We’re having a heat wave in Southern California. We don’t have air conditioning. We’re going out to dinner. But wait, those two things are not related. No really. It’s the husband’s birthday today and he shares it with a friend so the annual tradition is going out for dinner. Today, I don’t mind at all. What will we be eating the rest of this too hot week?
Saturday – out for dinner
Sunday – crepes (made them for husband’s breakfast, being super loverly and making them again for him)
Monday – madras lentil (from a box) and rice
Tuesday – pineapple chicken (I don’t know what this is, I’m making something with pineapple and chicken)
Wednesday – pizza
Thursday – sloppy joes
Friday – pesto pasta with shrimp
We are using a system that is somewhat based on $80/week for grocery and non-edible and the $50 a week budget. Each week we calculate how much we spent overall and I announce if we are under or over budget.
We are typically over budget recently. Either this means the budget isn’t realistic for us or we just don’t follow it. I’m going to go with a mix of the two. Yeah, that works for me. This week we are…
eating out – $70.36
grocery – $104.59
grocery non-edible – $6.87
$31.46 and $49.95 over budget depending on which system you count. I can only guess that I’m spending too much time planning Toddler L’s party to properly review what is coming into this house. I’m loving the party planning but this spending has got to go. I’ll be working on that next week.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009 at 2:23 pm
sabrinajl
I have not wanted to cook at all these last few days and when I do, I don’t end up getting around to it until 7ish. We don’t have central air in our house either, but we did actually break down and buy a portable ac for our bedroom (we can’t stand trying to sleep in the heat). That’s where I’ve been spending most of my time lately. I’m really glad we don’t have to pay for electricity.