Food

It has been a month on the savings challenge and I think I'm carrying it into a second month. The first month went alright. This weekend kind of threw everything out of whack however as we got Chipotle on Friday, along with two (bad) movies from Blockbuster, and on Saturday, we got Subway. I seem to have very little will power towards the end of the month.

Anyways, I have learned a lot from making this sacrifice, particularly in regards to food. I understood that going out to eat cost a lot of money, but I never realized how fast it can add up. This weekend alone, which before February wouldn't be too far out of the norm, cost over $25! ...and that's just for two meals. Quite often, in fact, that $25 pricetag would account for one dining experience, then you could add a trip to Chipotle or Subway on top of that. The thing is, too, I would much rather be eating some of that lentil soup I mentioned a few posts ago.

Moreover, even the food from the store adds up. I know that we have to eat to live, and I eat, but it turns out that I buy a lot more than I eat. Whether it's cooking too much and not eating leftovers, or buying something that I normally eat that I just don't eat, I end up throwing away a lot of food. Throwing away food is like throwing away money. I need to improve on buying only what I am going to eat.

Tiff and I were good for awhile on planning our meals out and sticking to it. Well, Tiff still has the schedule of meals, somewhere along the way, however, we just stopped looking at it. I think it's time to get back to scheduling and good ole fashioned home-cooking. After I eat the second half of my Subway pastrami sandwich, of course.

By the way, this second month, I'm going easy on the blogging. I've got a few things I should have mentioned last month that I hope to write about soon, but then I'm just doing the basics. Savings isn't too interesting.

Chipotle was $11.45. Subway was $14.16. Blockbuster was $9.01
Total cost: $34.62