Spaghetti dinner

I reached dinner last night having only spent $0.90 for the day to that point: cereal and milk ($0.26), a matzo cracker ($0.05) and hot tea with “half” a teabag from the day before ($0.05) and the last of the corn chowder for lunch ($0.54).  And I didn’t feel too hungry throughout the day either.  But by the evening, I was definitely hungry, so I decided to treat myself to a good, balanced dinner (while still keeping costs in mind).  I made spaghetti with sauce ($2.75 for all of it, so $0.92 for me since I believe I ate about a third of it!), a salad ($0.35 for my serving), and homemade bread ($0.95 for the loaf, so $0.19 for me since I ate about 1/5 of the loaf, plus $0.31 for a little olive oil on it – a splurge, but my favorite!)  And after talking earlier today about needing my multi-vitamin, I actually forgot to take it until the end of the day, so I decided not to worry about it. 

So I ended the day at $2.67 - my second-best cost savings yet, and I wasn’t feeling deprived either (although that plain matzo cracker was pretty gross.)  Here is a picture of my family as we were sitting down to dinner, and a picture of the fresh bread.