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Getting Coupon Lazy – Day 93: Eating Well On $1 A Day


I can tell as this challenge goes on, I am getting lazy with the couponing. The good news is that I am able to do so because I have been able to stay well below the $1 a day goal. Some might think that this is bad and I should be focusing on getting better [...]

Walking Helps Me Keep My Sanity – Day 92: Eating Well On $1 A Day


If you do not take a daily walk, I would highly recommend that you do. It is amazing how much better I feel and how much more energy I have when I am able to take my morning walk compared to days when I miss it. I have found that this challenge has shown me [...]

I Still Think I Can Change The World – Day 91: Eating Well On $1 A Day


A bit of inspiration on a far too busy day when I ended up running into a lot of naysayers… We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big differences that we often cannot [...]

Major Decisions – Eating Well On $1 A Day: Day 90


Hitting the last 10 day mark before reaching 100 days of eating well on $1 a day, I need to make some big decisions. I have enough food that I could easily last these last 10 days without buying anything and end the 100 day milestone at just over $0.50 a day, but that would [...]

Creating Havoc At The Hospital – Day 89: Eating Well On $1 A Day


When I started this challenge, the first few days didn’t look all that promising when I ended up in the emergency room (It turned out to be caused by an intestinal abscess, not because of my cooking). While antibiotics took care of the abscess, the doctors wanted to figure out what may have caused it [...]

Sometimes It’s Worth Missing A Morning Smoothie – Day 88: Eating Well On $1 A Day


Today was the last day of house sitting meaning that it was a travel day. I know from past experience that these days are always stressful and a pain when it comes to this challenge. In addition to moving all my stuff back to my home base, I had to pick up the people I [...]

Coffee Society Cupertino Coupon Meeting Sunday 8/1


I know that this is short notice, but looking at my schedule I will be traveling or house sitting well into the next month and I would like to talk to a few people about what they find most difficult or areas they are having trouble with couponing to help me address those issues with [...]

Roasted Stuffed Green Peppers – Day 87: Eating Well On $1 A Day


Today was basically an organization day and it didn’t begin on the right foot. Knowing that I would be leaving the house sitting job tomorrow, I needed to start packing up all of my stuff, cleaning up the house and bathroom, doing laundry and making sure everything was in order when the owners returned. The [...]

I Still Can’t Flip An Omelet – Day 86: Eating Well On $1 A Day


The house sitting gig is coming to an end in a few days. Even though I have a pretty big cushion with my spending and would like to do another major grocery shopping run, I have been resisting. Moving the food from place to place is a real pain and I would like to avoid [...]

The Coupon Man Poem – Day 85: Eating Well On $1 A Day


It is bad enough that people have decided that it is OK to refer to me as “The Coupon Man” (I think my sister is telling everyone she knows to do it as part of her duty under SARBSS because she knows that it will get a reaction out of me) The irony is also [...]

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