Wishing is as far as it got this week. My tight budget was stretched to the breaking point and there wasn't much I could do about it. If you read my post from Week 1, you may recall I had a date and lunch out this week to fit into my budget.
Going through this challenge, I'm realizing more and more how much I took advantage of having unlimited access to things. If there was something I wanted, I got it. If it was after hours, there were 2 places within 5km that are open 24hrs. If it cost $7.99 for a small ball of fresh mozzarella, who cares? I know there were weeks I spent over $100 in groceries. I didn't care if it was cheaper a couple km away, it was here and it was convenient. I also remember the waste; eating what I wanted, not necessarily what I had in the fridge.
I'd say I'm more like a C+ student now. I bought things I didn't end up using, and missed out on things I did. I ran out of peppercorns to grind on Wednesday, and I had a couple people come to my rescue with a can of beer for a recipe (thanks, dad) and aluminum foil (thanks, Kristina). By luck, I didn't run out of money. I would have been $0.50 over, but thanks to a lucky $1 coin found on Monday by the water, I had enough.
Groceries totaled $30.05 this week. I started off with $48.50 (adding in last week's surplus and the lucky loonie). My date and lunch with a friend came to $18.05 in total, so I ended up with just $0.45 left at the end of the week.
- Chicken Broth (I'll have to find use for it this week)
- 2 bananas
- 1 bunch of broccoli
- Can of coconut milk
- package of 2 chicken breasts
- bag of carrots
- package of mushrooms
- 4 pack of peppers
- 2 nectarines
- 1 jumbo red onion
- 1 cluster of tomatoes
- a 6 pack of eggs
- a block of mozzarella
- a package of tortillas
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