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10/29/10 Accounting; Budget Musings

October 29th, 2010 at 08:11 pm

Walgreen's

Hairspray - $1.08

Wal-Mart

Bananas, OJ, Brown Sugar, Cheese, eggs - $7.83

Total Spent: $8.91

I used a $.55 coupon for the cheese. The brown sugar should last for six weeks (unless my mom uses it!). The OJ generally lasts for two weeks - I drink 1/2 cup for breakfast. Bananas - I tend to buy them twice a week - both my mom and stepdad eat them as well. When I get the really green ones, my mom might eat 3 in a day!

*My eye was caught by a bag of hard-boiled, peeled eggs. $2.12 for 6 of them. I passed them by of course, and picked up the 6 pack for $.77. I'll have to boil them myself, but it's worth it. Smile


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I have two 2lb bags of pinto beans. I'm going to soak one of them tonight, and tomorrow put them in the crockpot.

I also have lots of quinoa and red lentils. So, I'm thinking I'll make some kind of a casserole with quinoa, lentils, spinach, beans and cheese.

That may have to wait til next weekend though, since my Sunday afternoon is already spoken for.

I also am going to go through all my food supplies and make a list of what I have. Other than fruit, juice and brown sugar, I want to see if I can use up everything in my stockpile. That will be a good thing anyway for when I move.

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I think instead of limiting myself to beans, rice and oatmeal, I'm going to give myself a weekly budget of $20. This is for groceries and anything else, other than gas or other required bills.

I think I'll track it here -- Sunday to Friday. Friday is usually my biggest grocery shopping day -- so whatever is left is what I can shop with that day.

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I'm also thinking about what things I might be able to sell. One of my current textbooks I'll be able to sell in January, but the other two I think I actually may want to keep. I bought a Wii game back in March (I think) that has only been used twice (fitness game.) I'm going to try again to sell the box of 10 Brita Filters (need to find where they are though.) Maybe I could sell my elliptical - though it might fetch a better price in January.

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Before my reality check, I bought some items from Lakeside Collection for Christmas. A total of $36.xx which took care of everyone. One of the items are these polyperene (sp?) bags. I want to put the individuals name on it to personalize, but I'm not sure about what the best/most economical way of doing that is. Would fabric pens work? Something else?

Btw - One of the main items I wanted, is of course back ordered. AND it took them 6 business days to send my billing information to the warehouse. These items were ordered on Oct. 16. I received them today.

First and Last order.

3 Responses to “10/29/10 Accounting; Budget Musings”

  1. momcents Says:
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    I think you should be able to do it. I'm pretty thrify and scour ads and coupons and recipes constantly, and I've averaged $112.50 weekly for the past six weeks, and that is feeding seven. And it includes cleaning/pets/OTC, too. Of course, the shopping trip to Sam's Club yesterday filled my cupboards (which were sort of bare), and I'm glad about that. I also have $25 weekly remaining for milk and produce.

  2. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    I think I'll be able to do it, especially with not buying sweets and junkfood. That probably added 7 or 8 a week alone. There really aren't a lot of coupons for things I use.

    Your weekly budget is really good for a family of 7, especially with several heavily involved in dancing.

  3. momcents Says:
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    I've learned the benefit of giving them protein vs. carbs prior to practice. And I do splurge on competition day and buy them performance bars (I buy only with coupons or buy one, get ones and average $.75 per bar) which I think help boost their energy levels (beats those $3.99 shots that some kids take)!

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