February Food Cost
January Total: $39.48
February Total: $43.39
Year Total: $188.20
Total Remaining: $176.80
This month I had three free
meals from restaurants. The first meal was a promotional thing from Subway for
a free breakfast wrap. The second free meal came from a local Italian
restaurant that frequently sends coupons for a free dinner. I also had a free
lunch at a Chinese restaurant for my birthday. I ate a lot of food during a
Superbowl party and got very sick at about 3am.
There are so many options for finding free or inexpensive food. In the past, I would not have signed up for a free sandwich offer or even taken advantage of a coupon for a free dinner. I now look at a $0.65 purchase for a candy bar as expensive. I did buy two Twix bars for $2.00 this month but that was because I was trapped writing a very long paper for Molecular Biology and had limited options for food. I'm beginning to view this year's challenge as a lifestyle change. Purchasing food will always be a necessity, but it doesn't necessarily have to be such a huge expense. If I were a little more disciplined, then I could really save a tremendous amount of money on food but I like chocolate every now and then...
Restaurants: $13.49
Stores: $29.90
February Food List
1st - 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, 5c root beer,
butterfinger, pep pizza, 3" sandwich (Subway free breakfast deal: 3"
steak, egg white, pepperjack cheese, tomato on flatbread, 12oz coffee, 2 sugar)
(Little Ceasars: $5.00) (Dollar General: root beer $0.85, butterfinger $0.60)
2nd - 1/2c corn, 1c bush beans, 1-1/2c potatoes,
1/3c rice, 1tbs butter, 1/8c poultry gravy, beef ramen, 1tsp honey, 1 pot
coffee, hot chocolate, 1/6 yellow cake, white frosting (GO grocery: frosting:
$0.50, cake mix: $0.69, lemonade (10pks) $0.89, hot chocolate (10pks) $1.00)
3rd - 1-1/2c potatoes, 2 eggscr, 1 garlic, 1 tbs
butter, frosting, 1/6 yellow cake (superbowl party: 2c root beer, 3c dr pepper,
4hot chicken wings, beef roast, 1c potatoes, 1c carrots, 1c broccoli, 1 roll, 3
sm donuts, tortilla chips, 3 kraft cheese, cheese puffs, cocoa treats,
marshmallows, salsa, bbq chips, salami)
4th - 1 pack crackers, vanilla icing, 1c root
beer, lemonade
5th - (made bread)2tbs strawberry freezer jam,
1c corn, 2 eggomlt, 1/2oz pepperjack cheese, 1/4 bread, 2tbs butter, 2tbs
peanut butter, 2tsp honey, 2 pot coffee, 2 baby ruths, vanilla icing (GO
grocery: $1.00 box crackers, $1.00 land-o-lakes (4pck) pepperjack cheese, $1.00
(2) baby ruths)
6th - 1tbs strawberry freezer jam, 1c bush
beans, 1/3c rice, 1/4 bread, 2tbs peanut butter, 1/8c brown gravy, 1tsp
honey, 1 pot coffee, lemonade, 3 cupcakes, vanilla frosting (burned 6
cupcakes-made last in box)
7th - 2bs strawberry freezer jam, 1/4 bread, 2
tbs peanut butter, 3 cup cakes w/ frosting, hot chocolate, lemonade, 1 box
mac&cheese (3tbs butter) (Dollar General: $1.00 Mac&cheese)
8th - 1c bush beans, 1 garlic, 1/3c rice, 1/4
bread, 1/2tbs butter, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, hot chocolate (from mom's
school: 1 choc. Cupcake, 2 brownies w/ oreos) (Snappy's Free coupon: 2 garlic
bread, 1-1/2c lettuce, 1/4c tomatoes, 1tbs green peppers, 1tbs onion, 1/8c feta
cheese, italian dressing, 1-1/2c spaghetti marenaera, Mozerella cheese, ~4oz
breaded chicken, 1-1/2c sprite)
9th - 1/3c carrots, 1/2c corn, 1c bush beans,
1/2oz pepperjack cheese, 1 eggscr, 1/3c rice, 1/8c brown gravy, 1/2tbs
butter, 2tsp honey, 2 pot coffee, hot chooate, sugar cookies (free Snappy's
leftovers: 1c spaghetti, garlic knot, ~2oz chicken) (mom's school: brownie w/
oreos (85g), 2 cranberry muffin)
10th - 3/4c corn, catnip tea, 2 eggomlt,
1/2oz pepperjack cheese, 1tbs butter, 1/2 pack crackers, can tomato soup,
sugar cookies, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, lemonade, cranberry muffin
(walmart: $0.75 tomato soup)
($5.72 left for month)
11th - (made bread)2tbs strawberry freezer jam,
1/4 bread, 2tbs peanut butter, lemonade (Burger King: $3.49 chicken sandwich,
sm fries, carmel sundae)
12th - 4tbs strawberry freezer jam, 1 garlic,
catnip tea, 1 eggfrtst, 1 eggscr, 1/2oz pepperjack cheese, 1/4 bread, 2tbs
butter, 1/2 pack crackers, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, 1 hot chocolate, lemonade
13th - 1c green beans, hot chocolate,
Mac&cheese (3tbs butter) 2 choc pudding (dollar general: $1.00
mac&cheese)(GO grocery: $0.89 choc puddings(4pk) (chilis dinner w/ m&j
paid for me: chicken quesadilla w/ guacamole, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream,
fries)(valentine's gifts: 3 russel stovers chocolates, 3 peppermint choc chip
cookies)
14th - (made bread) 4tbs strawberry freezer jam,
2 eggfrtst, 3/4 bread, 2tbs butter, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, 1 hot chocolate,
2 choc pudding (valentine's gift: 2 peppermint choc chip cookies)
15th - hot chocolate (biology speaker: 1 piece
cheese pizza)(from mom's school: oatmeal cookies, choc chip cookies, chicken
salad sandwiches)
16th - strawberry freezer jam, 1/4 bread, 1/2tbs
butter, work sweet tea (work: burnt pancakes, syrup, dr pepper, hushpuppies,
spoonful banana creme pie) (from mom's school: pineapple, cookies)
17th - 3/4c corn, 1c bush beans, 1/3c rice,
brown gravy, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, work sweet tea (family dinner w/ R+M:
chicken, stuffing, gravy, broccoli, mashed potatoes, lemon pie, root beer,
pineapple)
18th - 1c bush beans, 2 eggscr, 1/2oz pepperjack
cheese, 1/2tbs butter, 1 pack crackers, lemonade, work sweet tea
19th - 1c bush beans, 2 eggscr, 1/2oz pepperjack
cheese, 1/3c rice, 1/2 tbs butter, poultry gravy, work sweet tea, 1tsp honey, 1
pot coffee(school: $2.00 twix(2))
20th - (made bread) 2c applesauce, blueberry
syrup, 2 eggfrtst, 1/2 bread, 1tbs butter, work sweet tea, 1/2 pack crackers,
tomato soup, choc chip cookies (walmart: $0.75 tomato soup)(gift from jonnie:
tub of cookie dough)
21st - 1/3c carrots, 1c bush beans, 2eggscr,
1/2oz pepperjack cheese, 1/4 bread, 1/3c rice, brown gravy, 1tbs butter, 1tsp
honey, 1 pot coffee, choc chip cookies (from tub)
22nd -choc chip cookies, pizza, root beer, 1tsp
honey, 1 pot coffee (little caesars: $5.00 pizza) (dollar general: $0.85 root
beer)
23rd - strawberry freezer jam, 1 eggfrtst, 1/4
bread, 1/2tbs butter, 2tsp honey, 2 pot coffee (chinese restaurant: free buffet
for birthday!)
24th - 2 eggscr, 1/2oz pepperjack cheese, 1 med
tortilla, 1/2tbs butter, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, choc chip cookies
(work: hush puppies, fried green beans, sweet tea)
25th - 1c bush beans, 2 eggscr, 1med tortilla,
1/2tbs butter, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, choc chip cookies, tomato soup, 1 pack
crackers (walmart: $0.75 tomato soup)
26th - dried apples, 1/4c carrots, 2 eggscr,
1/3c rice, 2tbs butter, salmon can into patties, ketchp, 1/8 pack crackers,
mac&cheese (3tbs butter) hot chocolate (dollar general: $1.00
mac&chese) (walmart: $2.28 teryaki sauce, $2.93 canned salmon)
27th - dried apples, 1c bush beans, 2 eggscr,
1/3c rice, teriyaki sauce, 1/2tbs butter, goat cheese pizza, 2 babyruths, 1tsp
honey, 1 pot coffee, lemonade (GO: $1.00 babyruths (2), $1.00 pizza w/goat
cheese, spinach and tomatoes, $1.00 banana crunch peanut butter, $1.00 turkey
stuffing lg box)
28th - dried apples, 1c bush beans, 2 eggscr, 1/3c rice, teriyaki, 1/2tbs butter, poptarts, king size reese's, 1tsp honey, 1 pot coffee, hot chocoalte, lemonade (GO: $0.89 spaghetti noodles, $0.39 poptarts, $0.89 king size reese's, $1.00 pizza w/ goat cheese spinach and tomatoes, $1.00 bag frozen fries)
48tbs butter left