It was a rough couponing day. Sometimes no matter how well you think you have things figured out, they just don't work like you expect them to work. That is exactly what happened and it cost me more than I expected, and my lack of preparation in foreseeing the possible issue made it so that…
Apparently, I have picked up a bad habit while living in Japan and now I don't know how to correctly eat corn. I had a few friends come to visit and they were far more shocked and interested in the way I happened to be eating my corn than about my eating well on $1…
While you probably already know that I don't especially like cooking and before this challenge began, I did the bare minimum of cooking, you probably don't realise how bare minimum that was. Today you will find that out. While never having broiled anything should have given you some indication of my total lack of cooking…
Now comes the hard part. I have shown that I can get enough food to live on spending only $1 a day, but now I need to learn how to make meals that are appealing to others with that food. The fact that I can't cook (I used the broiler for the first time the…
Today was a disaster and I spent most of it wondering why I ever thought it would be a good idea to continue this challenge. This challenge really doesn’t lend itself to someone that does a lot of traveling and I was off to a new place for the week. Having to move the food…
My sister challenged me to try and eat well for a month spending only $1 a day for food. It probably would have been wise if I had thought about how much I hate shopping and cooking before I took on the challenge, but once I committed, nothing could stop me (not even a trip…
I thought that I was going to end this last day of the challenge on a totally high note, and then the reality of only having a limited budget came slamming me back to reality with the issues that can happen. I did manage to survive one month eating on $1 a day (this wasn't…
I'm still trying to decide whether I will continue this challenge for another month and that is making for a dilemma on how to spend the last bit of money I have. If this is it, then I want to use it to get something I will really enjoy on the last day, but if…
How did I know this would happen? Now that this challenge is winding down to an end, I couldn't help to let me sister know that it looks like I will end up succeeding in the challenge. And so the argument began… Although when this challenge began, my sister didn't believe that I would be…
You would be very happy that you didn't have to be around me today. I was in a irritable mood all day (pretty unusual for me) and it was the first day in this challenge where I was really dissatisfied. It has also made me realise a lot about myself that I had never really…
It is amazing at how quickly this month has passed by. I was concerned that it might be a really long month, especially if I couldn't find any good food deals and had to scrimp to get by. Luckily, that has not been the case. As this challenge is coming to an end, I'm trying…
The new week started for the grocery stores. There doesn't appear to be any money makers this week that I can take advantage of, but I was able to score 5 packages of Oscar Mayer Hardwood Smoked Turkey Franks which you may be able to do yourself if you can find peelie coupons. I also…
I have been surprised that now that this challenge is coming to an end, it is more difficult to choose what to purchase with my remaining money. Should I continue to buy basic foods in addition to what is on sale, or since I have enough food to last this last week, should I spend…
Hard to believe I'm down to the final week. Considering I started this challenge off in the hospital emergency room and I wasn't sure I would make it this far, it is nice to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. This also marks the day that I get to…
I should have known that not paying attention in math class would one day come back to haunt me. My math is so bad that I am seriously considering taking a calculator with me to the store from now on (although that still might not be enough). For awhile I thought I might have to…
I knew that today was going to be a tough day even before it began. I had finished off all my fruit and pasta and was running low on a lot of other things. I figured that for the first time, I would actually be eating like people imagined I would be eating when there…