Does eating for a dollar a day leave anything out of my food life?

Yes.   Chocolate.

 I'm going to have to think of a way to amend that.

      The children have gotten their chocolate fix because the same bride whose leftovers came our way had a tin of hot chocolate mix she sent us.  It was only about half used up, so there was enough for everyone to enjoy hot chocolate at least once.

     It was a nice reprieve.

But not as nice as real chocolate.

M & M's are on sale this week, maybe we'll have enough in the slush fund for some.

 Or maybe brownies would do the trick.  We'll see.