{"id":6071,"date":"2014-10-17T22:05:21","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T06:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/?p=6071"},"modified":"2014-10-17T23:52:32","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T07:52:32","slug":"bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"BC Welfare Food Challenge &#8211; $21 For A Week \u2013 Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was an interesting day as it got me thinking if I should return an item for what seems to be a better deal.\u00a0 As usual, watch my video below for my day\u2019s recap for those who prefer it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MTGIjqAxHZU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shopping knowledge was the big theme for me today as many times I found myself finding great deals but at the same time I was lacking the knowledge of what would be the best value diet wise in conjunction with cost.\u00a0 As mentioned before, stores usually change its prices today and so I decided to quickly visit various stores.<\/p>\n<p>Sure enough, there were a lot of new deals.\u00a0 These deals I saw on a different brand of sardines got me a little upset as it seemed to be a way better value than what I paid for as you can see here:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0784\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC Amaze 4G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413563119&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;222&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0784\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0784\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0784-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6073\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0785\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC Amaze 4G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413563212&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;197&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0785\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0785\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0785-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is why I usually try to avoid buying a lot of products that are not a great deal.\u00a0 Like in this case, if I just blew my $21 in one day it would be very frustrating financially to see all these better deals.\u00a0 However, I am thinking at this point of returning one can and using it towards a different purchase.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of good things about shopping in a big boxed retail store where it\u2019s usually easy to do returns on unused items if you are unsatisfied.<\/p>\n<p>Another reason that got me thinking was I visited one place that had various fishes on sale.\u00a0 You could say, I was really dumbfounded by the prices.\u00a0 Like here, $1.78 and $2.52 for these:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6074\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0791\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC Amaze 4G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413564968&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;120&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0791\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0791\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0791-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0792\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0792\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0792\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0792-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It really made me think about the canned items and if I should just buy like that $1.78 package which looks like it should last way longer for the price.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, because of my lack of knowledge on food in general I was able to find a lot of deals but didn\u2019t really know what would be a good supplement for what I already have.\u00a0 So for the most part I didn\u2019t buy items because of this obstacle.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0787\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC Amaze 4G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413564478&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;273&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0787\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0787\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0787-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, during my trip I saw a great deal for eight apples and I decide to buy it.\u00a0 The cost of it?\u00a0 $1 as you can see here:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0788\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC Amaze 4G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413564567&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;127&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0788\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0788\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0788-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was honestly the only \u201chealthy\u201d thing I kind of knew for sure that would go reasonably well with what I have.\u00a0 So that knocks $1 off my budget leaving me with $4.02 cents.\u00a0 If I decide to return that can of sardine I would get 94 cents back which might be wise based on budget.<\/p>\n<p>My meals for the day was mostly the same.\u00a0 Except since I bought these apples today I had one too.\u00a0 So food wise, I am still feeling good and confident with my spending so far and am not currently worried about not having enough.\u00a0 I have been reading some people\u2019s comments and how they are going through withdrawal by not having items like coffee.\u00a0 That\u2019s why when I saw this at the mall it got my attention:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6078\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/bc-welfare-food-challenge-21-week-part-two\/imag0786\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC Amaze 4G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1413563357&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Alan Yu&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.69&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;103&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMAG0786\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786.jpg\" alt=\"IMAG0786\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786-155x116.jpg 155w, https:\/\/www.al6400.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMAG0786-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It seemed like Tim Hortons is giving way free coffee for a period of time.\u00a0 Of course, for this welfare food challenge we are not allowed to take anything for free.\u00a0 So if anything that is putting salt on the wounds for coffee lovers.<\/p>\n<p>What this day made me think of so far is how if you live a life like this for a long time it is probably so important to have a good support system.\u00a0 Like here, I bet if you teamed me up with someone that actually knows say the best ways to prepare food on a budget or what types of food have the best health benefits this whole thing would be a lot easier.\u00a0 Either that or I take the time to try and re-educate myself.\u00a0 Do people on welfare get this kind of support usually?\u00a0 That I don\u2019t know personally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was an interesting day as it got me thinking if I should return an item for what seems to be a better deal.\u00a0 As usual, watch my video below for my day\u2019s recap for those who prefer it. 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