Food & money and Dave R. 31 Oct 2006 11:41 am
Some of my ideas are just really bad.
Take, for instance, the idea to grocery shop every two weeks, according to payday. I live far away from stores and was tired of crying one day out of every week in Walmart, so I thought, “why not consolidate this a bit?”
I already meal plan and make a list like some sort of shoppin’ nazi. And I figured I could make a half time run for milk and produce. No problem ‘eh?
Bad. Bad. Bad.
It’s the end of the pay cycle and things are running thin. Okay. Not just things. I can feed the kids porridge every day. I can fast and work up a good attitude about it. I can search the pantry, get creative, and discover my wealth of blessings (see old post about having a manna week).
But.
I.
Do.
Not.
Do.
“out of coffee”
Very.
Well.
Hmphff.
It’s difficult to estimate how much of one item a family will go through in 14 days. Difficult to manuever around illnesses, growth spurts, spills, and forgotten ingredients. When money is tight, and on a Total Money Makeover, it’s TIGHT, one does not stock up on multiples over and above one’s meal plan.
And….let’s go ahead and differentiate between “out of coffee” and “withdrawl from coffee”. They are different. Very, very, very different. I am foggy. I can’t remember what the first word in my kids’ question was by the time they get to the end of the sentence. This post is frought with bad grammar and spelling mistakes.
Okay. Maybe that last one can’t be blamed on caffine withdrawl. But the dull, throb under my hair can. The way I keep longlingly gazing at my pillow can.
Grocery Day is not until Thursday. You can find me in Starbucks.
on 31 Oct 2006 at 12:44 pm 1.Sarah K. said …
So, umm, maybe you can look at this as an opportunity to kick the coffee habit? No? Don’t throw things at me, it was just an idea.
If you lived just a little closer I would bring you coffee from my pantry. Now is the part where you laugh at the absurdity of me having coffee that I will never drink in my pantry.
That doesn’t really help either does it?
I understand as well as totally remember that awful withdrawl feeling. I am sorry.
on 31 Oct 2006 at 12:47 pm 2.Tia said …
Oh hush.
Or should we talk about Diet Coke?
on 31 Oct 2006 at 12:49 pm 3.Anna said …
Wow, Sarah, I don’t know you, but…You’re Funny!! Made me laugh on a bad day.
on 31 Oct 2006 at 2:21 pm 4.Erin said …
Oh, I seem to recall a certain sister of mine getting on to me recently when planning the nursery and having coffee close by. And I only have coffee about once a week. Sheesh
on 31 Oct 2006 at 5:49 pm 5.gigi said …
Been there-and I survived and so will you.How about cocoa or Chocolate-I know you are out of that also.Hang in there-love you
on 31 Oct 2006 at 10:45 pm 6.smallworld said …
Good grief! Why didn’t you swipe some from my house? Living without coffee is just not right. Rob your kids’ piggybanks and go over to the little market. There’s no shame in giving in!
on 01 Nov 2006 at 9:03 am 7.Blogless Leigh said …
Okay, here is what we do, we stay one month ahead with the coffee supply-sorta like how life insurance works. When you buy a can you should technically have one at home. You only have to double buy once, and you usually don’t even have to dig into that can before groceries except if you have had company or something.
~Leigh
on 01 Nov 2006 at 12:08 pm 8.RayMo said …
Tia, Sharon & I were talking this morning while she was driving, and she started telling me (& laughing) about your blog today. I went to your site, and we had a good laugh as she had me read it out loud to her again. Boy, what a cheerful uplift to our morning! Thanks.
on 01 Nov 2006 at 2:15 pm 9.MistyK said …
If I had your address, I’d pop a jar in the mail to you right now.
Of course, you probably would turn your nose up at Folgers . . .
Love ya, dear one!
Misty