Supermarket

Well, I took a trip to the supermarket this morning. I was a little nervous at first, not having been out shopping on my own before. Nor did I have any idea about prices. I'm also on a pretty tight budget right now until I can open up my bank account. the food I bought today is going to have to last me a little while...I'm not going to get my food stipend for a little bit.

It really sucks, because the money I've saved up to do things in Japan is going down the drain because I need food. :/ I've spent a lot of money in the past few days, from train fare, to paying for my taxi to the international house, to renting my bike. Bah. Stupid money. Well...since I expect to go home at the end of the semester, my meager budget will hopefully stretch a little farther.

But...back to the supermarket. It was really cool. Everything is very brightly colored, and they have so many products. It took me a while to figure out the layout of the aisles, and I had no idea what some of the items were. But, I managed to figure it out.
Prices are...okay, but I still died a little on the inside since the exchange rate kind of sucks right now (so what I had saved is a lot less in Japan). The most expensive items were meat. They come in pretty small portions, definitely not enough to feed a family or someone for more than maybe two meals. The larger portions were astronomical.

So, needless to say I skipped out on meat.
But, I did find pasta! I bought a couple bags of penne for about a dollar. I bought some eggs, some fruit, some lettuce for salads, some tomatoes and Parmesan to eat with my pasta, yogurt and bananas, some bread, butter, cheese. Oh, and olive oil and balsamic vinegar. And nescafe. Hooray for basics. I anticipate losing weight while I'm gone, being on such a tight budget and walking everywhere. Hopefully when my food stipend kicks in I can go out to eat sometimes...