Today was all about “the spirit of the challenge”. There were plenty of opportunities to deviate with out really breaking rules: e.g. I was in Wollongong last night and this morning; and in the spirit of the challenge I did not use the “work pays” excuse to get food – but instead took my own [...]

As day 2 comes to a close I have another update and some more photos:

I’m writing this at the end of a very successful first day to the $30 challenge. As an aside, given the current economy, I’m going to share the recipes each day. But on with the show

About 9 months ago Brad, Matthew and I were sitting on a balcony in Alexandria having a fairly long discussion. One of the topics we discussed was trying to live off $30 for a week, the general consensus was it would be possible. Somehow, today, I got challenged to actually try and do it. I [...]