$3AADP: Day 2

So after I pre-made all this oatmeal it turns out that Husband doesn't like oatmeal the way I prepare it and he'd rather have instant oatmeal than the steel cut (harumph) so I bought him 2 boxes of Mom's Best Oatmeal at the 99 cent store so he can make it himself. It's staggering that it's only 99 cents there because I see the exact same box at Sprouts for $3.99.

Then onto the topic of the fact that Husband forgot that he spends $10 a month on a coffee club at work, which blows my mind because you would think a huge corporation like Boeing would GIVE their employees coffee. Anyway, that takes $0.33 away from Josh's daily total. I contemplated calling this negligible but he is paying for it regardless of whether or not he drinks it. He does drink it, if you are wondering, about 2 cups a day, and personally I don't want to see him off caffeine. I'm sure you don't want me to either, Dear Readers.

I'm actually quite satiated eating on $3 a day which is really surprising. Of course, it is only the second day so I should probably wait to make my real opinion. The difficult part right now is all the planning and tedious money and calorie counting. I take that back, it's also the self control. The urge to just buy something to snack on or to snack at all becomes slightly overwhelming between meals. I keep eyeing various junk food realizing that a candy bar would account for almost a 1/3 of my daily food budget without any real benefit.

Lucky for me I have prepared enough food to last us the rest of the week. Sure, it'll get horrendously repetitive after a while but I have 6 servings of soup left, about 6 servings of black beans (which will turn out some Huevos Rancheros and tostadas), 2 servings of chicken and cajun rice, 5 servings of oatmeal that are apparently all for me from here on out, and makings for a week's worth of salads.

I have a confession to make. I'm one of those people who likes their oatmeal savory. It reminds me of rice porridge that mom would make when anyone of us was sick. So this morning I had oatmeal with and egg on top. It was delicious even though it doesn't really look delicious.

Breakfast: Oatmeal ($0.15), 1 egg ($0.17), a sprig of basil ($0.01) for Leah totaling 220 calories. Oatmeal ($0.17 - 160 calorie) and 2 cups coffee ($0.33 and 10 calories) for Josh.

Lunch: 2 slices of pizza for Leah ($0.56 - 276 calories), 3 slices of pizza for Josh ($0.84 - 414 calories).

Snack: Apple ($0.25 - 80 calories) for Josh. Pear ($0.33 - 81 calories) and one macadamia nut for Leah.

Dinner: Salad w/ dressing ($0.24 - 130 calories), Chicken and Cajun Rice ($1.20 a serving - 529 calories)

Josh: $3.03 (1323 Calories) total.

Leah: $2.66 (1236 calories) total.