Clothing Expenses: January-December

 January

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February

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March

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April

2 pairs s of jeans  $7.00  For Sandy Thrifty shopper

1 fleece vest. $3.59  For Sandy Thrifty Shopper

3 spring tops $6.00 for Sandy  Salvation Army

Slippers $58.50 for Mike  LLBean

Golf shoes for Mike  $2.50  Church Thrift Store

5 spring tops For Sandy $  9.00 Thrift store

May

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June

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July

Four sweaters for Sandy   $4.25  Salvation Army

Two skirts and three blouses for Sandy  $11.22  Good Will

10 pairs socks for Mike  $6.38  Sam's Club

August

Utility gloves  for Mike $4.00 Salvage

Two pairs of shorts for Mike  $2.12  Goodwill

Two pairs of shorts for Mike  $2.12 Goodwill

Two pairs of shorts for mike $7.98  Goodwill

Three tops for Sandy  $11.97  Goodwill

September:

One pair of jeans and two sweater for Sandy  $9.98  Goodwill

Jeans for Sandy  $2.64  Goodwill

Gilmour alum shirt  $12

New tennis shoes for Mike  $29.99  Costco

October:

Watch for Sandy  $9.99  Fort Meade Exchange

Belt for Mike  $1.99  Goodwill

Shoes for Sandy  $9.09  Goodwill

Dress for cruise  $4.50  Goodwill

New small purse for cruise  $3.99  Goodwill

Two white tops, blazer, white sweater  $11.50  Salvation Army

November

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December

New tennis shoes for walking  $29.99  Easy Spirit

New hats for Mike  $22  Exchange

Total for Sandy:  $101.13 or $18.87 under budget amount.

Total for Mike:  $108.59 or $11.41 under budget amount.

2021 Buying and Eating: December 6-15

 Allocation:  $260 (back from cruise)

Cushion:  $901.23

YTD:  (287 days)  $1800.14 or $6.27/day

What We Ate:  fried rice and bacon wrapped water chestnuts; homemade pot pie, fruit and yogurt; beef and bean nachos, fruit salad; vegetable beef soup; leftover bbq ribs, corn, baked beans; homemade pot pie, fruit salad, baked potato

What We Bought:

Aldi:  frozen veggies (3), mandarins 3#, bananas (2.5#), flour (2)coconut, seasoned salt, stuffed olives (2), brie  $21.28

Price Rite:  sugar (4), brownie mix (4), cabbage (3.25#), sour cream, yogurt (3), butter (2) $14.65

Lidl:  Swiss Cheese, muenster cheese, potato chips, mixed vegetables, peas, broccoli (2), carrots (2#), mustard, eggs (2) , sliced ham and turkey (20 oz), oatmeal cookies (4), sub rolls (6)   $21.85

Price Rite:  coffee (4), Jello (2), cream of mushroom soup (4), romaine lettuce (2), mushrooms (2), cucumber, red peppers (6), tomatoes (4), sour cream (2), butter (2)  $30.45

Total:  $88.23

Eating Out:

Lunch going to DC   $4.24  Sam's

Dinner with the grands  in DC   $36.50

Lunch on way home from DC  $4.24  Sam's

Total:  $44.98

Grand Total for Two Weeks:  $133.21

Remaining Allocation:  $126.79

Trying to take advantage of seasonal sales to help blunt the rising cost of food and eating out.

2021 Frugal Things in November

 1.  A free8x10 at Walgreens.

2.  We saved $50 by taking advantage of a laundry special during the cruise.

3.  During this cruise, we have received four, count them four, $99 bottles of champagne! 

4.  We saved another $54 with another laundry special.  I wish I got paid their rates for doing laundry!

5.  We saved $45 using another laundry special.  We couldn't cram as much in the bag this time.  Must have been the jeans.

6.  We saved another $55 doing another laundry special.  This will be the last.

2021 Household and Personal Care: November

 Household:

AA and AAA batteries  $19.98 Costco

Nothing for personal care in November.

2021 Household and Personal Care: October

 Household:

Denture tablets (for cleaning vases, coffee pots, etc.  $2.12  Dollar Tree

Laundry detergent (4)  $3.08   Price Rite

Small mouth canning lids (36)  $7.25  Wal-Mart

Coffee filters  $1.06  Dollar Tree

2021 calendar/ planner  $1.06   Dollar Tree

New suitcase for Mike  $106  Boscov's

Total:  $120.52    Over budget due to the suitcase.

Personal Care:

Mike haircut  $11.00  Great Clips

Frugal Things in October

 1.  We took a non-toll road home from DC and saved $22.

2.  I ordered a new phone from Consumer Cellular via phone rather than online and saved $20.  ( My old phone is no longer being supported.)

3.  Although we don't use them often, we still needed to order some checks.  We ordered from a company instead of the bank and saved $31.

4.  We went to the bread store and stocked up on bagels and English muffins.  At a normal grocery store they would have cost $23.55.  We paid $5.49.  That is a savings of $18.06!

5.  We were gifted some concord grapes that I turned into grape pie filling.

6.  Mike and I got our flu shot and earned $10.00 in free groceries from Giant Eagle.

7. I had a prescription filled at Giant Eagle and we received another $15 credit towards free groceries.

8.  I found a brand new sweater, original retail price of $79.99, that I purchased for $5!

A much better month than September!

2021 Linus Project: July-September

 Operation Gratitude Scarves.  21

Linus Project Blankets: 17

Animal blankets: 5

21 skeins for $18.26  Thrifty Shopper

104 skeins donated by a friend and her sister!!!  Lots of afgans there.

5 skeins of yarn  $2.00 Goodwill

7 skeins of yarn $5.99  Goodwill

34 skeins of yarn (5 cotton)   $25.11  Goodwill

Total:  $41.36 for 171 skeins or $0.24 each on average

YTD Total:

444 skeins for  $193.04 or $ 0.43 each

Pet Blankets:  11

Linus Project Blankets:  50

Operation Gratitude Scarves:  41