Because they pretty much do.
And when you've used all of your grocery money but $2, cents matters. Why pay $1.79 for a cake mix at the over priced local grocery store if you can walk down to the Dollar General and buy it for less?
You see....Destin has a bit of a sweet tooth, (can't imagine where he got that from ;-), and his Great Value Honey Buns didn't last long.
After looking around a bit, he realized that he could buy a brownie mix instead for $1.65 and it would make a whole 9x13 pan! Plus he wouldn't need frosting.
Sold! To the 12 year old trying to get to the end of his week on $40 of grocery money.
And lucky for him....as he was just about to put it back on the shelf, because he realized it needed eggs and oil, I told him that a sweet neighbor had just given us a dozen farm eggs. I sure couldn't charge him for something I didn't have to pay for. So he paid me the rest of his change for the dab of oil needed, and here's hoping he doesn't run out of anything else before his week is over.
And I would imagine he is gonna' enjoy having something besides chicken legs and ramen, as he has had them for lunch and dinner again today!
I have a sneaky suspicion he is going to be thankful that he didn't give in to the hurried realization this morning, that his lunch wasn't packed. He said, "Well...I guess I'll just spend my last $2 on lunch at school."
And knowing he would probably regret that decision....I told him to hurry and pack it....so into the lunchbox went two drumsticks and some leftover cold Ramen.
I'll bet he's glad now....
I'm just sayin'.
I really enjoy reading your son's story. I had thought about doing this with my kids a few years ago, but never did. I think they are worse now that they are older, so maybe I should give it a go now. My 16 yr. old daughter would probably do alright, by my 19 yr. old son would just eat the same thing everyday and complain! They both cook for themselves often, but they don't appreciate how hard it is to stay within the budget. Good job, both you and your son.
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