Yesterday, it rained for most of the day. Today, it just drizzled for most of the day. Yup, it was pretty gloomy...
The kids woke up late again and had to be driven to school.
Since sleeping hasn't been part of my late evening repertoire for over 4 days now (former insomniac), sleeping in today was rather nice. I woke up cause the phone rang.
The afternoon was spent doing errands, picking up and dropping off our teen.
The project, got as far as bringing the much needed tool out of the box! (woop te doo... *yawn*)
Food Budget Trick: Eating is very much psychological, ergo can be manipulated. So I do, rather strictly. In my home, dessert is not a normal part of the meal. It is a treat approved by me. Soda is once a week. Snacks are on a schedule or for school. ONLY. And... IT HAS TO BE ON SALE- A GREAT SALE. ONLY. This way, our food money is further stretched to accomodate more necessities. No one misses out on anything and whining gets cut to a minimum.
Dinner was another Filipino dish called "Sinigang na Baboy" (Pork in Sour Broth) over rice.
I got the pork last week at Kroger for 99 cents/lb. The family pack I got cost $5.04
I used:
1/3 pkg, pork country style ribs-------------------------1.68
1 bag of frozen spinach----------------------------------1.00
1 lb. taro root---------------------------------------------.99
1 packet of tamarind season mix(Asian mart, 2/$1)--FREE (Dec)
Water and seasoning------------------------------------FREE
Rice-------------------------------------------------------FREE (Jan)
1.68 + 1 + .99 = $3.67 /5 = 73 cents a plate! (and again, leftovers for tomorrow!)
With that little expense for dinner by only using what we have, the day certainly didn't end gloomy! (though cold still stands. "brrr!!!")
5 days down, 9 more to go!
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