May 8 is Stamp Out Hunger day where US Postal Service mail carriers across the country will be collecting non-perishable food at your mailbox. These donations will be taken to local food banks where they will be distributed to families in your local area. Even though I am spending the month of May eating on…
DetailsThe sugar withdrawal hit big time and it’s not fun. It is very similar to the withdrawal I went through when I quit my soda habit a few years back. I spent the day dreaming that this next week brings a wonderful deal on Ben & Jerry’s ice cream because I happened to find a…
DetailsNow that I have to take antibiotics for the next 10 days and there are restrictions on the foods I can ingest when taking them, I decided that I would start my mornings off with one package of the instant oatmeal that I have. I’m not a big fan of plain oatmeal, so I added…
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On my trip to Safeway today to get some more food for my Eating Well On $1 A Day Challenge, I came across a booklet of coupons on the end of one of the aisles called “Shrek-Tacular Savings” with $10 in coupons inside. I grabbed a few and will continue to look out for them…
DetailsThe day started off wonderful. I woke up and decided that I would have cereal for breakfast. The question was would I eat it without milk or not. I decided that I really needed to have milk with it for it to be breakfast (and not a snack), so I went to the store. There…
DetailsDay three had to be better than day two because if it wasn’t, there was no way that I was going to be able to complete this challenge (or stay alive). Luckily, it was much better and I learned a few more things about my eating along the way. I started off the day deciding…
DetailsYesterday I made two significant discoveries during dinner: 1) Not only do I really not enjoy cooking, I don’t know how to cook. It would have been good for me to consider this fact before I decided to do this. 2) I am not very partial to Pork and Beans. It would have been good…
DetailsBreakfast I had a late breakfast because I needed to buy food before I could eat, and since I knew it was going to be a busy day (I needed to get more food plus take a trip to the food bank to deliver food I had gathered), it needed to be a fairly quick…
DetailsI woke up this morning and knew I needed to go out and do some shopping if I was going to eat anything today. I had $31 in my pocket and some coupons I had gathered, and I was on my way. My first purchase was Scrubbing Bubbles Extend-A-Clean bathroom cleaner and refill. While this…
DetailsNote: If this is your first time to this challenge, you may want to read over the frequently asked questions. You may also be interested in how I did it without spending a whole lot of time by incorporating lazy couponing I was talking with my sister and explaining to her that with couponing, I…
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