It's been a month today of living on less than $5 a day and eating organic (or at least extremely wholesome) foods.
I've spent a total of $114.31 on groceries this month (see my shopping lists)
This comes out to $3.81/day. AND I still have groceries leftover!
I've been a little MIA thanks to an extremely busy weekend - I was in Allentown/Bethlehem on Saturday with Mike doing a kid's festival, then back in NYC working a bar mitzvah. Sunday was spent working media for the Wagner Society of New York, and I worked my regular job and a babysitting gig (for the bar mitzvah people) on Monday.
Needless to say, I've been making a little extra dough and sleeping REALLY well.
Just a few highlights:
- David (who I did the Wagner thing with) handed me $35 in gift cards to Applebees and Coldstone at the end of the day. While neither are exactly healthy, free food is free food.
- Today I received a nice free sample of Kashi Go Lean Crunch
! (I went to their website and signed up for it about 3 weeks ago)
- Last night I used a bunch of random freezer food and pasta to come up with a lovely little garlic and olive oil pasta dish. I cooked frozen broccoli with garlic and olive oil, then added a little chopped organic chicken thigh until it was just undercooked. Then I added some fusilli noodles to the saucepan and cooked the whole thing for a few minutes. YUM. and CHEAP!
- Mike and I have had a few responses about subletting his apartment for weekends!
- I've made approximately $450 in EXTRA work this month, which has been fun and challenging, and doesn't feel like too much extra time. I'm feeling better about myself and my abilities in general.
- Shannon, my cousin, gave me a big bag of really cute clothes that she is getting rid of (since she'd moving in with me and downsizing)
- I was able to pay my step-dad my monthly student loan repayment in cash from my extra work this month!
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