Back to the dang budget

The ol $149.75/week one.

Today was a hard day.


I wanted Swiss Chalet or chinese food or anything else for dinner than what I had available. And what I had wasn't bad. It just wasn't what I really, really wanted.

• KFC- I would even try the grilled chicken options (with fries of course)
• Subway (a ham sandwich is less than $5!)
• Sushi (I can get a great combo for $6 or less)
• And the list goes on.

No
NOPE
Nada!

Instead I had this:

My patented (patent pending) shrimp caesar salad with moderately homemade dressing


Delicious.


Followed by lots and lots of water.
I'm dabbling into crystal light these days too.
I love water but every once in awhile I need some flavour and crystal light does the trick.


Btw, $$$$ spent today: $0

Actually, I MADE a dollar cashing in a lotto ticket I found, woo!


Its about 6:30pm now, I won't be in bed till 11pm and I need to NOT eat for the next 4.5 hrs.


Maybe I should have a snack while I brainstorm.
Oh damn.
Right.


ROLL CALL


Breakfast:
The ol breakfast smoothie
1 medium boiled egg
1/4 cantaloupe
1 cracker with peanut butter


Lunch:
Mmmmmm. Sandwich time. Day 3. Tomorrow I will definitely switch it up. But for now...

oh yeah baby. you know it looks good.

Snack:
1 cracker with peanut butter
1 cup air popped popcorn


Dinner. See salad above
Ingredients: red peppers, romaine lettuce, avocado, shrimp, garlic, celery (for the crunch!) and sea salt.


Dessert: spoonful of cookies & cream ice cream @ my friend's house.


Eating is DONE!!

Water for the rest of the night!


oh man, wish me luck.

Happy eating!

Eating in is so hard to do

Day 8 on the budget and so far, so.... Well okay, I'm $50 over my 149.75 budget. Whoops!

What?? My roomie just told me that its only day 6. April 6. Dammit! lol! So I am WAY over budget already?? Yikes!

The whole point of the budget is to 1- spend less, 2- save more $$$ and 3 - eat the piles and piles of food I have in my fridge, freezer and cupboards.  Every week or so it feels like I'm buying new stuff and throwing out stuff I didn't get around to using, forgot I had or just didn't feel like eating (sorry brussel sprouts)

I expect this experiment to produce several outcomes:

- More $$$ in my pocket
- Based on the food available in my cupboards, I should start losing weight immediately. There's nothing in my house that's as unhealthy as the pre made stuff u can buy.

$149.75/week or 599/month.

Yikes
 

ROLL CALL: 

Breakfast: oatmeal, almond milk & frozen berries
Whole wheat toast (out of the freezer) and peanut butter

Lunch: spinach salad with cucumbers and tomatoes
Penne pasta with chicken (fresh made meal that I froze last week)

Snacks: hershey's kisses (free @ work!) Crackers & cream cheese

Dinner: My patented (patent pending) chicken caesar salad
1/2 cup Chick pea salad
 

Snacks: Almonds, peanut butter, 1oz cheese, granola bar, etc....

Happy spending!