Healthy Eating can be Expensive

I was still grappling with whether I was actually going to fully commit to this $12 a day challenge I had proposed to myself but in the interest of trying to keep my spending down coupled with the fact I was trying to get more exercise, I decided to bike to school today saving $5.20 in transit tokens. It certainly helps that we have been experiencing a particularly mild winter and the roads are dry.

I had 2 classes to attend with a lunch break in between and that was precisely when – lured by the promise of stimulating conversation and the company of a personable classmate – I BLEW IT! We wanted something healthy and quick near the campus and ended up with slow and expensive. So accepting that I had just spent $19 (including tax and a wee tip) on a veggie bowl, I decided to confess my self-imposed spending sanction to my friend. He was supportive and suggested I publicly document it, hence this blog.

So, I quickly started out with a deficit today but didn't spend anything else after lunch. That is until I decided last minute to catch a friend's act at a local bar and feeling a combo of "I've already blown today" and wanting to just chill, I bought a beer ($7.50).

Spent: $26.50 (a whole day's spending off-budget already)