Weekly Budget Review - Are we eating for $1 Per Day?

I don't have pictures this week, please forgive me!  We've started Christmas shopping, and I was much too concerned about hiding gifts, I didn't remember to take pictures!!!

Time for our weekly budget review!!  As a family, we have agreed to the challenge of $1 per day per person for a food allowance.  In our family, this equals $28.00 per week to be spent only on food!  Are we eating for $1 per day?

We budget $10.00 each week above our food budget for soda - Justin and I are addicted!!  We're a couple of serious Dew drinkers (even if it is the store brand!!).  This is the only product that we specifically say that we're going to spend above our $28.00 budget for food.

All other areas have their own amounts - toiletries, cleaning, pets, paper products, etc.

Walgreens

Retail total $13.55, Paid $.95, Saved $12.60
Food total:  $0

Items Purchased:

1 Can Libby Pumpkin

1 Jar Kraft Marshmallow Creme

2 Johnson & Johnson Dental Floss

1 4-pack Schick Xtreme 3 Razors

Wal-Mart

Retail total $24.36, paid $1.26, Saved $23.10

Food Total:  $1.26

Items Purchased:

2 Tonys Pizzas

2 Jell-O Puddings

3 Rhodes Bake N Serv Rolls

2 Rhodes Bake N Serv Cinnamon Rolls

Food Giant

Retail total $14.47, paid $8.48, Saved $5.99
Food Total:  $8.48

Items Purchased:

1 Rhodes Bake N Serv Rolls
1 Argo Corn Starch
4 Imperial Margarine Sticks
2 Pillsbury Brownie Mix
1 5 lb Yukon Gold Potatoes
1 Package Pork Loin Chops

Target

Retail total $39.44, paid $3.36, Saved $36.08
Food Total:  $3.36

Items Purchased:

1 20 pack Energizer AA Batteries

8 Meow Mix Canned Cat Food

3 Goodlife Canned Cat Food

3 TGI Fridays Fajita Skillet Creations

1 Alexia Sweet Potato Fries

Schnucks

Retail total $22.37, paid $8.57, Saved $13.80

Food Total:  $8.57

Items Purchased:

2 Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix

2 Strawberry Jell-O

2 Grape Jell-O

2 Chocolate Pudding Jell-O

4 Banquet Peach Pies

2 Carnation Evaporated Milk

2 12-packs Schnucks Soda (does not count toward food budget, see explanation above)

1 Sargento Deli Style Colby Jack Cheese

1 Sargento Deli Style Provolone Cheese

1 Perdue Chicken Breast Nuggets

Total Retail:  $114.19

Total Spent:  $22.62

Total Saved:  $91.57

Food Total:  $21.67

Justin & I ate out while we were Christmas shopping (we both took off work on Monday & Tuesday).  We ate at Bob Evans with a gift card I received at work on Monday, and on Tuesday, we ate at KFC with coupons that were in the Sunday paper a couple of weeks ago.  We also bought a bag of salad mix & a loaf of bread last night at Aldi, which was under $2.00.

All in all, a pretty good week!