Time to fess up

So, you've noticed I haven't blogged in a bit. This whole grocery and eating out thing has kept me out of it.

We failed miserably. There, I said it.

I wanted to post celebrating our great achievement, not about sinking in to our (my) old habits! But, I was reading some minimalist blogs and one statement jumped out at me "accountability is a big part of goal setting." She failed too, so I wasn't the only one and it gave me courage to come on here and come clean. So, here we go.

Week 2

Groceries: $61.24 left
3 trips = $52.55
Left Over: $8.69

Eating out: $11.75 left
5 trips = $27.49
Left Over: $-15.74

Week 3

Groceries: $8.69 left
4 trips= $80.45
Left Over: $-71.76
Explanation: We had a grand re-opening of the Ralph's grocery store that is really close and they were having great deals. We got 3 packages of 6 sirloin steaks for $8! We knew we would go over budget, but we couldn't pass up the great deals for the week.

Eating out: $-15.74 left
4 trips = $51.08
Left Over = $-66.82

Week 4 (shortened to 4 days due to Thanksgiving)

Groceries: -71.76
5 trips = $59.74
Left Over = -131.50
Seriously, 5 trips in 4 days! Come on, Amanda.

Eating Out: -66.82
7 trips = 64.89
Left Over = -131.71
Seriously, a bad week for us. 7 trips in 4 days.....


So there it is. Nothing to be proud of, especially that last week. And to show for it, we have an overflowing fridge and freezer, not exactly what I call minimalist. Now, to throw a monkey wrench into it, I can't really eat anything that is in my freezer other than the meat and frozen veggies. However, I could make them for Neil and he could have leftovers for days. Hmm, that would probably work just fine.