Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

This morning I was given 5 boxes of cold cereal, 3 boxes of Farina, a box of Instant Cream of Wheat containing 12 packs and 4 bags of instant non-fat dry milk. Doing some calculating and looking at my menu, I figure I'd have enough dry milk and cereal for the next three months. The only items I'd need to buy for breakfast would be fruit, frozen orange juice, tomato juice and eggs.

With bananas going for $.79 a pound, a 46 oz jug of tomato juice going for $1.25, eggs at $1.65 a dozen and a 12 fl. oz can of orange juice concentrate at $1.79 (makes 2 quarts of watered down orange juice), I calculate a typical breakfast for me would cost $.80.

1 boiled egg
1 serving of hot or cold cereal
1 8 fl oz serving of tomato juice
1 8 fl oz serving of orange juice
1 banana

As the elderly couple who gave me the cereal and instant milk get that free themselves once a month and don't want it, it's likely I won't have to buy any myself for quite some time.

So the breakfast portion of my food budget will typically cost me just $24 a month.

Woot! Woot!