Jane's Budget: , 2015
Pension 2261
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PCMC
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Property tax 155
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UnionGas 65
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Condo 256
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London Hydro 60
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Bell 83
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Netflix 8
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Kazi +200
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Savings 350
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Insurance 312
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Gas
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Reliance 33
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Food
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Rogers 79
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Misc
370
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So far so good. I've had a few No Spend days now that I'm only shopping on Mondays and Fridays. Funny how that works! I have managed to delay several impulse purchases with the result that they weren't made at all saving me lots of moolah!! I've read that if you put off a purchase for even ONE day you will usually rethink it.
I took my truck in for an overdue oil change and also got new windshield wipers to the tune of $97.00. One wiper broke due to the deep freeze we were in last week! That comes out of my misc spending. Other misc spending includes some clothing from Talize, a thrift store - a winter coat, splash pants, hats, backpack etc. I also purchased a book online for my iPad and when I shopped at the art store to use my gift card I spent more than the worth of the gift card...of course!! To the tune of $42.00. Money well spent I think. And I took out some $$ which paid for dinner out with my 2 nephews and 1 great nephew and a couple of coffee dates.
Today was grocery shopping and gas up the truck day. Gas (a full tank) cost me $52.00 which is way cheaper than usual and groceries were $114 which is more than usual but the last time I bought any food was Dec. 30th! What I bought will last 2 weeks except we'll likely need more jalapenos - my daughter puts a lot of jalapenos in her guacamole and we always run out.
So here's what $115.00 Cdn buys you these days...doesn't look like much does it?
Some non-essentials, nothing too terrible. We need the multigrain scoops for our frequent feasts of guacamole! And basic crackers for hummus and tahini :) No excuse for the wine gums :/
The non-edibles - not much here to complain about - just laundry detergent, facial scrub and vitamins. Could be a lot worse!
Lots of chicken and chicken bacon (I had a craving!), shrimp, enough salmon for four meals, ditto on the sole. Mix in a few vegetarian meals and this will last at least 2 weeks - we're not huge meat eaters.
We need to find bigger jars of jalapenos!! Diced tomatoes is the base for so many meals and I love hummus for high-protein lunches and snacks.
And then the main part of our diet - cheap containers of riper veg and fruit for juicing plus lots of fresh fruit (bananas, blueberries, clementines and avocados(are they a fruit or a veg?) and lots of veg - spinach, celery, peppers, onions cucumbers, carrots, broccoli and lots and lots of tomatoes!
And that's what you get for $115!
Does that seem like a good price to you or a bad price?
Try fresh jalenpenos. Much cheaper, and more delicious! Easy to find in Canada too.
ReplyDeleteWe are on a bigtime avacado kick right now too - mmm guacamole! Meat is so bloody expensive in Canada - I think you did well!
ReplyDeleteFood costs are absolutely disgusting now! :( It's so hard to stay low! Meat, fruits & veggies are all supposed to go up by another 5% this year! Horrid!
ReplyDeleteI think you did pretty good buying groceries. Have you ever bought produce from Giant Tiger? They usually have pretty good deals.
ReplyDeleteI think that you did great. I'm trying to get through January with buying very little in the way of groceries. We have to pay $500 for the accident(which isn't fair since it was someone else's fault) and I still have $500 to pay off on the furniture. It will be an ugly month.
ReplyDeleteGood job! Do they have Aldis up there? I haven't bought laundry detergent for a while now and LOVE not having to lug the jugs into the house... Not sure if it's making my clothes cleaner, but you can't have everything!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it's a lot or not? I know prices are quite high there. I loved seeing your groceries though ;)
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