If I Should Die by Emily Dickinson Halloween Printable

If I Should Die by Emily Dickinson Free Halloween Printable PDF from The More With Less Mom

I freakin’ love Emily Dickinson. Kid #2’s middle name is Emily.
Here is one of her darker poems, prettified into a Halloween printable.

If I should die,
And you should live,
And time should gurgle on,
And morn should beam,
And noon should burn,
As it has usual done;
If birds should build as early,
And bees as bustling go, —
One might depart at option
From enterprise below!
‘Tis sweet to know that stocks will stand
When we with daisies lie,
That commerce will continue,
And trades as briskly fly.
It makes the parting tranquil
And keeps the soul serene,
That gentlemen so sprightly
Conduct the pleasing scene!
~ Emily Dickinson

If I Should Die by Emily Dickinson Free 8x10 Halloween Printable PDF from The More With Less Mom
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Use It Up Adage From World War II Free Printable

Use It Up Adage From World War II Free Printable from The More With Less Mom
In World War II a poster was distributed that said the following:
USE IT UP – WEAR IT OUT – MAKE IT DO!

Use It Up WWII Poster
This is an adage that is near and dear to every frugal heart.
I have created a free printable PDF to help remind you.
Use It Up Adage From World War II Free Printable PDF
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Baby Songs Cheat Sheet Printables – Lyrics for Play Songs & Lullabies

Baby Songs Cheat Sheets Printables - Lyrics for Play Songs & Lullabies from The More With Less Mom

When kid #3 was born it had been ten years. I admit my Sesame Street days were long past and my nursery rhymes were rusty.

I have created a cheat sheet for parents, a collection of songs to sing to babies.

It is important to sing to your baby. This helps with soothing the baby as well as bonding. Later on this will help with early language skills.
There are many songs that will be familiar to you, but really you can sing whatever you want in a sing-song voice and your baby will like it, no matter how terribly you think you sing.
I have collected the words to many common songs for babies and toddlers. Most of them you will recognize. If you do not know the tune of a song it is easy to look it up on YouTube.
Repetitive songs have been abbreviated (think This Old Man).

You can print these out and hang them in the nursery to refresh your memory. You can use a dab of toothpaste to hang them, with the lullabies over the crib and the play songs split over the changing area and near the tub.
They are oriented in landscape so you can also stick them in sheet protectors and hang them on two tacks in the closet. When you get the next day’s outfit you can change the page on top and review some new songs to try for that day.
You can also save it to your desktop and open it when you are feeding the baby.

Download Play Songs Baby Songs Cheat Sheet Printable PDF
Download Play Songs PDF

The play songs PDF is 13(!) pages and contains the following 34 songs:

*If you don’t want to print all of the pages there are cut offs, you can just print the first 2, or 4, or 10, or 12. 😉
Are You Sleeping
Baby Play
Do Your Ears Hang Low?
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hickory Dickory Dock
How Much is That Doggie in the Window
I’m a Little Tea Pot
Itsy Bitsy Spider
I’ve Been Working on the Railroad
Jack and Jill
Little Boy Blue
Little Bunny Foo Foo
London Bridge is Falling Down
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone
Old King Cole
Old MacDonald
One Little Indian Boy
Open, Shut Them
Peas Porridge Hot
Ring Around the Rosie
Shoo Fly
Skip to My Lou
Teddy Bear’s Picnic
The Ants Go Marching
The Farmer In The Dell
The Grand Old Duke of York
The Muffin Man
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
This Old Man (Knick-Knack Paddywhack)
Three Blind Mice
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?
You Are My Sunshine

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Download Lullabies Baby Songs Cheat Sheet Printable PDF
Download Lullabies PDF

The lullaby PDF is 4 pages and contains the following 9 songs:

All the Pretty Horses
All Through the Night
Golden Slumbers
Hush, Little Baby
Lavender’s Blue
Rock-a-bye baby
Sleep, baby, sleep
Toora, Loora, Loora
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

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Program your phone with the Poison Control Center

Program your phone for Poison Control from The More With Less MomI recently saw a commercial that was for the Poison Control Center. And I confess, that number was not in my cell phone. On the fridge, yes. In Outlook, yes. But not on my phone.
In my house we don’t have a whole lot of chemicals, and the ones we have are up high or locked up, or both. So where are we most likely to have a problem? Someone else’s house or otherwise out. In which case the number on my phone will be very important.

“According to the Centers For Disease Control, there are approximately 2 million poison exposures in the United States every year – 57 percent among children under the age of six. Tragically, approximately 30 children die every year due to accidental poisonings.
The most common exposures for children are ingestion of household products, such as cleaning substances, medications, cosmetics, personal care products, foreign bodies and plants. The majority of these accidental poisonings – a whopping 90 percent – occur in the home.”
Source: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Program your cell phone! The poison control center is 1-800-222-1222 (poison.org)

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Teen Zombie Walk Makeup with Frugal Recipes

Teen Zombie Walk Makeup from The More With Less Mom

Recently my tweens participated in a zombie walk for the Buffalo Library (event on Facebook). I did a basic makeup job myself. I am by no means a makeup artist, but I did spend some time perusing the web and thought I could share some tips. This is a tutorial for the zombie makeup lightweight, there are some very good sites for more extensive makeup all over the web.

I bought a $2 makeup kit from the party store that had black and white. The dollar store has foam makeup wedges, but of course that’s the one thing I forgot when I went shopping, so I just used my fingers. You can also try qtips, cotton balls, and paint brushes.

I *tried* to apply a base coat of white. The purchased makeup was seriously c-r-a-p, there is no way they used that makeup to make the effects shown on the package. I got a streaky, variegated white that looked terrible.

I then took the face paint recipe below, which is white/clear before you mix coloring in. I dabbed a paper towel in the face paint and then dabbed and rubbed on the kids’ faces. This actually helped to redistribute the white so I got a lighter shade with a gross looking texture. It ended up looking like they had a pallor rather than a white face, which I liked better. The kids did not like the way the face paint felt at all, but since they were older I just told them to suck it up.

Next I used the purchased black and my finger and darkened the holes where your eyes and cheeks would be on your skull. I think this is your best opportunity to make it look good, but I confess we were out of time and I just went with it.

Now would be the time to mix the gelatin for the wounds. This firms up pretty quick so you need to put it on still warm. For my girl I put a line on her cheek. I wanted to make a “bite” mark, but I waited too long to try to put it on and had to work with gooey pieces instead of doing whatever I wanted.

Next apply fake blood on the lips and around the mouth like your zombie has been noming on a friend. Put fresh blood wherever there might be splatter, like clothes, arms, under nails… Use chocolate syrup to darken the blood and make it look old, then dab it on your wounds and also on clothes and arms if you prefer.

For clothes you could grab something from the thrift store to rough up. Hardcore zombies bury their clothes for a real undead look. Lightweight zombies rub a little dirt in and tear their clothes where it might have gotten split in a tussle with the friends they were noming on. For an authentic look don’t cut clothes, except maybe to start a tear. However, if the world ends people aren’t going to have time to change into their most goth clothes, or bury themselves, so you can wear whatever you usually wear. None of these recipes did anything to the clothes the kids were wearing.

Note the 2 year old did not participate, she saw the pictures after the fact and still got upset.

I looked all over the web so these recipes are similar to many already online elsewhere.

Tween Zombie Walk MakeupFace Paint

This is more of a liquid for painting details, this will not work for a base.

  • 3+ Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1 Tablespoon flour
  • 3/4 cup light corn syrup
  • 1/4 cup water
  • Food coloring, liquid or gel (gel is less likely to stain)
  1. Mix cornstarch and flour together.
  2. Gradually stir in corn syrup and water until smooth.
  3. The color you see will look lighter on skin.
  4. You can’t make black unless you have black gel food coloring (get it at the party store), but you can make a dark brown if you mix a lot of liquid food coloring. Green is blue and yellow. Brown is red and green, or blue and yellow (tsk tsk if you forgot your elementary school art!).

Fake Blood

  • 1 cup light corn syrup
  • 20 drops of red food coloring (add chocolate syrup to darken)
  • Drop of dish soap (to make it easier to wash off)
  • Teaspoon of milk (for opacity)
  • Use more corn starch to play with texture
  1. You can apply bright red blood around the mouth from victims. Then darken the blood with chocolate syrup and make it look old for bites/wounds. Don’t forget to drip some blood on their clothes, under nails

Wounds

  • 1 ounce gelatin (2 packets plain stuff, or you can use the red flavored kind)
  • 2 Tablespoons boiling water
  • Mix-ins as needed: couscous, paprika, colored sugar, cocoa
  • 4 Tablespoons corn syrup
  • Red food coloring
  1. Combine gelatin and water.
  2. Mix and let set 3 minutes.
  3. Add remaining ingredients.
  4. You want to use this fairly soon as it solidifies, you can’t make it ahead.

Links

ZombieWalk.com
About.com How-To Zombie Makeup
Instructables How to Make Zombie Makeup
The Walking Dead Makeup Tips
ZombieMaker.com

A zombie walk (also known as a zombie mob, zombie march, zombie horde, zombie lurch, zombie shamble, zombie shuffle, zombie monsta-mash, zombie irrigation, zombie hurricane or zombie crawl) is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes. Usually taking place in an urban center, the participants make their way around the city streets and through shopping malls to a public space (or a series of taverns in the case of a zombie pub crawl) in a somewhat orderly fashion.
(From Wikipedia)

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Free Printable Rotating Goal List

Free Printable Rotating Goal List from The More With Less MomThere is a DIY Rotating Goal List on fire on Pinterest right now, you can find it on Cornflower Blue Studio.
Here is a bare bones Rotating Goal List for your printing pleasure.
You can use this by putting posty notes in the boxes, or put it in a sheet protector and use a dry erase marker.
It prints on regular paper, so you can print and go. No silly waiting around.
This is a Word .docx file, so it is easy to customize. You can add your name, a time frame for your goals, a pretty graphic… mine will see some glitter later.
The font I used is Brandywine from Scriptorium Fonts.
I apologize, I am totally not a professional photographer.
This file is free for use, reuse, duplication, modification, or whatever other torture you can think of.
I designed it to be vertical/sideways, but apparently turned it to horizontal to take the photos.
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Tween Girl Rock Star / Spa Night Birthday Sleepover Party

Tween Girl Spa Sleepover Birthday Party from The More With Less Mom

Party plans for thrifty people: you don’t have to have a lot of money to have a lot of fun!

Preparing for a birthday sleepover party for a soon-to-be 12 year old girl can be a lot of work. Here is some of the prep work and planning we are doing this year. I was definitely focusing on doing things frugally, and have made more work for myself in some cases.
Party preparation timeline (Word doc)

Invitation

I used a graphics program to create a custom invitation. We used a swirly purple graphic and a butterfly. We sent the invite to be printed at the local CVS, printing them just like a photo. Normally I would just print them, but my printer is on the fritz.

Invitation

Decorations

Tissue paper pom poms from the Martha Stewart site that are always pretty.
We will also be making some tie-dye coffee filter butterflies to hang.
We will be cutting stars out of cardboard saved from boxes and covering them with tin foil.

Party food

Make your own quesadillas – cheese, salsa, sour cream, refried beans, guacamole, onions, peppers, chicken, pepperoni, mushrooms, meat. Precooked veggies 350 deg 10 min (WW Core Mexican Rice, Refried Beans). We are going to use food coloring to paint initials on these.
Chocolate dipped_____ (World’s Best Butter Cookies, Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies, Homemade Marshmallows, pretzel sticks, chips, strawberries, pickles)Cookie Cake Photo by cup.cakers on flikr
Cucumber Tea Sandwiches
Edna’s Apple Crumble/Crisp w/Never Weep Whipped Cream
Nachos Real Old Mexico Style (Refried Beans, Salsa)
Whoopie Pies
Chocolate Mug Cake
County Fair Kettle Korn
Grapes
Ginger ale, Sprite
Frosty Fruity Sodas
Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake
Ice cream

Morning After:

Giant bubble Photo by GrahamKing on flikr
Home Baked Bagels (cream cheese)
Homemade Pop Tarts
Waffles
Fruit

Sleepover Activities

Sprinkler, water balloons, giant bubbles

Spa Night
Several of the goody bag favors are for the spa night. There are emery boards in there. There are headbands to hold hair back for the facial mask, and microfiber facial scrubbers to wash it off. There are socks to keep feet soft after the foot scrub.Facial mask
Hand and Foot Scrub
Oatmeal and Yogurt Face Mask
Nails, makeup

Karaoke
We will use the karaoke machine (from a yard sale) we have with several karaoke sites. You can use a computer microphone as well, you don’t need a machine. Disney Sing It is also available for PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Wii.
Try these karaoke sites:
The Karaoke Channel Online
SingSnap
FreeKaraoke.com
Karaoke.com

Music Videos
Once they have done their spa night and makeovers we will make music videos. We will use my camera that takes video and the karaoke machine (you can just use a webcam). The videos will be taken off the camera and emailed home if they like. If you think they will want to put them on YouTube you should speak to the other parents first and get their permission.

Chocolate Covered Marshmallows Photo by jasonlam on flikrMake chocolate dipped _____ (World’s Best Butter Cookies, Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies, Marshmallows, pretzel sticks, chips, strawberries…)

Board games

Wii games

Netflix movies – We will use the Wii to watch Netflix streaming movies. Some G and PG movie ideas are:
Alice in Wonderland
The Cheetah Girls
Emma
High School Musical
The Princess and the Frog
Ponyo.

Games:

Truth or Dare

Safe” truth or dare questions for tweens
Download my “Safe” Truth-or-Dare Game Questions and Dares for younger girls/tweens printable text

Take Test Your Survival Skills quiz

He Said She Said – To play, sit all your guests in a circle. Each one should have a piece of paper and a pencil. At the top of the paper they write a girl’s name, then fold it over. Then the pass it to the person on their right, and write a boy’s name, then fold and pass. Then you write where they went, what he said, what she said, and an ending, passing the paper to the right in between each. But no peeking at what other people already wrote, or it won’t be as fun! In the end each guest will get to read their story out loud.

Croquis Phpto by irina ivanova on flikrCreating Fashion Designs – Print out croquis/paper dolls off the internet and make designer outfits using glitter glue. Then vote “survivor” style on the best design. Be aware of what your fashion templates look like, the ones I linked to are a little more realistic in the proportions of their body.

Piggies in a Blanket – One person, who is the ‘farmer’ goes out of the room. Then, all the rest of the people hide in their sleeping bags, or other people’s. When everyone is ready, the farmer comes back in, and sits on someone. They say, “Piggy piggy!” and the person has to disguise their voice and say ‘oink oink!’ The farmer has to guess who they have caught. If they guess correctly, they come out of the sleeping bag and they are the farmer. If they’re wrong, they are silent and the farmer tries again with someone else until they figure it out.

Two Truths and a Lie – Have all guests write three statements, two of which are true and one of which is a lie, on a piece of paper. Guests should take turns reading the paper and having the group raise their hand when they hear the statement that they think is the lie.

Emery boards Photo by ohdearbarb on flikrFavor Bags

These favor bags cost me $4.06 each. Almost all of these items I got at the local dollar store. I wanted less candy and more “real” items. The cheap junk we usually get in goody bags always gets thrown away.

White lunch bags $0.04 each
Glow sticks 4 pack don’t open them until you’re ready to give them out (yes I learned this the hard way) $0.25 each
Bread sticks and cheese dippers 5 pack $0.20 each
Microfiber facial scrubbers 3 pack For facial scrubs $0.34 each
Headbands 8 pack For facial scrubs $0.13 eachBath salts Photo by natalieingram on flikr
Ankle socks 3 pack For after foot soak $0.34 each
Emery board 4 pack $0.25 each
Pop rocks 3 pack $0.34 each
Ring pop 4 pack $0.25 each
Poptarts 6 pack Have to bag individually $0.17 each
Chocolate Cake Bath Salts for favors $0.26 each
Oatmeal Milk and Honey Facial Scrub for favors $0.77 each

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Get More Nutritional Bang For Your One Buck – 46 foods that cost as much as Ramen but are better for you

Get More Nutritional Bang for Your One Buck - 46 foods that cost as much as Ramen but are better for you from The More With Less Mom

I can buy a box of spaghetti for $1, and Ramen noodles are less than a penny cheaper per pound. What can I get for the same amount (or less) that is better for us?

Many people struggle on a very tight food budget. The food stamps budget is difficult, you must be thrifty and economical. It has been proven that highly processed foods cost less than nutritionally dense, fresh foods. It is very tempting to grab that $1 package of noodles and chow down on those calories. However, when you buy foods like this you’re not getting as much nutritional value.

Here is a listing of foods, mostly produce, that you can often get for $1 or less per pound. Some of these foods are only available in my area at this price when on sale, and sometimes rarely. Prices vary so widely that any post online can only be a guideline for readers.

These foods are listed by the Nuval™ score. Nuval™ is a nutritional scoring system. There is some controversy with this system. For example whole milk only scores 50. White potatoes score 92, but women on WIC cannot purchase white potatoes with their vouchers. However as a guideline the numbers seem to make sense.

I am not a dietitian, you need to be responsible for your own diet. These are just suggestions.

100 Asparagus On sale around Easter
100 Broccoli On sale
Chuck-a-Rama Food Art  Photo by Woody Thrower on Flikr100 Cabbage Green and red
100 Cantaloupe
100 Green beans Frozen, fresh on sale in season
100 Napa/Chinese cabbage
100 Oranges On sale in season
100 Rutabagas
100 Spinach Frozen
100 Turnips
099 Carrots High in carotenes
099 Daikon radish
099 Grapefruit
099 Greens Kale, mustard, turnip, and collard greens High in vitamins and a good source of fiber
099 Squash
099 Zucchini
096 Apples
096 Celery
096 Split peas
096 Tomatoes On sale in season
096 Yams/sweet potatoes
094 Lentils
094 Pumpkin
094 Watermelon
093 Beans Canned or dried. Kidney, pinto, navy, black, red, and many more
093 Bulgur wheat Miniature food fruit plate PetitPlat food art  Photo by Stephanie Kilgast on Flikr
093 Cucumbers
093 Mangoes High in fiber and vitamins A, B6, and C
093 Onions
093 Potatoes White and red
091 Bananas High on potassium
091 Barley
091 Grapes On sale.
091 Oatmeal 39-91 Instant vs Old Fashioned
082 Chickpeas/Garbanzo beans
081 Bok choy
075 Milk 50-100 Whole vs Skim
067 Sweet corn 67-91 Canned vs fresh On sale in season
057 Pasta/Spaghetti
040 Yogurt 40-81 Flavored vs plain
039 Chicken Whole or various parts, on sale
039 Rice White
033 Eggs High quality protein
031 Turkey On sale especially around holidays including Thanksgiving
030 Pork 25-35 Inexpensive cuts or on sale around Easter
026 Sour cream On sale
022 Peanut butter On sale
005 Ramen

I used the Nuval™ scores from the Nuval™ and PriceChopper sites. If there wasn’t a score I wanted on one of those sites I just did a Google search.

I used the prices from my own price book. Prices vary widely based on multiple factors.

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Care Package for the Hard Times Kitchen – Links & Resources

Recipes with Cost Per Serving Info and Other Links

Recipes with Price Per Serving Info

Please keep in mind that cost per serving changes with your area, the time of year, and as time passes from when the recipe was written/the cost was calculated. These costs are guidelines and may very well not be accurate for you.

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makinglifebetter (includes nutrition info)
Poor Girl Eats Well
Prevention.com Low Cost Slow Cooker Recipes (includes nutrition info)
The Simple Nickel Cheap Eats (Fridays)
SNAP-Ed Connection Recipe Finder (includes nutrition info)

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Cheap Cooking calculator for meat
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Care Package for the Hard Times Kitchen – Calculating Price Per Serving

Care Package for the Hard Times Kitchen Challenge from The More With Less Mom

Here is a table listing some common ingredients and their prices per several different measurements. Your cost per serving will vary widely depending on many factors, but here are some numbers to start with.

Ingredient prices per measurement

Price Item Size lb $/lb C $/C oz $/oz T $/T t $/t Qty $/Qty
$0.98 Baking Powder 7 oz 7 oz $0.14/oz 126 T $0.01/T 378 t $0.00/t
$2.00 Beef, ground 1 lb 1 lb $2.00/lb 16 oz $0.13/oz
$1.14 Black beans, dry 1 lb 1 lb $1.14/lb 2.30 c $0.50/c
$2.00 Bouillon Cubes 25 cubes 25 Cubes $0.08/cube
$2.79 Bread loaf = slices 4 C $0.70/C 24 Q $0.12/Q
$1.50 Bread crumbs 15 oz 1.80 C $0.83/C 15 oz $0.10/oz
$2.50 Butter 16 oz 4 C $0.63/C 16 oz $0.16/oz 32 T $0.08/T 96 T $0.03/t
$2.04 Cabbage 3 lb head 3 lb $0.68/lb 12 C $0.17/C
$4.13 Carrots 5 lb 5 lb $0.83/lb 15 C $0.28/C 20 Q $0.21/Q
$0.99 Celery 10 stalks 10/Q $0.10/Q
$2.50 Cheese 10 oz 2.50 C $1.00/C 10 oz $0.25/oz
$1.00 Chili Powder 2.5 oz 2.50 oz $0.40/oz 10 T $0.10/T 30 T $0.03/t
$1.00 Cinnamon 2.5 oz 2.50 oz $0.40/oz 10 T $0.10/T 30 T $0.03/t
$0.56 Corn, Can (veg) 15 oz 2 C $0.28/C 15 oz $0.04/oz
$1.55 Cornmeal 2 lb 2 lb $0.78/lb 6 C $0.26/C 96 T $0.02/T 288 T $0.01/t
$6.99 Dry milk, Instant nonfat 25.6 oz dry 6 C $1.17/C 25.60 oz $0.27/oz
$2.50 Egg noodles 12 oz 0.75 lb $3.33/lb 3.75 C $0.67/C 12 oz $0.21/oz
$2.99 Eggs 1 dozen 12 $0.25
$2.45 Flour, All purp. 5 lb 5 lb $0.49/lb 20 C $0.12/C
80 oz $0.03/oz 640 T $0.00/T 1920 T $0.00/t
$5.00 Flour, Wheat 5 lb 5 lb $1.00/lb 19 C $0.26/C
80 oz $0.06/oz 304 T $0.02/T 912 T $0.01/t
$1.00 Garlic Powder 2.5 oz 2.50 oz $0.40/oz 10 T $0.10/T 30 T $0.03/t
$0.98 Green peas, Can (veg) 15 oz 2 C $0.49/C 15 oz $0.07/oz
$0.58 Greens, Can 15 oz 2 C $0.29/C 15 oz $0.04/oz
$2.74 Hot dogs 1 lb = 8 hot dogs 8 Q $0.34/Q
$1.48 Jelly 32 oz 4 C $0.37/C 32 oz $0.05/oz
$1.52 Juice, Frozen orange conc. 1 can = juice 6 C $0.25/C 48 oz $0.03/oz
$1.00 Kidney beans, dry 1 lb 1 lb $1.00/lb 2.30 C $0.43/C
$2.00 Lemon juice 2 oz 0.25 C $8.00/C 2 oz $1.00/oz 4 T $0.50/T 12 T $0.17/t
$0.94 Lentils 1 lb 1 lb $0.94/lb 2.25 C $0.42/C
$1.24 Lima beans 1 lb 1 lb $1.24/lb 2.60 C $0.48/C
$1.50 Macaroni & Cheese 3 boxes 3 Q $0.50/Q
$1.36 Margarine 2 lb 2 lb $0.68/lb 4 C $0.34/C 64 T $0.02/T 192 T $0.01/t
$3.29 Mayonnaise 30 oz 3.75 C $0.88/C 60 T $0.05/T 180 T $0.02/t
$3.50 Milk Gallon 128 C $0.03/C 2048 T $0.00/T 6144 T $0.00/t
$2.50 Molasses 12 oz 1.50 C 1.67/C 12 oz $0.21/oz 24 T $0.10/T 72 T $0.03/t
$2.50 Oatmeal 2 lb 10 oz 2.60 lb $0.96/lb 7.80 C $0.32/C
$4.29 Oil, Vegetable 48 oz 6 C $0.72/C 48 oz $0.09/oz 96 T $0.04/T 288 T $0.01/t
$2.00 Onions 3 lb 3 lb $0.67/lb 15 Q $0.13/Q
$1.00 Pasta 1 lb dry 1 lb $1.00/lb 4 C $0.25/C
$1.99 Peanut butter 18 oz 2.25 C $0.88/C 18 oz $0.11/oz 36 T $0.06/T 108 T $0.02/t
$2.50 Peanuts 16 oz 2 C $1.25/C 16 oz $0.16/oz 32 T $0.08/T 96 T $0.03/t
$1.00 Pepper 8 oz 8 oz $0.13/oz 32 T $0.03/T 96 T $0.01/t
$0.70 Pepper, Green 1 1 Q $0.70/Q
$1.15 Pinto beans, dry 1 lb 1 lb $1.15/lb 2.30 C $0.50/C
$1.99 Potatoes 5 lb 5 lb $0.40/lb 2 C $1.00/C 15 oz $0.13/oz 15 Q $0.13/Q
$2.55 Potato, Mashed flakes 15 oz 2 C $1.28/C 15 oz $0.17/oz
$2.55 Raisins 9 oz 1.50 C $1.70/C 9 oz $0.28/oz
$1.00 Ramen Noodles 12 packs 12 Q $0.08/Q
$3.50 Rice, Long grain white 5 lb 5 lb $0.20/lb 4 C $0.88/C
$0.80 Salmon, Can 6 oz 6 oz $0.13/oz 0.75 T $1.07/T 2.25 t $0.36/t
$0.50 Salt 8 oz 8 oz $0.06/oz 32 T $0.02/T 96 T $0.01/t
$3.85 Shortening 16 oz 4 C $0.96/C 16 oz $0.24/oz 32 T $0.12/T 96 T $0.04/t
$0.58 Spinach, Can 15 oz 2 C $0.29/C 15 oz $0.04/oz
$1.29 16 oz Sugar, Brown 16 oz 1 lb $1.29/lb 2.25 C $0.57/C
16 oz $0.08/oz 36 T $0.04/T 108 T $0.01/t
$3.59 Sugar 5 lb 5 lb 0.72/lb 11.25 C $0.32/C 180 T $0.02/T 540 T $0.01/t
$2.00 Syrup, Pancake 32 oz 4 C $0.50/C 32 oz $0.06/oz 64 T $0.03/T 192 T $0.01/t
$1.99 Tea Bags 100 ct 100 Q $0.02/Q
$0.87 Tomato 1 0.33 lb $2.64/lb 1 Q $0.87/Q
$0.87 Tomatoes, Can 28 oz 3 C $0.29/C 28 oz $0.03/oz
$0.82 Tuna, Can 6 oz 6 oz $0.14/oz
$1.19 Vanilla 8 oz 8 oz $0.15/oz 16 T $0.07/T 48 T $0.02/t
$0.74 Vinegar 16 oz 2 C $0.37/C 16 oz $0.05/oz 32 T $0.02/T 96 T $0.01/t
$1.06 Yeast 3 packs 0.25 oz $4.24/oz 2.25 t $0.47/t 3 Q $0.35/Q
$1.67 Yogurt quart 4 C $0.42/C 24 oz $0.07/oz

Price Book 2011 NY
Price book 2011 Buffalo NY area includes baby and cats, set up to work as your shopping list as well, .xlsx Excel 2007 file

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