Dinner Plans? What’s That?
Tonight, on the way home from martial arts, Gage asked me what we were having for dinner. I told him grilled cheese, and his response was a surprised, “We haven’t had that for dinner in a long time!” We got home and I was making Ramen Noodles for myself while the boys’ grilled cheese cooked on the stove. Gage came into the kitchen and asked me what I was going to eat and his response to my answer was, “Mom, you really don’t have much of a dinner planned for tonight, do you?” I know what he meant, but as I type this out, it really does sound kind of rude. He didn’t mean it like that. He’s just accustomed to us eating dinner as a family, and with Jared making phone calls at night for his new job, our time to eat meals together has been cut drastically. And, we’ve eaten most everything out of our freezer, and I’m not real thrilled about going grocery shopping with the boys. So, what happens? I try to make it with what we’ve got, and make short, way overpriced little stops at the grocery store, as I wait for a time to go unhindered by the kids. Do you know I went to the grocery store yesterday and today, and in my attempts at not buying much b/c I’m waiting to go to Aldi, spent a total of $50? I could have filled my grocery cart for $50 at Aldi! And, we still had grilled cheese and Ramen Noodles for dinner! Something just doesn’t seem right about this. Groceries are way too expensive!
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Preach it!
Sean and I were just going over this last night. We spend around $400/month on groceries and yet, it seems like we never have any food in the house. And I don’t even cook!!! Something is really wrong there.
So, we made a plan to order some food (chicen breasts, beef patties, steaks, pork chop, etc) from an organic home delivery food service that we used when we lived in Colorado. Sadly, we can’t get their full service here, but they do offer some packages they can Fed-Ex to us. It’s a TON of meat, and it will last us a looooong time. Then, we’ll have it in our freezer for when we need it, and I don’t have to worry about shopping for meats at the store!
That’s a great idea! Do they have a website? We spend around $400/month, also. I’ve realized that I’m going to have to put a freeze on making meals for people and stuff like that, b/c our grocery money just doesn’t last when I take on those extra things, and we just had a major cut in our grocery budget.
They have a website, but it won’t show you the deals I’m talking about–I had to email them directly. But you’re welcome to check it out anyway, and I’ll send you the attachment that he sent me.
http://www.townandcountryfoods.com/
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