I asked my roomie to pick up a gallon of milk this week (For some reason, I've been buying ALL the milk for the past two months, not fair!) and other than that, I don't have to buy any groceries. I am going to see if I can last two weeks without going to the grocery store. I went today and picked up some veggies, alfredo sauce and chicken. I didn't really need the chicken or veggies, but they will let me hit the two week no grocery bill.
I MIGHT have to pick up some bread, but I am going to try to go without it. I might either get creative and use tortillas, or not eat sammiches. Either way won't kill me.
Money is REALLY tight this week, so tight I may have to ask my mom to cover a bill. I hate to ask for her help, but I'm glad to know she is there if I need it. If I had another week, I could come up with the money, but I don't have the other week.
My plan is to get at least half a month ahead, so I will be able to take the full week off to take my sub training. The pay is really min., however, it will look good on my resume, and be good to have the little bit of money "extra" that it will bring it.
Other than that, the same old same old. My brother is in town this week, before he goes back to Iraq, so my mom wants to go to Universal Studios with him. I told her I didn't have the money to take the day off, so they said they would take Julie with them so I could work extra. I hope they do this ... I would like to get ahead one month.
No more groceries!
August 28th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
August 28th, 2007 at 11:29 pm 1188343744
Good luck on your two-week grocery-store avoidance!
August 29th, 2007 at 01:35 am 1188351339
Once as a very broke new college graduate I lived for two weeks on applesauce, jello, and sandwiches made with Bisquik biscuits and a canned ham I won at the gas station.
Ah, those were the days....
August 29th, 2007 at 03:39 pm 1188401976
August 30th, 2007 at 03:36 am 1188445004
If you don't have mix on hand like bisquick here's a cheap, fast version. It's not as good as a buttermilk recipe, but this saves on expense and the items are more likely to be in your home at the moment.
Homemade pancake recipe
1 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Whisk eggs and milk. Mix with the flour until there are no lumps. Form pancakes with ¼ cup batter. You could add a quarter tsp of vanilla flavoring or extract to the batter for a better taste if you have it on hand.
September 1st, 2007 at 01:19 am 1188609546