What I Spent
I sure made up for last week’s lack of shopping.
I spent:
- $68 at Aldi
- $13 at Noodles and Company
- $28 at Safeway
- $22 at Trader Joe’s
- $30 on a Hungry Harvest box
Sooo, uhhh, $161 for me this week. But that makes sense because I bought almost no food last week!
What We Ate
Saturday
A green salad with chicken.
And it’s what I packed in my lunch for clinical the next day too.
Sunday
I ate at Noodles and Company with my two study companions; I had a spicy noodle bowl with chicken in it.
Monday
I didn’t take a picture, but I cooked some Aldi ravioli, added spinach, and also made a creamy sauce, so it was basically like this lunch I packed recently:
Tuesday
I had school earlier in the day, and then I had just a little 3:00-7:30 pm shift.
I still look so fresh after just a four-hour shift
I picked up a rotisserie chicken on the way home and Zoe and I ate that in a green salad.
Wednesday
I worked what was probably the most exhausting 12-hour shift I’ve had yet, came home and ate some leftover ravioli, showered, and went to bed.
Compared to the day before, I look…worse. Because this is after a hard 12 hours
Thursday
Zoe wasn’t home, and I was putting my head down and trying to power through my ATI exam remediation bullet points.
(For each concept we miss on an ATI exam, we have to write three bullet points of related corrected information.)
So I just ate a toasted pretzel bun plus a bowl of cottage cheese with peaches.
This was obviously not my best chef-ing effort, but as I keep saying, you can only slay at so many things simultaneously. And right now, I am basically only slaying at nursing school. Ha.
Friday
As I mentioned, today is my one day off! Yay!
I will go to the gym! I will go for a walk in the woods! I will perhaps cook something better than a toasted bun plus cottage cheese!
(I will also finish my ATI bullet points.)
Maggie
Friday 2nd of May 2025
„ as I keep saying, you can only slay at so many things simultaneously. And right now, I am basically only slaying at nursing school.“ I need to write this down next to my bathroom mirror. I’m trying to so everything at once all the time and guess what it’s not working at all…
Kristen
Friday 2nd of May 2025
We have to selectively slay. ;)
Lisa
Wednesday 30th of April 2025
I love Aldi ravioli!!!
Mel
Saturday 26th of April 2025
You've got this!
Ad a high school teacher, the end of the year burnout is real for students AND teachers! But you've done an amazing job, and I'm sure you'll get to the end.
Besides, we're all rooting for you!
WIS $95 (currently 3 of us)
WWA Sunday: Easter lamb chops and Parmesan risotto. It was a really low key Easter this year, but dinner was delicious.
Monday: chicken pot pie
Tuesday: leftovers. I can't tell you what I ate...
Wednesday: I made a spiced chicken thing and made some fresh yogurt flatbread to go with it, which was successful for the first time ever! So good.
Thursday: burgers on the grill and a black bean corn salad.
Friday: everyone have some leftovers from the fridge night. I had leftover black bean and corn salad with some leftover buffalo chicken from last weekend that had to be used up with nacho chips. Today I'm making fennel and sausage calzones with fennel from my garden.
Selena
Friday 25th of April 2025
I have to ask - is salad any other color than green?
Sat - dine out using a gift card from the fund raiser. Gift card covered 3/4 of the meal, we left a nice tip. If we dine there again, we’ll split a sandwich meal, graciously pay a plate sharing feel, and tip well. Sun - better half made a pizza, I consumed eggs I cooked my way with locally purchased bread and sausage Mon - brats, fried potatoes with HG garlic, red peppers, onions Tue - planned on trying a new chicken place but the cars were backed up onto the street. Not Mickey D’s/not Culver’s cheeseburgers and fries (Freddy's!) Wed - grilled burgers and baked beans Thu - steak skillet (leftover) with potatoes, red pepper, onions, HG garlic Fri - pecan crusted tilapia and semi-homemade fried rice. Which for a first attempt was pretty good.
Selena
Saturday 26th of April 2025
@Kristen, I was raised calling it tuna fish, always on sandwiches. Chicken salad also comes to mind. And ugh to the memory of jello "molded" salad - the one with sour cream in the middle still nauseates me today. And I like sour cream but not with anything sweet.
Kristen
Saturday 26th of April 2025
Yes! Like a tuna salad! Or a jello salad!
Anusha
Friday 25th of April 2025
Belated birthday wishes Kristen!!