October 2009
4 posts
Days 4 and 5
These two days have been pretty great. I think I’m finally starting to appreciate how little $30 worth of food really is.
Yesterday I left my lunch at home. Darn. So I went to Willy’s, where you can get a veggie soft taco for $1.95 plus tax. And what a deal it is. The taco is probably about 1/2 to 1/3 as filling as a veggie burrito, which is wayyy too filling for me. Plus, free chips....
Day 3 - Black Beans and Paulaner
After an overnight soak, the black beans are awesome. But I’m sure most of you already knew that, having cooked beans before. Beans and rice for dinner, and assorted combinations of peanut butter, apple, banana, spaghetti, marinara sauce, and coffee.
Oh, and I decided to have a beer. We had a bit of a flood at home. After a good cleanup I had earned a beer. So I’m factoring it in. It...
Day 2 - I Love Beer
Yep, I love beer. But I can’t have any of it this week. Crap.
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, it was my birthday on Saturday. I got a few gifts - 90% of them are beer gifts.
All this beer taunting me in the fridge has me thinking about my beer love. It’s not cheap - I probably spend $30-$50 per week on beer and alcohol, sometimes way over that on a night out. I’ve...
Day 1 - A Change of Pace
Tami over at Running With Tweezers has organized Round 2 of Eat On $30 - a challenge to live on $30 a week, which is slightly more than the average of what Americans receiving assistance are given for food weekly.
Check out Tami’s post, here’s an excerpt:
I did it for a variety of reasons. The first being…times are tough for a lot of folks these days. Living on a budget is a...