fool me twice? i'll cut you.

part of being an adult is budgeting. part of being stephanie is spending money wildy because it actually does grow on trees. lately, however, i've been putting aside my foolish ways in favor of being an adult.

i used to throw money away on food. $4 for breakfast, $8 for lunch, $8 for dinner, that's $20/day, $100/wk, $400/mo. and that's just for a 5-day work week. foolish. so I came up with a food budget that slashes that number by over 50% AND i'm not starving.

instead of sausage egg and cheese on a roll/biscuit/english muffin, the breakfast of fat kids, i've opted for oatmeal or cereal. way cheaper, it's yummy, and keeps me skinny.

before a weekend getaway, i tend to do grocery shopping so I have food to take to work when i come back. i went away for a wedding and returned to have the following conversation:

roomie #1: was that your honey bunches of oats?
me: yah
#1: oo i thought [boyfriend] bought it for me so I had some, but I'm gonna get you another box.
me: yah

and when you bought the replacement box, did you really have to open that one too?

so now I just returned from another weekend getaway and was prepared to throw a full box of Cinnamon Chex in my bag only to find that i'd be lucky to get three bowls of cereal out of it.

i'll be moving out by july 1st. and don't you dare touch me Lucky Charms.