Well, I know our month isn't over yet, but I can already see how this challenge is going to shape up....it's a FAIL! Our current expenditure on food is $245.76.
So where did we go wrong? I'm happy with the groceries portion. We are at $137.53 so far, and while I might need to go buy more produce, we won't be over $150 for the month. It's the eating out category that was a disaster. A shocking nearly half of our food ($108.23) is eating out!
The big thing that messed it up was that we invited a friend over for dinner, but when I met him downtown, it turned out we didn't have time to get back to our apartment before he had to catch his plane. So we took him to a restaurant....that was $55 right there. Bad for the budget, but I'm not really sure what else we could have done. I suppose we should have found a cheaper place to eat. Tough in an area you're not familiar with though.
I'm comfortable with the rest of the eating out section. This includes some meals during travel to the wedding, and Mr. Dreamer got dinner after work with some co workers. We also had dinner out as a celebration of some exciting news. This section is higher than I would like it to be in terms of numbers, but I can't really point to any particular item that I wish we hadn't done. And money is there to be used (thoughtfully, yes, but used). So as long as I'm correct that this is an unusual number, it's fine.
So I guess the challenge will continue through the Aug/Sept month. This will be a bit harder, I think, because we might get low on some staples. But oh well! Paying down debt is supposed to be uncomfortable.
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