Update

I thought I'd drop a quick note about the money saving progress so far. I know it's only been 7 days, but our lives have started to change.

Sunday night I made a quick menu for the week's meals. This only took about 15 minutes and although we might not have eaten Tuesday's dinner( tuna casserole) that night (we had Sloppy Joes) we haven't strayed from the general idea. It's been much easier and less stressful to come home and know exactly what dinner is.

As an extra, super bonus to this is Josh has been cooking with me. I have so much fun when he's there.

Tonight was definately a splurge for our meal. We had scallops and bay shrimp Alfredo sauce over pasta. I also brought some amazing bread I turned into garlic bread. As a third special treat, I brought two large pieces of cake. This meal was definitely NOT budget-friendly, but we needed it.

We had an SCA event this weekend, and used that opportunity to dine out.

Twice a month we want to go out, and want better time to do so than with friends. We also went to restaurants at least one of us had not been to. Friday night was Dickie Joe's, Saturday morning, the restaurant in the hotel.

Both places were good, but I realized very quickly how much extra I was paying for these meals. I don't want to get into the habit of thinking like this when out(that's not the point, when the company is so nice). Enjoy the meal, and make it worth it!

To wrap it, I think we did great! The menu I made last Sunday had enough variety to keep it exciting, and we had so many leftovers that we ate well for lunches too.

Now to write this weeks menu. We have a football game party to go to tomorrow (Go DUCKS!), but this is not a problem. We'll just cook dinner there.

I'd love to know what you guys think!