I love overcoming new challenges. Today I realized there are still 10 days to next pay check. Tell me about living paycheck to paycheck ugh..Anyways, the challenge is to stay in my daily spending budget which is $10 per day. Whatever purchases I need to make, I will defer them unless they are “necessary” which I can only think of is gas. It should be interesting to see how far I can push my limits.
Today is Tuesday and since Saturday I have not eaten out at all, including lunch. For me this is a huge success. However, I was wrong when I assumed I can feed my man with only salad for whole week. Yesterday I had to go Ralphs and buy pasta, more bread and stuffed pepper for him. I've learned couple grocery lessons that I'd like to share with you.
I've done meal planning before I went to grocery shopping which worked out perfect
I need to include more nonperishable items such as; pasta, beans etc
Trader Joe's is expensive. I will go to ethnic store for fruits and vegetables
Once a week I'll go to Trader Joe's, Ralphs and ethnic store. They are all close by sort of. For me the best day to shop is Monday after work.
Last 4 days I've been eating very healthy as a result of good meal planning. Spinach lasagna, smoked salmon sandwich, oatmeal (breakfast),mango&avocado salad, chicken salad with dried fruits and mixed green, lean cuisine ( for lunch), asparagus with rice and chicken. Yum!yum yum!
