Week 26 will be my halfway point - this takes a surprising amount of focus. It feels like forever....
Breakfast: Cress had oatmeal. Dai and Phyllis had fried eggs. They cooked them themselves.
Lunch: Cress and Phyllis took taco beans and chips. Jason couldn't find the frozen church bread in the freezer when this was offered. I found it - they still wanted beans and chips. Dai had a ham sandwich.
Dinner: spaghetti with green beans and a green salad. Dai asked for spaghetti yesterday. I told her I didn't have any, but I got some today. I had to go the Tully Costco anyway to get tortillas so I thought I would grab spaghetti makings at Grocery Outlet. You can see how that went in the shopping section below.
I bought a small can of spaghetti sauce (my girls eat it because I make them but they don't love it so if I buy the other size we usually have leftovers) and I put sliced mushrooms, garlic and basil form our plant in it. Dai helped sautee the mushrooms since I was mid-sautee when I had to leave to get Phyllis.
So we ate four of us and then Dai ate when she was done. Shift eating but not terrible on Mondays.
Jason had to go to Ace so I asked him to get "something popsicley." He brought back fruit popsicles. Not exactly what I wanted but also Sugar Free. Aspartame - so he might get me something else - the girls can have those. I have had two diet sodas, one today and one yesterday, and have a headache.
So, cold cereal is a splurge - and I could have been out of there with only the spaghetti stuff for under $5. It makes me think about if I made a plan and only bought enough food for the plan, working down to nothing in the house in between - how cheaply could I do it? I recall that I could do it more cheaply than I have been. And Jack in the Box two days in a row doesn't help, either.
Breakfast: Cress had oatmeal. Dai and Phyllis had fried eggs. They cooked them themselves.
Lunch: Cress and Phyllis took taco beans and chips. Jason couldn't find the frozen church bread in the freezer when this was offered. I found it - they still wanted beans and chips. Dai had a ham sandwich.
Dinner: spaghetti with green beans and a green salad. Dai asked for spaghetti yesterday. I told her I didn't have any, but I got some today. I had to go the Tully Costco anyway to get tortillas so I thought I would grab spaghetti makings at Grocery Outlet. You can see how that went in the shopping section below.
I bought a small can of spaghetti sauce (my girls eat it because I make them but they don't love it so if I buy the other size we usually have leftovers) and I put sliced mushrooms, garlic and basil form our plant in it. Dai helped sautee the mushrooms since I was mid-sautee when I had to leave to get Phyllis.
So we ate four of us and then Dai ate when she was done. Shift eating but not terrible on Mondays.
Jason had to go to Ace so I asked him to get "something popsicley." He brought back fruit popsicles. Not exactly what I wanted but also Sugar Free. Aspartame - so he might get me something else - the girls can have those. I have had two diet sodas, one today and one yesterday, and have a headache.
| Costco | ||
| Eggs | $7.39 | |
| Grated Cheddar Jack Mix | $15.69 | |
| Jack cheese | $6.19 | |
| Flour Tortillas | $2.99 | |
| $32.26 | ||
| Grocery Outlet | ||
| Thin spaghetti noodles (2 lbs) | $1.78 | |
| Mushrooms | $1.99 | |
| Can of spaghetti sauce | $0.59 | $4.36 |
| Crispix | $5.98 | |
| Corn Pops | $3.49 | total munchy food for me |
| Garlic Powder | $3.99 | |
| Pickles | $3.87 | |
| Bread | $1.98 | |
| Tomatoes | $0.99 | |
| Cucumber (5) | $1.67 | |
| Quick Grits | $2.49 | splurge |
| 60% Chocolate chips | $2.49 | for Dai's class basket |
| Tollhouse caramel bars mix | $2.49 | for Dai's class basket |
| $33.80 | ||
| $66.06 |
So, cold cereal is a splurge - and I could have been out of there with only the spaghetti stuff for under $5. It makes me think about if I made a plan and only bought enough food for the plan, working down to nothing in the house in between - how cheaply could I do it? I recall that I could do it more cheaply than I have been. And Jack in the Box two days in a row doesn't help, either.
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