Hey everyone. So ive had a bit of a saga of getting my life together. Been living in a crooked transitional center for awhile now. My max time i could stay here is coming to a close. Just started working recently and finally found an apartment ill be able to afford. I can move in in 2 weeks. Landlord let me put a deposit down now to hold the place and the rest when i get paid next.
Anyways i need to figure out a food plan. I basically have $8 until i get paid in a week and a half and ill literally have around $20 for 2 more weeks.
I dont have food stamps because of the crooked place i live making me ineligible because they lie about feeding us. And the food pantry in town is extremely limited i always leave with maybe a days worth of meals and you can only go every 14 days.
I need help coming up with a game plan for the next month on how to make this money go as far as humanly possible. I know its not enough and i work in a factory so its alot of calories to have energy all day there.
No way to cook at my current place of residence only at work but once i move into the apartment ill have a stove and microwave and fridge.
Current pantry:
1/5 a jar of PB
2 ramen
1/3 loaf of bread
Can of mixed vegetables
Just trying to give information on the situation to come up with a game plan. I really appreciate all the help reddits given me to make it this far, the advice has made a huge difference and im finally going to be in my own place after this last hump.
TLDR: Basically have $28 for a month of food, need help coming up with a game plan.
Need help with tight food budget help for next month
byu/Xxitl inFrugal
Posted by Xxitl
2 Comments
Look for a local food bank.
Maybe add some pasta. Doing something like muellers elbow pasta and classico sauce is pretty reasonable.
The rotisserie chicken are easy to convert into 3 or so meals.Where I live Walmart, Costco, Kroger, Publix have decent prices on this.
This might be a bit over budget, but I do really like Bear Creek Soup packets. Adding real chicken to their chicken noodle soup is great. It is about 3.80 per packet at Walmart.