March 8 -- It Begins/Began

Breakfast
- three super-healthy NoName Eggo-style gaufres - $0.52
- “buttery-flavoured” syrup - ~$0.25
- Banana - $0.30
- ¾ cup of 1% milk - $0.20
- Total: $1.27

Snack
- Second Cup coffee – $1.94
- Homemade blueberry-bran muffin - $0.22
- Three dried figs - $0.15
- 3 homemade oatmeal raisin cookies (overestimating – $0.50)
- Total: $2.81

Lunch
- 2 slices of multigrain bakery bread - $0.35
- tuna fish salad (tuna – 1/3 of 90-c can, $0.05 mayonnaise, $0.10 celery and onion) - $0.45
- Bosc pear ($0.30)
- Celery stalk ($0.25)
- Water
- Total: $1.35

Dinner
- Dinner at my brother’s – FREE (it pays to be a half-decent sibling)
- Breyers Double Churn ice cream - $0.30
- Herbal tea - $0.15
- Total: $0.45

TOTAL: $5.88...Auspilicious!!!


As I mentioned, I’m going to do this on $7.50 a day and the charity of others. I really don’t consider having dinner at my brother’s as me being a charity case, but you can’t really discount social circles in bringing down costs. With that in mind, roommates in university can be an excellent source of cash and food. What I’m recommending is waiting until they’ve done a big grocery trip before eating your roommates.