Day 07: More Apples & Less Sweets

Today's meal is quite predictable, with the instant cup noodle, which I bought yesterday, being the main meal, two apples as snacks, and a pack of salted peanuts as dessert.

The apples down in the supermarket were down to the last ten, so I decided to buy an extra apple for tomorrow's meal just in case they stop selling those cheap NZ Fuji apples. There was also a slight deliberation between buying honey coated peanuts or salted peanuts but the salted peanuts came out on top in the end.

I've had my eye on a packet of sweets which was on "promotion" while waiting in line at the cashier. I'm so tempted to buy it but I've promised myself to reduce the amount of sugar intake. I hope I am able to keep my sweet tooth in control tomorrow.

One thing I've realized from shopping in a few different shops is that 24 hours convenience stalls are the most overpriced, followed by chain supermarkets, and the cheapest is still the tiny little tuck shop run by an old couple.

Today's expenses:

1. Main meal - Instant cup noodle, from yesterday's purchase

2. Snack - NZ Fuji Apple x 2, RM.080 each

3. Dessert - Salted peanuts, RM1.60

Total spent = RM3.20

Total savings = RM1.80

Day 04: Shortchanged & Leftovers

Note: I apologize deeply if today's post doesn't make much sense. I'm extremely exhausted and just trying my best to keep awake to finish this post. I'll see if I can improve on it over the weekends. 

Learning from yesterday's mistake, I decided to take things one notch down and shop carefully. I've been feeling really hungry and exhausted this morning due to the intense workout I had on the previous night. In order to keep myself awake and energized, I decided to have a bar of Weetabix. These bars are almost magical as a serving was enough to keep me active throughout the morning without feeling fatigued, but the side effect from that is the feeling of dizziness by lunch time. I knew I had to have a hearty lunch in order to survive the rest of the day. 

I had my mind set on a cheap snack from 7-11, which was below RM1.00. In fact, it's the only few items you can get from 7-11 for below RM1.00. The reason why I wanted to get this blueberry roll was because I ordered a simple onion and egg canai, which I thought was scarcely enough for lunch. I couldn't have been so wrong again. However, lets get back to the story of the blueberry roll and 7-11. After I paid for the item and as the cashier returned my change, I was confused as why he gave me 5 cents less than the correct amount. Politely, I told him that there was a slight mistake in the amount returned and he explained that they were out of 5 cents in the till. I was quite surprised because this is only the middle of the day and this shop is operating for 24 hours everyday. I felt terribly shortchanged as I imagined the total amount of 5 cents they could have accumulated for the rest of the day by telling customers that they're out of them. 

After I picked up my order of egg and onion canai from the stall, I went down to the supermarket to buy myself an apple but I ended up buying a packet of roasted peanuts instead because I needed something that can provide me with some energy for tonight's gruelling workout. 

Then, it was time to dig in. As hungry as I was today, after finishing that piece of canai, I felt comfortably full and opted to have some peanuts instead of the blueberry roll. Now, I have leftover food for tomorrow and this would then allow me to spend comfortably on tomorrow's main meal and dessert. 

Main meal - Egg & Onion canai, RM 2.50

Snack - Blueberry roll, RM 0.85

Dessert - Roasted peanuts, RM 1.30 

Change - RM 0.30, short of RM 0.05 due to lack of small change in the cash register.