
It's a terrible choice to have to make, but on $50 per week, something's got to give. Today's dilemma: meeting friends for drinks I haven't seen in a while. In terms of grocery budget, that's a ten dollar unit. That generally buys me 2-4 protein servings, or a pound of coffee and change. It's Wednesday, I have $22 in my pocket, and I need food.
I'm low on coffee. A thought of a morning without it is a thought of sadness. Which is ridiculous, because I have plenty of delicious teas to start my day, and who's to say a day without coffee needs to be a sad one? It's also not exactly food.
Then again, either is beer, but I'd rather have at least one if I'm giving up my food budget for one vice over another.
So I hit the markets with a mind to spend $10 on food, and leave the rest for beer.
On the way, I'm thinking about the perfect brew. The hearty aroma. The moment the first sip passes my tongue. I can't bear it. A pound of good coffee is worth more than a beer.
I go to Union Market, a place I love to go and look and never buy. At least not on my current budget. Except for their coffee--whole bean prices hard to beat.
I make it home with a big bunch of arugula greens from the Windsor Terrace greenmarket ($2), a pound of coffee ($6.99), and 6 California peaches--on sale at C-Town ($1.95). I would have liked a nice loaf of bread for the rest of the week, but I'll take it in beer form instead.















