Food Budget Review – September 2019
Every month I do a quick run-down of last month’s food budget. Just to give you an idea of where our money goes in terms of food. We have a $400 monthly budget for food, and we generally stay well under it.
If you’re interested in the ins and outs of the groceries I buy and what we eat I’ll be writing a post soon and linking it here.
September Food Budget Review
We ate out quite a bit in the first week of the month because Derek’s brother Markos was visiting. But we still managed to stay well under our $400 food budget.
9/2 - 9/8
Groceries - $25.55
- 9/4 – Weaver’s Way Co-op – $11.01
- 9/4 – Weaver’s Way Co-op – $6.73
- 9/8 – Acme – $7.81
Restaurant/Cafe - $75.11
- 9/2 – Mi Puebla – $29.92
- 9/3 – OCF Coffee – $7.00
- 9/3 – Old City Coffee – $4.50
- 9/3 – Penn General Store – $1.90
- 9/4 – Nom Wah Tea Parlor – $24.79
- 9/8 – Barry’s Buns – $7.00
Week Total: $100.66
9/9 - 9/15
Groceries - $84.01
- 9/9 – Acme – $24.18
- 9/11 – Acme – $4.99
- 9/12 – Acme – $7.09
- 9/15 – Acme – $38.27
- 9/15 – Weaver’s Way Co-op – $7.48
- 9/15 – Acme – $2.00
Restaurant/Cafe - $0
Week Total: $84.01
9/16 - 9/22
Groceries - $83.36
- 9/17 – Weaver’s Way Co-op – $1.95
- 9/18 – Acme – $4.99
- 9/18 – Acme – $1.07
- 9/19 – Acme – $7.65
- 9/20 – Acme – $12.97
- 9/22 – Acme – $33.49
- 9/22 – Weaver’s Way Co-op – $17.76
- 9/22 – Acme – $3.98
Restaurant/Cafe - $15.52
- 9/22 – Jyoti Indian – $15.52
Week Total: $99.38
9/23 - 9/29
Groceries - $37.53
- 9/27 – Shop Rite – $8.89
- 9/27 – Wal-Mart – $6.98
- 9/29 – Wal-Mart – $4.16
- 9/29 – Acme – $17.50
Restaurant/Cafe - $3.25
- 9/24 – Dunkin – $3.25
Week Total: $40.78
Month Total: $324.83
I don’t buy groceries with any regularity. And Derek drives for his current job so he picks up a lot of non-perishables for me.
Basically we buy stuff when we run out. May seem a little unorganized but it works for us!
And we stay under our food budget so it’s no big deal.
-Chelsea
Chelsea Crovetto
Foodie, traveler, hippy. I love to cook healthy and delicious food. I do everything as naturally as possible (some would call me a granola girl or a hippy). I also LOVE to travel and experience new cultures and foods!
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