by Marsha C.
Member since:
February 13, 2007

Living Below the Line $1.50 a Day Challenge Day 2

May 08, 2012 10:50 PM UTC
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Living Below the Line $1.50 a Day Challenge Day 1

 

Day 2:

Carnation Instant breakfast with 1 cup of milk  .4835

13.5 oz Dr. Pepper  .15

2 oz. potato salad  .1250

1/2 cup white chocolate pudding  .1688

1/2 banana  .09

hard boiled egg  .0833

1 cup Kool-Aid  .03

1/2 Totinos pizza  .68

 

Notes:

Lunch was hard for me.  I cut up the hard boiled egg and mixed it in with the potato salad.  I felt full only half way through it.  I then sliced up the half of banana into the pudding.  I felt so full but managed to eat it all.  (I had also brought along 2 oz of macaroni salad but didn't choose to eat it).  I'm not sure why I just felt so full.

I drank on the Dr. Pepper from 10 am to 2 pm.

Hubby, sweetheart that is he (LOL) brought home 3 Totinos pizzas to smoke in the smoker for supper.  Oh my!  It's good that I was below the max last night as I went over the $1.50 today.  There was no way that I was giving up smoked pizza.  He did the best he could price wise buying the cheap pizzas, in hopes that I could at least have some.  I could have had like 1/3 but I chose to eat half of one.

My total for today was $1.9106

Yesterday was             $1.1731

for a total of                 $3.0837 for the 2 days.  I am the .0837 over the $1.50 per day now, but I'm sure I can make up for that tomorrow.

You can also see that I ate a whole lot better today than I did yesterday.

Comments: 26

Nora D. May 8, 2012, 10:58pm UTC
Wow, you're doing pretty darn well........I know, for a fact, I could NOT do this..........however, I do give $$$$ to various charities that help those living in poverty. It's got to be extremely difficult and takes TONS of planning to be able to plan "filling" meals.
August Lady May 8, 2012, 11:08pm UTC
I give you credit Marsha, the math would've made me hang it up in Day 1!
manda r May 8, 2012, 11:16pm UTC
Im on food stamps 300 a month wish we lived close you probably could show me how to do good. I have to feed 1 kid hubby myself and my step kids on weekends and in the summer we get them full time. Any ideas
Marsha C. May 9, 2012, 12:00am UTC
it's gotten so much harder to coupon and save a lot since the Extreme Couponing show, but you still can a good deal if you watch the coupons and sales.
I'm already learning with this challenge and hubby is learning too.
We've not had a lot of money to spend on food it seems lately except we did shop at Aldi with some of the income tax refund.
This challenge is a bit easier for me because I already don't eat a lot.
Roberta Collins May 8, 2012, 11:47pm UTC
Doing good.
Karen E. May 9, 2012, 12:14am UTC
I love pizza from the smoker! Yum! You are doing well!
Sandy Moore May 9, 2012, 12:50am UTC
You are doing a super job. I know I couldn't do that well.
michele r. May 9, 2012, 1:33am UTC
You are doing far better than I could. I have never had smoked pizza... interesting concept.
Heather - child of God, C. May 9, 2012, 1:41am UTC
Wow, I'm impressed.

I'm trying to eat less. But when I get extra money I buy on sale and keep the pantry full for two reasons... one when we have a disaster, there is always food and two if someone says they need help, I have enough to share.
Jennifer R. May 9, 2012, 8:01am UTC
Great job!
Rebecca P. May 9, 2012, 8:19am UTC
Wow, great job! I've done a challenge where I spent $5 and under for a week. It's not as hard as I thought it would be. Though I guess eating as little as you've listed is part of the challenge? That's really not much!
Marsha C. May 11, 2012, 11:57am UTC
eating what I am eating is trying to stay within that $1.50 a day.......sad that it's not really all the less than what I usually eat. Except that I generally will consume Dr. Pepper ALL day as well as get in some chocolate, cookies, snack crackers etc.
Good luck with your challenge.

I spend about 200 bucks a month on groceries. So that averages out to 50 bucks a piece for a family of four in my household. That is the best I can do.
Sara L Jul 13, 2012, 7:43pm UTC
$50 a month on groceries! SCORE! I thought we were doing good at $100/week!
I can't promise it would be a healthy meals but in expensive is something I can do. Mom taught me that.
Angela A. May 9, 2012, 10:56am UTC
That smoked pizza sounds great
Pamela Marks May 9, 2012, 12:25pm UTC
smoked pizza that is a new one
Beth J. May 9, 2012, 6:58pm UTC
Thanks for sharing on Getting to 3000 Together
Beth J. May 9, 2012, 7:17pm UTC
Thanks for sharing your post on Helping Out One Another
If I could do it, I would. In the late '60s I spent about $6 a week on food, but there's been a bit of inflation since then. Beans, rice and corn, which would be my first choices, might not make it under the $1.50 criterion.
Marsha C. May 11, 2012, 11:58am UTC
You are very right Nippy. Everything is so high these days! You used to be able to get say a 1 lb bag of dry beans for .30 a bag...now that same bag is around $1.50. Rice is the same way.
Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy May 12, 2012, 9:25pm UTC
Well, I have to give you a LOT of credit for doing so well! Good luck the rest of the week! :-)
Ed Da Head Toker May 13, 2012, 11:06pm UTC
koool
manda r Sep 18, 2012, 8:20pm UTC
wonders why your not drinking more water. I don't want you to get dehydrated during this challenge. If you are sorry for asking but wasn't listed as something you drank and only saw the carnation instant breakfast and pop.

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