Broken Frig challenge

Blog 4
Today's challenge was to throw out any groceries that would spoil in 24 hours because the fridge conked out. One option would be to use my car as my fridge for some stuff like milk or meat BUT I didn’t buy meat on this challenge as I didn’t want to use more money on that so that wasn’t a concern and I had used up most of my fresh stuff. I figured I could get big chunks of ice or snow (because we have lots of that stuff!) and put it in a plastic container or bag/s and keep the fresh food in a box of some sort.  In the hot summer months, this could be terrible.  Wasting food is not an option when on a very limited budget.  You just can’t go back to the store and replace it all. When that precious food money is spent - it’s gone. 

When I went for my groceries, I nearly died when I spent $34!  I stupidly didn’t add it all up like I should have as I was sure I had spent less than $25.  Wrong. I did a double take when I saw the total.  I should have returned some stuff but I was in a line and thought that wouldn’t be too appreciated and yes, I would have been a bit embarrassed. Next time, I’d do what I needed to do and return stuff like the rice, canned stuff (that was marked 50% off). I bought too much in hindsight.  I doubt that would be the case in a reality of poverty.