ok, here we go

I've laid out a new budget for me and I've GOT to stick to it! I've GOT to pay off my debts and save up for a new car! I'm seriously running out of time.
I've only allowed myself a grocery budget of $160 a month. That's $6 a day. Thats $1 breakfasts, $2 lunches and $3 dinners.
Breakfast today was free (a friend brought me breakfast) and lunch was about $3.19. Too much, but I brought it all from home. Dinner was a foil dinner. One of my fav dinners. I should've kept my receipts (I knew it) so i could calculate it all together. I know the meat was $1.75. I splurged for the "healthy" 93/7% fat.
Then there's the worchestershire sauce, olive oil, and seasonings which pretty much come to pennies.
Then there was red onion, yellow pepper, carrot and mushrooms. If that equals less that $1.06, I've made it. I think it's close. I did use some things that I bought earlier that I had splurged on including the meat at dinner and my burrito at lunch.
The rest of the week will kind of go along those same lines. I want to use up EVERYTHING. I made a list and posted it on my fridge. These are the things that I need to eat before I can go grocery shopping again. There are some 'splurge' items on there, as well as cans of soup and top ramen. I'm not going to be super worried about that each meal "cost" but I am going to be on the lookout for meals that cost less than $2/$3.
(Breakfast I think I've got down. a piece of 0.50 fruit, and pair w/ 0.10 oatmeal or 0.50 granola bar. I have poptarts and but I can't remember what I paid for it.  They're probably and .75 a packet. Maybe I'll have to eat that w/ a small banana that I can get for under a quarter.)

Under $5

This week I actually have been cooking what I've planned this week. I love when that happens because it is so rare!
I want to cook at home and save money and everything but it's hard for me because 1) I hate my kitchen. It's small and limited and I hate it and I hate being in there. So I don't like to cook in it. 2) I'm too lazy. Honestly, when I've worked a long day and I'm tried, its soooo much easier to go grab food than cook and than clean it all up. So I wuss out.
But Monday and Tuesday, I made dinner and it was what I planned. Yay me!
My goal when I do cook at home is to get the cost of the meal under $5.
Monday I made pasta with salad and zucchini and it came to $4.77!
Last night I made bbq pork sandwiches, corn on the cob, salad and snap peas. It came to right around $5. I can't remember quite what the meat cost, but it was right around $3.
Either way, I'm happy!