Weight: 271 lbs.
Mood: Exhausted
Water Consumed: 2 Nalgenes
Breakfast: Fried Potatoes and Onions
Lunch: Hot Dog and peas
Dinner: Eggplant Sauce on Pasta (more on this in an upcoming post)
Hangry Thought of the Day: Seriously Leo, teething AGAIN!
First off, sorry bout the lack of posts over the weekend. It sort of got away from me with that crazy busy schedule I had. But alas, I am back. Today we are going to be talking about my $30 for my week 3 budget at Wal-Mart. I'll be honest, I don't shop at Wal-Mart often, and for a variety of reasons. But I can understand how so many people rely on their everyday low prices. I for one was relieved to have this week come by.
Now part of my strategy is skewed this week because I needed to bulk up on dry goods after Whole Foods Week (Week 2), and prepare for COSTCO Week (Week 4). At COSTCO I only plan on getting 3 to 4 items, so some of the items I get this week are actually for next week. If I can focus on getting some veggies out of the way, and maybe even my eggs, I can open room in my budget to focus on getting some good protein like chicken wings next week. Luckily Wal-Mart made it easy. I picked up enough stuff for two full recipes (Eggplant Sauce on Pasta, and Beef Stroganoff).
I had enough in my budget left over for five bags of frozen veggies, a pack of tortilla shells, and two packs of hotdogs. Here were my big wins at Wal-Mart
- Imitation Vanilla for $0.98. This will be for adding to pancakes, plus I am going to bake some items from scratch to share with people at work to help raise awareness of Project Table for One.
- French's Sweet Mustard for $0.70. I think this stuff was on clearance, but I'll take it!
- Carrots $0.99. This was actually for a recipe, but I will use this for soups later on as well.
Over all my shopping experience wasn't bad. It was a little harder to find the clearance items, and their ad wasn't much help for me this week. The ad was designed to target families, but as I am flying solo on this project, it didn't much help. But their everyday low prices are rock bottom. Say what you will, but I am betting a lot of families who need to stretch their dollar rely on those low prices. This will be the first week were I think I will have veggies with every lunch and dinner, and still have a couple of bags left over to go into next week. You can't buy THAT for a dollar...oh wait, at Wal-Mart, you CAN!
So I am off to eat like a king today!
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