One of the assumptions about our move to Kuwait is that we will be making lots and lots of money. Well, we really aren't although our expenses are paid by the school so I guess we'll be okay. Unfortunately we don't get paid until the end of September. We are living on the reimbursement from the medical and luggage expenses we had in the states.
So it's kinda like when we were first married and I wasn't working and so we had to ration our spending. Today I went to a place where we could get more variety of food products rather than our local Coop (which we love but we wanted more than cornflakes for breakfast).
I purchased the following items: 1 box of Mini Wheats, 1 box of Granola bars, one dozen wheat bagels, 30 plastic hangers, 15 hooks for pounding in cement walls, 1 picture frame for Anna's beautiful picture of our Angel, 3 Lean Cuisine lunches (Ramadan is coming), 1 small bottle of orange juice, 6 postcards, 2 birthday cards and the bill was 19.45 KD which is the equivalent of ...$73.18. I only had 20KD with me and I was getting a little nervous as the items were being scanned at the checkout. Poor Anna wanted to buy a school bag and three soups-and we couldn't.
If you are reading this and thinking Oh the Poor Browns, don't feel sorry for us. We know how to budget and if we're not livin' the high life, we'll be okay. I have seen people here that get by on a lot less.
But if you are energetic and feel like sending a care package, you can send mini wheats for David. He won't be getting anymore until October.
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