Week 48
Spending (Nov. 24-30, 2014)
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Groceries
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$53
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Entertainment
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$22
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Gifts
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$26
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Toiletries
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$61
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Benevolence
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$29
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Miscellaneous
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$5
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Total
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$196
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October
Spending Report
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Category
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Spent
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Budgeted
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Savings
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Groceries
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$629
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$700
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$71
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Miscellaneous
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-$8
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$120
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$128
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School
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$26
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$50
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$24
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Entertainment
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$56
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$75
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$19
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Toiletries
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$86
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$100
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$14
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Piano
Lessons
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$30
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$30
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$0
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Clothing
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$0
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$60
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$60
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Gifts
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$56
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$75
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$19
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Hair
Care
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$0
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$30
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$30
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Benevolence
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$29
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$35
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$6
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Discretionary
Cash
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$25
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$25
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$0
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Total
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$929
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$1300
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$371
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Except
for the past two months, the majority of my savings were from the food
category. That makes sense, because over ½ of my budget is devoted to feeding
this hungry crowd. As October and November approached, I found some serious
space in my pantry. That made me a little bit nervous. We live 25 miles away
from the closest large grocery store, and the cost of eating out is prohibitive
for our group, so I need to keep food on hand. I also pride myself on my
ability to feed my family well on a pretty tight food budget. To do this, I
have to be able to take advantage of bargains when I see them, For example,
around Super Bowl time, Kroger usually has a great sale on Rotel tomatoes. We
use at least 1 of these cans of deliciousness each week, plus a few more. The
regular price is around $1.29. When Kroger has a sale for $0.50 a can, I can
buy 64 cans for $32. That’s a savings of more than $50 off the regular price of
$82.56. Now that’s significant. I stopped by Wal*Mart on Sunday afternoon. I
just happened to glance over at the fresh turkeys. Imagine my surprise
delight when I saw fresh turkey breasts with a use by or freeze date of
December 5th marked down from $2.28 to $0.50 cents a pound. You can
bet 5 of those little beauties jumped into my basket. I’ll cook one this week
and the other four are already in the freezer – 32 pounds of prime turkey meat
for just $16. Whoop!
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