culinary ingenuity

You know you're poor when you have to start putting together weird meals using whatever you've had sitting in your cupboards for a while. Or by combining food items that you wouldn't usually pair together.

Tonight I dined on a grilled cheese sandwich and a reheated barbequed sausage from several days ago. Not exactly a pinnacle of cooking mastery, but filling nonetheless.

As I peer into the cupboard and the fridge, I am start to worry about the ratio of side dishes to main courses. Soon I will be forced to make a meal of only sides. Perhaps au gratin potatoes, green beans and pineapple wedges. Doesn't that sound excellent?!

I can't remember being this food poor since college, when it somehow seemed normal and not in the least bit ridiculous to eat an entire box of Stove Top stuffing in one sitting ... without meat as an entree.

I also have very few slices of bread left for my PB&J sandwiches I've been taking to work. It may take some inventiveness to sustain myself the rest of the week.

I can't wait until Ally gets paid on Friday, then we can buy some groceries.