Off to a Bad Start

Today, I spent $1.30 on a cup of coffee.  But it was very good.  I would have had a caffeine headache otherwise.  So I went out to eat with friends.  $4.01 on a small chef's salad.  That's the only time I'm eating out this month.
Afterward, $.65 on an icecream cone at McDonald's.  I'll have to let everyone know I can't eat this way all the time!  I've spent $5.96 of my food budget on the first day alone.

I am eating food I already have at home.  In some ways that's cheating, but I will probably buy more than I can eat at the end of next July--so it evens out.

Tomorrow, I will only drink the coffee.

Less than 48 hours....

Starting August 1st, 2011, I plan on seeing if I can eat no more than $800 worth of food in a year.  I get more than that in foodstamps.  (If I am successful, they will probably take away some of my foodstamps when they read this website.)

I've already worked a menu out.  It would even allow me to eat out once or twice a month at certain restaurants.  I live alone and don't have a family to feed, so this shouldn't be as difficult as it would be for some people.