Well, we did a crappy job with the budget this week. We knew were going to go over when we had: an eggplant parm sub for me and a meatball sub for Billy on Saturday ($15.90), followed by that lunch at New Seasons debacle on Sunday ($26.56), followed by a celebratory lunch on Thursday ($26.00, but who cares! We’re having a girl!). I didn’t expect we’d also blow it on the groceries, too. But we did.
Are you noticing that we only really screw up when Billy and I are making food decisions together? Each of us does well on our own, but put us together and we just want to eat spendy sandwiches. I didn’t realize that before.
Where did the extra grocery spending go? Well, we needed bread flour, twice, so there’s $12 right there. And I bought a pint of ice cream twice, so there’s another $8. Other than that, it’s the serious fetal demands for orange juice, apples, pears, oranges, and bananas. This kid has me consuming massive quantities of fruit. We either need to up the food budget to allow for the fetus or I need to rethink the ice cream. Although some weeks we are managing to meet the budget anyway… I don’t know… Gah. Pass the ice cream.
The breakdown:
