Friday, March 05, 2010
Breaking the budget
After having the same lunch for four days in a row (leftovers, we cook in large quantities, lol), I decided to go out to lunch today, you know, just for a change of pace. $7.59 for crappy taquitos, lukewarm rice, and medioce salsa. Too much money and too many calories was wasted on that meal. And then there are two lunches planned at work next week, one to try a new restaurant (gourmet sliders), the other for a dim sum lunch (that I'm organizing, I hate organizing group events, BTW). Three days of eating lunch out within the span of a week? That's six times more often than I usually eat out, way more money that I usually spend, and way more calories that I usually consume. But hey, sometimes a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. I can exercise and cut the budget somewhere else.
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my goal is lunch out once a week. I do it almost more for the social aspect than anything else. no one in our office eats lunch away from their desk unless we go out to lunch. and I think it is good to get away from the office completely once in awhile.
I definitely go out to lunch for the social aspect. Half of my group is really big on going out to lunch; they go out every day. So if I don't join them once in a while, I miss out on seeing them as "real" people.
Will this make you feel better? As a SAHM, I never eat lunch out during the weekdays - I really like to enjoy my food and that's simply impossible (for me) when there's at least one child with me. So, usually I eat leftovers (which is fine, but it's depressing when it's I don't want to eat anyway). DH doesn't understand why I start looking cranky when he tells me he went out to lunch (to a nice place) with co-workers. He said he'd take me later but like you, I am loathe to waste the money doing so when I'm perfectly capable of cooking gourmet-ish at home. But I keep telling myself, "one of these days..." =) Look on the bright side - maybe you'll find a new dish that is so yummy, you'll want to learn how to make it at home (you'd be pleasantly surprised to learn how many copy-cat recipes are out there on the internet)...
Miwa, I'm usually pretty good about eating leftovers (like having the same thing up to six times in one week...I used to be able to put up with eight), but now, if I'd had something a few times and I don't feel like eating it anymore, I'll either freeze it or (gasp) toss it! I figure I got my money's worth out of it.
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