I can live without toothpaste for now if I really, really squish the container, and I can go another few mornings with the last of the straws for my iced coffee. If I plan and shop well, I can make tonight's dinner last two nights and keep it all on budget.
I opt out of the ten-minute bank stop and head right for the grocery store.
I also need sandwich meat and Land O' Lakes cheese, and I happen to find these in two smaller packages of freshly-sliced, from-the-deli turkey and cheese. Bingo!
I throw in the essentials of toilet paper and paper towels, and soon I'm nearing my limit. I notice that hamburg is on sale, so I get enough to make my own meatballs ... a big batch. I get a big slab of hamburg on sale for under $8. Score!
When I get to the register, I am figuring I've spent $44 maximum, so I am a bit surprised when $47.19 springs up. I fish around in my pocketbook for some change and hand it over with the bills. I am a dummy, though. I was looking at my "before discounts" price. I actually owe just over $43. Fabulous!
At home I mix up a large pan of meatballs with seasoning and put them in the oven to cook. Tonight, after feeling "mehhhh" for days, I am finally hungry, ravenously so, and I'm craving a meatball sub. At dinner I match my son meatball for meatball then pack up the rest for spaghetti and meatballs tomorrow. Yup, tomorrow ... after work and after I get my lazy butt to the bank. I still need toothpaste and straws and a few more things I bumped off my list.
For now, though, the only things I need are a stretchy pajama top and my "fat-pants" bottoms.
