Where the money goes

$0.07 1 head of garlic
$0.24 tax
$0.38 tax
$0.47 random item - likely produce
$0.48 3 oranges
$0.49 green onions
$0.80 2 tomatoes
$0.87 romaine lettuce *
$0.97 chocolate bar (hides)
$1.05 tax
$1.27 basil
$1.47 sunflower seeds
$1.47 black olives
$1.47 1lb strawberries *
$1.47 mushrooms
$1.47 1lb strawberries *
$1.80 3 yellow peppers *
$2.08 3 red peppers *
$2.09 Diet Coke
$2.27 toothpaste
$2.37 1L Skim Milk
$3.49 Almonds
$3.67 Feta cheese
$4.44 Cheese *
$4.99 Frozen Fruit
$5.99 Quinoz's
$6.99 Potato & Leek soup
$54.62 Total


I caved and bought some bad stuff like chocolate - oopsies!

On the menu this week: Beef Strogenoff, Dijon Pork, Summery salads and soup. This list doesn't seem to reflect that due to the stuff I already had in the freezer and pantry.

* indicates item was on sale

A week in pictures

It's been another week of festivalling. After today I have a bit of time before the next one begins.



Hot Doc'ing with Jamie & her honey.



Busy times = hair in French Braids!



The secret underground route from the Bader -> the Rom (Museum subway station)



A healthy crowd at the Bloor for Eleven Minutes.



A lovely Friday night with Jamie at the Pub.



A lone streetcar stop, during the TTC Strike.



Time to do taxes & budgetting goodness.

To join in on the 365 Project, See Jamie's post on Project 365 for all the details.

Where the Money Goes

0.66 carrots *
0.77 cucumber *
0.87 3 apples *
0.99 Ravioli - chef boyardi
1.86 5 oranges *
1.99 lunchmeat - kielbasa *
2.47 becel *
2.69 stone ground whole wheat bread
3.17 yogurt
3.25 chocolate cake (bad bad!! I only ate 1/ 2though…)
3.27 bran bars
3.28 salad bar
3.49 pistachios
6.99 homemade soup (3 servings)
35.75 Total

* indicates on sale

Not much on the menu this week. Soup/salad/sandwich combos for lunches & mini dinners, plus stuff in the freezer for dinner. Not very exciting but keeping it simple as I'm busy and put the money saved to new shoes. Or, really bought new shoes therefore kept it simple :)

A week in pictures

I realize I haven't been writing much over here, and posting through pictures. I decided this week to add a little dialogue to make sense or compliment the pics.

On Monday I headed out to the Hot Docs box office to pick up tickets for the shows Jamie & her boy are coming to see with me.

Tuesday was (thankfully) rather uneventful but that means there was some extra time to cuddle with the kitten. Ok, I know he's not kitten anymore but I don't think I'll ever see him otherwise.

My longest living plant, "the ugly plant" gets repotted by a green thumbed co-worker much to my delight. I was too scared to do anything different with it as it's survived many a move. On

Thursday I got to have lunch with my Mom, as she really wanted to try out the new portabello mushroom subs at Quinzo's. I got the chicken and she got the steak, they were both really good.

Friday I got to hang out with Jamie as we went to Hot Docs Day 2 to see Anvil! The Story of Anvil and hit the pub.

Saturday was more Hot Docs fun, but in between films I decided to pick up some new comfy running shoes in case of TTC Strike I really hope they don't strike but if they do now I'm ready for some long walks.

Not much up today yet, but I did pop out to get groceries (and test out my shoes - which rock, yay!).










To join in on the 365 Project, See Jamie's post on Project 365 for all the details.

Two weeks in pictures

I'm surprized I didn't pick any festival pics for the past two weeks considering that is what I've done almost every day. I guess they are all over at Movie Moxie!
















To join in on the 365 Project, See Jamie's post on Project 365 for all the details.

Where the Money Goes

$0.10 1 jalepeno pepper
$0.10 2 bags
$0.47 2 bananas
$0.79 mini apple pie
$0.87 can of black beans
$0.89 2 rolls paper towels
$0.93 gum
$0.99 bag of mini carrots
$0.99 cabbage
$0.99 lettuce
$1.15 celery
$1.19 3 red peppers *
$1.29 5 oranges
$1.34 2 cucumbers *
$1.47 chef boyardee
$1.67 Soup *
$1.67 Soup *
$1.67 Soup *
$1.67 Soup *
$1.81 green grapes *
$1.87 Chicken sausage
$1.87 FF Sour Cream
$1.90 5 oranges
$1.93 5 gala apples
$1.97 1 lb mushrooms *
$1.99 Beef pies *
$1.99 Beef pies *
$1.99 Chicken pies *
$1.99 potato chips
$2.37 1L skim milk
$2.37 Oats
$2.59 12 lg eggs
$2.79 Ham - lunchmeat
$2.97 8 rolls tp
$2.97 salsa
$3.27 Bran Bars
$3.47 OJ
$3.49 72 bags of tea
$3.49 almonds
$3.57 Fantastic
$3.88 tax
$3.97 Frozen fruit *
$3.97 Frozen fruit *
$4.39 Shepard's Pie (ready made)
$4.99 Spenda (ouch on how much this was)
$5.76 crab salad (ready made)
$8.99 Cat Food
$108.85 Total

This was for 2 weeks and I am surprized I was under budget by $10+. I picked up a lot of convenience stuff as it was quite the busy time. OH! I saved that $10 to pick up home-made style soup from the grocery store by work so I can have that during the week along with salad. I caved a bunch with week and bought some non healthy stuff, which tends to go hand in hand with the busy thing.

On the menu this week: Mushroom/peameal bacon pasta (see pic below), black bean tortillas, sausage/cabbage/barley something - new recipe! I hope it's a good one.

* indicates item was on sale