Day 06: Instant Noodle & Sweets

This is it. 

The start of the second week of this challenge. 

In an effort to be more creative and daring, I've decided to purchase a cup of instant noodle for lunch. However, fearing that a simple meal like that would not be enough, I also bought a meat bun just in case. So for today, I've actually bought two main meals, a snack and no dessert. The reason why I've not bought any dessert is because I still have a stick of Sugus from last Friday's meal waiting in my drawing. 

The thing about today's meal is that I've managed to save more in one day than I ever had compared to what i've bought last week. Plus, I did not open the cup of instant noodle and that will be my first stockpile of the week.

Today's expenses:

1. Main meal A - Instant cup noodle, RM1.50

2. Main meal B - Meat bun, RM1.30

3. Snack - Sponge cake, RM1.00

4. Dessert - 1 stick of Sugus sweets (apple flaovur), brought over from last Friday

Total expenditure = RM3.80

Total savings = RM1.20

On another note, I've tried very hard to stop my sweet tooth. Quitting alcohol and cigarettes is easier than stopping my love for sweets. I'll need a new alternative to dessert other than sweets and chocolates from tomorrow onwards.

Day 05: A Sneeze & The End of The Week

It's Friday, which means it is the end of Week 1! It has been a very educational week. I'll probably do a summary of what I've learnt over the week this weekend. So far, I'm quite happy with what I've managed to achieve this week.

Today's meal is quite similar to Monday's meal except for the slight variation of fruit and dessert. I've been really hungry the whole morning because of last night's super exhausting 10km (nearly!) workout on the rowing machine so I decided something with more greens and a bit of meat, hence I opted for the popiah. So I hopped onto the lift and went down to the restaurant on the ground floor to pick up a popiah. While I was waiting in line to pay for my food, the man in front of me let out a huge sneeze away from his food on the counter towards my direction, which was behind him. I got worried about my food being contaminated as it was not fully wrapped in plastic. Both ends of the wrapper are open. Also, not to mention that this was in a restaurant that had food exposed on the shelves. If that did not put you off your meal, I don't know what would. Due to my severe hunger, that thought quickly faded out of my mind and into the call of replenishment.

The apple is a natural choice as I've procrastinated on buying it yesterday, and to add a bit of glucose into my diet, I bought two packs of chewys. I've decided to put one pack aside for Monday. I'm beginning to like this idea of purchasing slightly more for the next day but then it does mean that I'm saving less than what I would like to.

Yesterday, I mentioned that I had some leftovers which would be incorporated into today's meal. Well, that didn't really work out as plan. I was severely hungry today that I ate all my leftovers, and a bar of Weet-bix for morning tea and I was still famished by lunch.

So, that's the last meal of the week and I can't wait to start the next week although I am still deciding if I should cut the length of the experiment from 20 days to 10 days. I'll have to make that decision over the weekend.

Today's meal breakdown:

Main meal - Popiah, RM2.30
Snack - NZ Fuji apple, RM0.80
Dessert - Sugus stick x 2 (Blackcurrent, Apple), RM0.90 + RM0.80
Total spent = RM4.80
Savings = RM0.20