I, regrettably, am a slightly lazy person, and this is why I am writing a recap of Tuesday’s food intake and monetary output on a Friday. This laziness unfortunately has led me to slightly forget what I ate this day and exactly what I spent. (Yes, I know that kind of defeats the whole purpose of this blog, but shhhh.)
Anyway, from the pieces of the day that I can remember, I don’t think I ate anything for breakfast. Because of this, I got a slightly larger lunch than usual – a Waldorf chicken salad sandwich and a small spinach tortellini soup from (where else) the cafeteria. I believe this came to $6.02.
That evening I made dinner with the boyfriend at his new place. I used the porcini fettuccine I got at the market, and bought two bottles of wine to bring for cooking and drinking. The wine cost me about $8, so $4 a pop ain’t bad. The boyfriend bought the bulk of the food for the pasta – half and half, dried porcini mushrooms, chicken and crimini mushrooms. The end result turned out quite good, in my opinion.
Overall damage: I spent about $14.02 the whole day. I was able to use the pasta I had bought from the market the week before. By having the boyfriend contribute to the meal, I saved a bit of money there. And I am always up for a $4 bottle of wine that won’t give you a headache or poison you right away.
What I could have saved on: If I had eaten breakfast that morning, I probably would not have purchased such a large lunch – just the sandwich or soup probably would have sufficed. I will have to force myself to get up five minutes earlier to throw some cereal into a sandwich bag. (That’s going to be tough.)
