Brian and I are trying to pay off a few student loans this spring so I am trying to stick to our food budget. Normally I would run out of money during the last few days and just ask Brian for some out of the "miscellaneous" category.
But I am really trying this month... and next month and the next few after that. Then I guess there is the whole down payment thing to save for, and I hear braces are pretty expensive, so maybe staying in budget bounds should be a habit.
This afternoon around three o'clock when I wanted a snack I wondered what there would be to eat. Meals are pretty well planned but in between is something I am still trying to be creative with.
We had a third of a bag of tortilla chips, shredded mozzarella, cheddar and part of a package of pepperonis. Then I even found a bag of fresh cilantro! (I'm not really sure how long it was in there...) They turned our quite tasty and I enjoyed my afternoon leftover creation.
As far as the rest of the meals for this week, tonight Brian offered to bring home pizza so I can go to Bible study, tomorrow we are (hopefully, if we can convince Brian's brother to babysit,) going out on a gift certificate. And then Friday the budget starts over! Maybe I'll even have some left over in the grocery category. Or we can eat nachos for a few more days...
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