Eating Well On $1 A Day on Facebook
hile I don't expect to have too many friends after my admitting I eat squirrel leftovers even after being mocked by them, it would be nice to not be completely alone over at Facebook ;
Shopping Without Coupons – Day 72: Eating Well On $1 A Day
In addition to the CVS MoneyMaker deal, I also did some shopping at Safeway (I had to drive back to my sister's house because I forgot to give her credit card back to her which she asked me to hold during the birthday party. Since I was already there, I went to a Safeway near…
Step By Step CVS Extra Bucks MoneyMaker Example: Eating Well On $1 A Day
I have been asked to give step by step examples how I do my moneymaker scenarios to help people understand better. The first one I did with CVS didn't involve using Extra Bucks, but the one I did today did. This is what I did: 1. I had a $5 off a purchase of $30…
Free Birthday Party Food – Day 71: Eating Well On $1 A Day
While we had a birthday dinner for my niece's 5th birthday at Red Robin for the family on her actual birthday, today was when she was having her birthday party with all her friends invited: This was another event where the food was all paid for so I could take advantage of it (especially since…
Giant Lemon – Day 70: Eating Well On $1 A Day
It has been long overdue that I updated what I actually still have on hand. I am hoping to add some more veggies in the next couple of days if I can manage to find some more grocery stores in my new area. Any thoughts on recipes with that include all the ingredients I already…
Eating Squirrel Leftovers – Day 69: Eating Well On $1 A Day
The house next door to where I am house sitting has a large apricot tree in the back yard. As I was looking up into the tree at all of the lovely fruit, a squirrel casually sauntered by on the fence, hopped into the tree, grabbed one of the apricots and started eating away: What…
Major Coupon Disaster – Eating Well On $1 A Day
Well, I managed to do about the worst thing I could possibly do in a challenge like this. While I don't keep a coupon binder like most people who coupon (because I don't clip, sort and organize my coupons). I do have a coupon envelope where I store my most valuable coupons. It usually contains…
Travel Day – Day 68: Eating Well On $1 A Day
Another travel day which are always the most stressful days for this challenge because I have no time to prepare anything and I have to move all my food to another place which is one gigantic pain. The good news is that I will be house sitting for about 3 weeks so I won't have…
Free Dinner From My Sister – Day 67: Eating Well On $1 A Day
I have found the limit of how far my sister will push in trying to restrict the rules of the challenge (and now I need to figure out how to use this to my advantage). Today was my niece's 5th birthday and when I went to visit, she invited me to her birthday dinner at…
Wild Turkey (not the drinking kind) – Day 66: Eating Well On $1 A Day
I decided to take a new walk today to see if I could find some new foraging areas in a place called Rancho San Antonio park. There were a lot of blackberry bushes along the creek beds, but they didn't look nearly as promising as the ones nearer my house. What I did see were…