Almost three weeks ago we I decided that for the month of June we were not dining out. The exception – we can go out if it is a mystery shopper job which gets reimbursed OR if we have gift cards to cover the food. Seventeen days in to the month I can say that we have only semi-cheated once……..and it doesn’t really count. My husband was in Seattle last weekend and the girls and I shared a large Cherry Limeaid from Sonic while shopping at CVS. I paid $2 cash out of the weekly budget. See, it doesn’t really count, right? There are 13 days left in this month and I am confident we will reach our goal.
One day this week I realized that the chicken wasn’t thawed so we quickly substituted breakfast for dinner. It would have been nice and easy to head to a sit down restaurant to eat, but we are crazily committed!
Leandrea is a married mom of two girls, ages 13 and 12, living in Atlanta, GA. She is passionate about helping people save money one coupon at a time. Read more