First and foremost:
Yesterday I was thinking about this BLOG and how the end of the month was approaching. I was thinking, "Hmmm . . . I should find another challenge." I decided to start a food log to keep track of what I am consuming in the most basic sense, and to instill a sense of shame in eating horribly bad things--as the world would be put on NOTICE of such tendencies. Then last night I read that Candice is going to do a similar thing, although focusing much more on the sustainability aspect. Sustainability will also be goal, of course, but the primary focus will be on fixing my consuption problems! I've been "steadily" (I use that word loosely, as some months I have lost a lot, and then other times it takes a couple of months to lose only 5 pounds) losing weight since this summer, and now that I am facing another six weeks of NO RUNNING, I need to start working on my eating and not depending on my running to undo all the damage of my binge eating. WORD UP.
Okay, back to day 28:
Went to work, commuted. Used cruise control on all the highway portions and am getting much more comfortable with it!!! YAY!!!
I had a doctor's appointment, where I was told I could not run for six more weeks and need to "baby" my leg. No cast or boot is needed, though, becuase it is the fibula and I still will be placing the brunt of my weight on the tibia when I walk and stuff. Otherwise, I would be booted up! So, I have now officially broken both of the bones in my left shin. AWESOME. Paid my copay.
Then I ordered my ticked for Sex and the City tomorrow on Fandango. We are going to dinner beforehand, so I will need to eat as cheaply as possible . . . the funds are drying up! I no longer have a cushion in my student loan account. :( That's why I'm working so hard to get my security deposit back . . . i like having that cushion. I should also seriously consider applying for a credit card to use in emergencies. But UGHHH! I do trust myself a lot more now with credit, but I still just don't like the idea . . .
Ordered a salad from McDonalds ( :( ) b/c I was eager to compare/contrast the Southwestern Salads of McDonalds and Arbys . . . McD's wins, although Arbys' is cheaper . . . but not enough lettuce!!!!
Cleaned up the old apartment some more after work, then headed back to relax.
Needed groceries, so I ran to Target so I could use my Target Card. I was so impressed by the variety of delicious/healthy products at Super Target! HOLY CRAP. Archer Farms is da bomb. I didn't buy too much, as I don't yet know what all I need at the new place. I also got PIZZA HUT for dinner. SO BAD! But again, I am in a transitional phase where I don't yet feel comfortable (or have the energy!!!!) cooking and making a big mess at the new place . . . I shall overcome.
Showing posts with label grocery. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 29, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Day 2six
Memorial Day.
Slept in, then ran to pick a few grocery items for the new house. Again, right now I am in a place in my life where I need to get as cheap of groceries as possible so I usually get my groceries at Walmart. The Walmart by my new place is SWEET. It's one of the newer, "classier" ones and the grocery section is sweet as hell. Of course, I am going to aim to start getting most of my fresh items from one of the surrounding Farmers' Markets.
Just laid around the house relaxing most of the day, then went on an ADVENTURE to Saylorville Lake and Big Creek State Park. Pretty cool stuff out there; glad I know it is there.
Afterwards, we went to dinner at this new BBQ place by Drake. We ordered drinks, which were almost as expensive as our meals, so my initial thought was EXPENSIVE! But then I realized the meal itself was only $7 and very filling. NOT BAD.
Total Expenses: $28
Slept in, then ran to pick a few grocery items for the new house. Again, right now I am in a place in my life where I need to get as cheap of groceries as possible so I usually get my groceries at Walmart. The Walmart by my new place is SWEET. It's one of the newer, "classier" ones and the grocery section is sweet as hell. Of course, I am going to aim to start getting most of my fresh items from one of the surrounding Farmers' Markets.
Just laid around the house relaxing most of the day, then went on an ADVENTURE to Saylorville Lake and Big Creek State Park. Pretty cool stuff out there; glad I know it is there.
Afterwards, we went to dinner at this new BBQ place by Drake. We ordered drinks, which were almost as expensive as our meals, so my initial thought was EXPENSIVE! But then I realized the meal itself was only $7 and very filling. NOT BAD.
Total Expenses: $28
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
DAY NINETEEN
Back to work. Slept in, so I ate lunch at home.
Worked, then grocery shopped. Unfortunately, did it HUNGRY! However, I did buy all frozen food/lunches to last me through the week until I move, and some fresh apples. So it was all SMART purchases. I forgot my HyVee bag at home, but I just bought another one . . . makes sense to have two total as HyVee will be the closest store to my new home so I will ultimately end up shopping there more than I do now . . . plus the Mills Civic HyVee is AWESOME!
TOTAL EXPENSES: $35 grocery
Worked, then grocery shopped. Unfortunately, did it HUNGRY! However, I did buy all frozen food/lunches to last me through the week until I move, and some fresh apples. So it was all SMART purchases. I forgot my HyVee bag at home, but I just bought another one . . . makes sense to have two total as HyVee will be the closest store to my new home so I will ultimately end up shopping there more than I do now . . . plus the Mills Civic HyVee is AWESOME!
TOTAL EXPENSES: $35 grocery
Monday, May 19, 2008
Day Thirteen
(NOTE: I will do a seperate post for PORTLAND)
Spent this day preparing for my upcoming vacation. Paid some bills online to make sure they were done before I left. Decided to only pay the minimum on my Target bill instead of the usual $25 flat auto pay I have set up in order to conserve cash for the week. WOO--$15 saved for the month. HA. Sent off my BOA credit bill and was also going to only pay the minimum ($15), but instead sent off the $40 I have been sending. It has no interest for one year so I am trying to get it all paid off (or pretty damn close) before then. My Mom should start paying on it at some point (it's actually HER debt in MY name . . . how nice) but I am just taking care of it until then, and probably will continue sending in payments regardless. Cleaning up my credit is waaay too important to me.
Had another doctor appointment in the am for my leg. Thank God for $10 copay!!!
Went to lunch in South DSM with Kendra. This is a monthly thing we do--meet in the middle. However, since I am moving to DSM this week it would make no sense to meet for lunch anymore (I'd drive to Indianola to work, then DSM for lunch and back, then BACK to DSM) so this is our last lunch before we switch to . . . HAPPY HOURS!!! Had some yummy Thai food!!!
Went and bought a few grocery items after work, and finally bought a reusable HyVee bag. I usually only buy 1-2 bags worth of groceries at HyVee b/c they are generally more expensive, but there are certain items I HAVE to get there. Also bought some stamps while I was there (ONE STOP SHOPPING). Also stopped by my bank's ATM (NO FEES) and took out $60 cash to use on my trip.
After I got home, I realized I forgot a few needed items for the trip. So, I had to go back a little later and buy them. Then I went to bed EARLY.
Total Expenses: $570.33 ($408.67 = car payment, $10 target bill, $10 copay, $10.95 lunch, $60 ATM, $40 BOA Bill, $21 grocery, $10.01 forgotten stuff for trip)
Spent this day preparing for my upcoming vacation. Paid some bills online to make sure they were done before I left. Decided to only pay the minimum on my Target bill instead of the usual $25 flat auto pay I have set up in order to conserve cash for the week. WOO--$15 saved for the month. HA. Sent off my BOA credit bill and was also going to only pay the minimum ($15), but instead sent off the $40 I have been sending. It has no interest for one year so I am trying to get it all paid off (or pretty damn close) before then. My Mom should start paying on it at some point (it's actually HER debt in MY name . . . how nice) but I am just taking care of it until then, and probably will continue sending in payments regardless. Cleaning up my credit is waaay too important to me.
Had another doctor appointment in the am for my leg. Thank God for $10 copay!!!
Went to lunch in South DSM with Kendra. This is a monthly thing we do--meet in the middle. However, since I am moving to DSM this week it would make no sense to meet for lunch anymore (I'd drive to Indianola to work, then DSM for lunch and back, then BACK to DSM) so this is our last lunch before we switch to . . . HAPPY HOURS!!! Had some yummy Thai food!!!
Went and bought a few grocery items after work, and finally bought a reusable HyVee bag. I usually only buy 1-2 bags worth of groceries at HyVee b/c they are generally more expensive, but there are certain items I HAVE to get there. Also bought some stamps while I was there (ONE STOP SHOPPING). Also stopped by my bank's ATM (NO FEES) and took out $60 cash to use on my trip.
After I got home, I realized I forgot a few needed items for the trip. So, I had to go back a little later and buy them. Then I went to bed EARLY.
Total Expenses: $570.33 ($408.67 = car payment, $10 target bill, $10 copay, $10.95 lunch, $60 ATM, $40 BOA Bill, $21 grocery, $10.01 forgotten stuff for trip)
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Day TEN
Weekend.
I slept in a bit, thought about packing a bit. Ran to the grocery store for a few items. As I am moving so soon, I can't really buy "ingredients" to make stuff, so I am focusing on only pre-made items that I can heat up until I move. Kinda wasteful (in the processing, etc., of these items), but it would be even more wasteful had I bought a bunch of "ingredients" that I wouldn't have been able to use before the move.
Then, I carpooled with friends to other friends' going away party 2 hours away to save on gas money. And I asked the friend who drove if he wanted $$$ for gas, and he said NO. SCORE.
So, free gas followed by free food and drink at the party. NIIICE.
Went to a bar when back in town for a friend's birthday, but I didn't drink and therefore SAVED MONEY. I am conserving my LIVER and my MONEY for Portland next week . . .
Total Expenses: $14.55
I slept in a bit, thought about packing a bit. Ran to the grocery store for a few items. As I am moving so soon, I can't really buy "ingredients" to make stuff, so I am focusing on only pre-made items that I can heat up until I move. Kinda wasteful (in the processing, etc., of these items), but it would be even more wasteful had I bought a bunch of "ingredients" that I wouldn't have been able to use before the move.
Then, I carpooled with friends to other friends' going away party 2 hours away to save on gas money. And I asked the friend who drove if he wanted $$$ for gas, and he said NO. SCORE.
So, free gas followed by free food and drink at the party. NIIICE.
Went to a bar when back in town for a friend's birthday, but I didn't drink and therefore SAVED MONEY. I am conserving my LIVER and my MONEY for Portland next week . . .
Total Expenses: $14.55
Thursday, May 8, 2008
DAY SEVEN
Today was pretty chill . . . just work/run/home.
I paid my $5 for this month's "water." There is a water cooler thing downstairs and you can pay $5 for all the water you want. I drink out of the same glass everyday--one that I brought in myself. Everyone else does the same. This way, people aren't always buying wasteful small water bottles. I haven't heard anything too bad about using the large "culligan"-ish water bottles . . . YET. But $5 for good, cold water in my own cup every day is better than shelling out a couple bucks a day for water bottles that will just get thrown away.
I brought in my leftovers for lunch . . . this was good on two levels: 1) I didn't spend any money on anything I didn't actually need for lunch; and 2) I didn't have to drive anywhere for lunch.
I also spent yesterday "cleaning" my office and setting aside a box for paper that can no longer be used. I will recycle that paper when I am done with it. I looked up recycling options in Indianola. Apparently, EVERYONE is charged $2.50 a month on their utility bill for curbside recycling. One day a week, your recycling will get picked up. However, I live in an apartment and I have NEVER seen anybody leave out recycling (but our pickup is apparently 7am on tuesdays . . . maybe that is why). I wish there was a drop-off facility, too. I know there is waaaay out in the next rural town over, but driving 10 miles to drop off recycling? That just seems WASTEFUL. So, I will keep a watch out Monday night and see if people take out their recycling and then look and see if they acually pick it up from our apartment or not . . . I swear they DON'T.
Last night, I remembered it was "food day" at work so I decided I would make some guacamole so I drove to the store. The closest grocery store, which is in walking distance, did not have ANY ripe avocados, so I drove a few miles to the next closest one and got everything I need. I have a serious problem with the bundling of cilantro. It was only available for purchase in HUGE bunches . . . much more than I needed. So now I have a whole bunch of cilantro to find something to do with!!! ANNOYING. Hopefully, once the farmer markets are open (THIS WEEKEND!) I will have more options . . . cilantro is soo good!!!
Total expenses: $22.30
I paid my $5 for this month's "water." There is a water cooler thing downstairs and you can pay $5 for all the water you want. I drink out of the same glass everyday--one that I brought in myself. Everyone else does the same. This way, people aren't always buying wasteful small water bottles. I haven't heard anything too bad about using the large "culligan"-ish water bottles . . . YET. But $5 for good, cold water in my own cup every day is better than shelling out a couple bucks a day for water bottles that will just get thrown away.
I brought in my leftovers for lunch . . . this was good on two levels: 1) I didn't spend any money on anything I didn't actually need for lunch; and 2) I didn't have to drive anywhere for lunch.
I also spent yesterday "cleaning" my office and setting aside a box for paper that can no longer be used. I will recycle that paper when I am done with it. I looked up recycling options in Indianola. Apparently, EVERYONE is charged $2.50 a month on their utility bill for curbside recycling. One day a week, your recycling will get picked up. However, I live in an apartment and I have NEVER seen anybody leave out recycling (but our pickup is apparently 7am on tuesdays . . . maybe that is why). I wish there was a drop-off facility, too. I know there is waaaay out in the next rural town over, but driving 10 miles to drop off recycling? That just seems WASTEFUL. So, I will keep a watch out Monday night and see if people take out their recycling and then look and see if they acually pick it up from our apartment or not . . . I swear they DON'T.
Last night, I remembered it was "food day" at work so I decided I would make some guacamole so I drove to the store. The closest grocery store, which is in walking distance, did not have ANY ripe avocados, so I drove a few miles to the next closest one and got everything I need. I have a serious problem with the bundling of cilantro. It was only available for purchase in HUGE bunches . . . much more than I needed. So now I have a whole bunch of cilantro to find something to do with!!! ANNOYING. Hopefully, once the farmer markets are open (THIS WEEKEND!) I will have more options . . . cilantro is soo good!!!
Total expenses: $22.30
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