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I eat as I type…

So yesterday I had finally had enough!  I dropped the better part of $12.00 for a sandwich, soda and cookie at a local joint.  I couldn’t believe it.  Now, it was a pretty good sandwich, but TWELVE BUCKS?!? Come on!!

Then it hit me.  I needed to experiment with lunch on $5 with some basic rules (self-imposed of course).

Ground Rules:
1.  $5.00  That’s it, not a PENNY more.
2.  If I walk into a place, I HAVE TO EAT.  So that means if everything on the menu is over $5, I’m getting a cup of water and calling it lunch.
3.  Can’t eat at the same place twice

Could I do this for a week?  Forever?!?  This could be fun…

I was going to start this next week, but seeing as how all I had in cash today was $5, it was going to start now.

First up:

I haven’t eaten at Subway in a long time, but fond memories of the late 80’s when the first Subway opened up downtown where we would eat lunch came rushing back.  THEN I could eat on 5 bucks.  Could I do it now?

Walking to the door, are HUGE signs advertising the $5 FOOT LONG, but at a 5.1% tax rate, that sweet deal was going to be out of my budget unless I found someone who wanted to go halves with me (but that might be cheating).

I ventured inside and before I even got to the menu, I saw a small flier stating $2.79 sandwich deals!  SCORE!  Now we’re talking! A closer look showed that this Subway (Ruby Isle – Brookfield, WI) has a daily deal with a $2.79 sandwich.  I read the fine print to make sure I didn’t have to do anything illegal or add things to exceed my $5, and ordered up the BMT which was the cheap sandwich of the day.  Now, I’ve never had a BMT before, but it was within the budget, so I was game.

Since ‘toasting’ didn’t cost me anything extra I went for it, and had them load up the veggies.  Then came the crucial moment.  What will I do with all this extra money?!?  Quick math says I’ve got just less than 2 bucks left to buy something extra.  Cookies, 3/$1, chips $1.09 or soda’s starting at $1.49.  I went the safe route and grabbed a bag of chips, knowing that at a bare minimum, THEY would be good and I can have some Milwaukee’s Best (water) back at the office in my trusty Nalgene.

Grand total: $4.08

Rock on! $.92 to spare.

While not quite as satisfying as a plate of Fajitas from Jose’s, it wasn’t too bad and met all goals.

Stats:

Day: 1
Day’s cost: $4.08
Day’s change: $.92
Running total: $4.08
Running change: $.92
Meal Quantity: 4 out of 5 (1 being nothing, 5 being more than I can eat)
Meal Quality: 3 out of 5 (1 being inedible, 5 being best lunch ever!)