Aaron and I have decided to try a drastic experiment. Until Labor Day we will not eat out. Now, there are a three exceptions to the rule. 1.) We will go out for special occasions – i.e. Aaron’s father’s birthday, etc. 2.) We will occasionally bring something like Neomonde over to a friend’s house. 3.) We will still go out for dessert to places like Goodberry’s and Rita’s. Other than that, we’re going cold turkey, even if someone offers to buy our food. The purpose is for us to break our horrible habit of eating out, to eat healthier, and to see how much money we save by eating at home.
To begin this project we will be going grocery shopping tomorrow to cook food to eat during the week. We’ll freeze and prepare meals in advance so that it is easier for us to eat after Aaron gets home from work. Alex and I will eat lunch at home, and Aaron will bring his lunch to work. We’ll all eat breakfast at home. It’s going to be hard for us, because we have such a horrible habit of eating out, but I think it will be a fun exercise. We may start a new blog to chronicle the process and if we do I’ll post a link here. Wish us luck, and if you have any words of encouragement or suggestions, please share.
Good luck! I bet you will be shocked at how much money you save! We haven’t been going out as much because of A’s new regime and I’ve noticed a difference.
Good luck! Jeff and I have done that to help us eat better and it has worked wonderfully. We eat less food and better food! If you have a crock pot or slow cooker, that is a big help for cooking things ahead. Also we found that grilling enough chicken breast or chops or whatever for more than one meal (and not touching the second meal part!) was also a way of making it easier not to give in to the temptation to ditch cooking and go out. I really like doing that when the school year starts back.
Alex’s pictures are darling. He is beautiful and has grown so much!
I feel for you. Since I live alone, I too have a horrible habit of eating out. But I will confess…since I live just down the road from my mom and dad, a lot of my “eating out” is going to mom’s for a great homemade dinner!
I work at a high school and am just going back to work after summer…my challenge is to plan (key word) and make my lunches instead of getting take out. We shall see…