I’ll
tell you, food is my biggest expense. I can’t buy in bulk and there can’t be
any leftovers. I’ve talked about this a bit in past blogs but here’s what I’m eating
for dinner as we speak.
- French Bread for $1.99 – It’s cheap and grocery stores tend to make it often so it’s always fresh
- Green Olives Stuffed with Provolone for $1.75 – Available on most salad or Mediterranean bars. The one at my grocery costs $7.50 a pound, but I just get about seven olives and a good amount of oil to dip my bread in.
- Cabernet Sauvignon for $1.50 – Most liquor stores sell tiny individual wine bottles (a glass each) for about $1.50. Every once in a while I like to make a nice little picnic and some wine always helps.
The
total for this meal was about $5.25, not bad for a nice dinner. Check out your
local grocery for deals and also look at smaller grocery stores that might have
better olive and salad bars. There are a tom of options out there, but remember
these rules:
- Give yourself a price limit per meal. This will keep you from overbuying
- Remember that you can’t save most things for later so get only enough for one meal and nothing that needs refrigerating
- DO NOT and I repeat DO NOT fall into the fast food trap. It’s easy, I get that, but you’ll feel gross when you could get something better for about the same price.
- Accept the fact that food is an expense. You’ve cut out rent so stop complaining about the per week cost.
Good
luck folks!
