Life on a budget

Living on my own, financial peace university, student loan payments kicking in, and my Value Village habit have encouraged me to live on a BUDGET. Especially when it comes to grocery shopping. I hate being blindsided at the checkout because of poor planning on my part. I also hate throwing food away. Let's be serious, I feel enough guilt around food (am I eating too much, what is that other person eating?, I shouldn't have eaten that!...) that I don't need to feel guilty about how much I spend on something I have to buy.

Anyway, I wanted to share a victory with you. I accomplished healthy, cheap, AND convenient grocery shopping.

Here is what I bought from Trader Joe's:

Organic Quinoa... 39 cents a serving

Organic Red Pepper & Tomato Soup... 69 cents a serving

Organic Multigrain Oatmeal... 22 cents a serving

Peppermint Herbal Tea... 8 cents a serving

Instant Miso Soup... 82 cents a serving

Organic Baby Carrots... 24 cents a serving

Organic Firm Tofu... 25 cents a serving

Organic Baby Spinach... 39 cents a serving

Peanut Butter with Flax... 21 cents a serving

Organic Apples... 59 cents a serving

Instant Coffee... 40 cents a serving

Here is my menu:

Breakfast

Oatmeal with peanut butter

apple

coffee

Lunch

Tomato soup with quinoa & veggies

Dinner

Miso soup with tofu & veggies

Anytime

Tea

TOTAL SPENT FOR ONE DAY OF FOOD

$4.28

Three meals for the price of ONE fancy coffee drink kind of puts things in perspective.

I will still have fancy coffee drinks.

But maybe I will save some money too.

I'm pretty excited about challenging myself in this area.

Here is to guilt free shopping.