Day 24: Final Cut Pro

Money Spent: $0

Amount in food eaten: $0

Breakfast: Yogurt, English muffin with peanut butter and jam, and COFFEE ($0)

Lunch: nada

Dinner: Egg sandwich on English muffin and rice pudding ($0)

Work was a little nutso today.  I started it off well, though, by making a really nice breakfast when I arrived (it only took about 5 minutes to prepare and kept me going until 6:00).  I even brewed some coffee that I found in the cupboard from months ago.  It was still totally good, but would have otherwise just been chucked.  

It's crazy how much food I've wasted, thinking back... 

Anyway, my day at work was incredibly busy for various reasons, so by the time 4:30 rolled around and I had to get going, I realized I hadn't eaten lunch (and was still fine)...

I went to Queens to work for David again.  When I arrived, I made a nice organic egg sandwich with cheese on a whole wheat English muffin (which was free to me, of course :) ).  I did some data entry stuff for David, and then he finally pulled out the big guns.  He decided now is the time for teaching me Final Cut Pro (finally).  David and I have worked together on a slew of movies and film jobs through his production company, Match Productions.  We've always said that I should be learning to edit through FCP, and now's the time.

I had a tutorial and then sat for about 45 minutes and went through some very funny footage from a cooking show they have been filming.  I'm psyched about finally learning this - definitely something I can use in future jobs.  I walked away with a hunk of cash and a dark chocolate Easter bunny.  Not exactly organic, but totally FREE.

When I left, I found an e-mail from a college student in Florida asking to interview me about my Freegan Dive.  How cool!  We had a phone interview and I'm looking forward to reading her paper :)

Mike and I are about to tuck into The Devil and Daniel Johnson which just got Netflix'd to us. 

Day 10: Sick

Money Spent: $0

Amount on Food: $.45

I'm not feeling very well today.  I didn't eat any breakfast (except for an Honest Tea)

I came home early from work after our morning meeting and had some of last night's leftovers ($0).  Then I crashed for a while.

When I got up, I made myself an English muffin pizza ($.45).  I just grabbed a muffin from the freezer, popped it in the oven to thaw it for 10 minutes, then cut it open.  I smothered it in my pasta sauce and then topped it with cheese and Garlic Season-All, then put it back in the oven for 10 minutes.  So easy, even a sicky can do it.  Check out this blog for more info: Pizza Friday

Okay, back to sleep :(

Day 6: Smoothies Are My Downfall

Money spent: $4.65
Total amount in food: $5.25

TGIF. 

We ran out of bananas, so for breakfast I had oatmeal bread with peanut butter. (.$15)

I was hungry for lunch pretty early, so I made myself an awesome open-faced sandwich.  I had organic pepperoni in the work fridge from about 3 weeks ago that seems to never go bad (the sell by date is sometime in late fall... which kind of freaks me out but it tasted GREAT).  My co-worker had some tomatoes in the fridge that were a little soft, so she said she didn’t want them.  I cut them into thin slices, put some olive oil and garlic powder on the English muffins I brought, topped them with some cheese from a week or two ago, and sliced pepperoni to put on top.  I then popped it in the microwave (our oven in busted).  MMM it hit the spot. ($.41 – I’m only counting the muffin since I would have thrown everything else out!)

I walked from work to meet Mike in the park on 59th Street, which was great except that I was really hungry by the time I got there.  There’s a Whole Foods in the Columbus Circle mall, so I went in there to see if I could find any free samples.  No such luck. 

I was so hungry that I caved when I saw Jamba Juice, I bought a Peanut Butter Moo’d for $4.65.  I felt pretty guilty, but I kind of justified it because it’s Friday and it was seriously the most delicious thing I’ve ever tasted.

Mike is making me some of my dough pockets from the other night (flour, water, and salt for the dough shaped into thin disks and filled with chopped onions, tomatoes, shredded mozzarella, mushrooms, and a little garlic)  You can fill these delicious little suckers with whatever you have in the fridge (my favorite is spinach, feta, and onion).  It’s a lovely little package of flavor and they fill you up nicely. They also freeze well, though you should wrap them individually since the dough gets sticky when frozen.  If you make extra dough, you can throw it in the fridge, too, and fill it with anything new you acquire. ($.04)

It’s Mike’s birthday weekend, so tomorrow we’re going with some friends to the Liberty Science Center in Jersey.  We’re getting in to the museum for free (our friend Caryn has free passes), but we pay to see the movie and for the train ticket.  It will probably be about $17.  I’m going to make it my goal next week to make up for the extra $$$. I also need to find a good birthday present for Mike!!!  Yeep.

I realized I’d totally forgotten about the crackers I got, and I was feeling kinda munchy so I checked them out.  It turns out they’re these like airy little breadcrackers (Wasa Crisp 'n Light).  They were the cheapest crackers at Whole Foods, and they’re kinda crazy amazing.  I ate one plain, and then covered one with some preserves from Mike’s fridge.  I then tried one with almond butter and honey.  Our honey is starting to crystallize, so I spread some of that on the almond butter.  Holy shit.  Just get these crackers and take my word for it.  I also feel like I just ate a mini-sandwich, so I’m a lot more full than I expected to be from eating some crackers!!