Swimming in dough....

Not. I did save some money over the last 2 weeks with cooking, and only cooking one meal.

I made chili 2 Sundays ago, and still have 2 servings left in my freezer. Who knew chili could be so versatile, yummy and filling? Oh everybody?!

I usually go grocery shopping weekly, but this week I only had to grab a few items; cheese, bread and juice. I didn't spend more then $10. It was awesome.

I'm going to continue tracking my food spending for the whole month of March; compare it to February and see. I'll be doing this manually and with the help of Mint.com; I love Mint.

Every time I save money, this is what I think of. Scrooge McDuck. :)

While, I'm doing this, I also want to focus on getting to work 30 minutes early each day; might not seem like much, but trust me that's 30 more minutes of sleep. Why you may ask?

30 minutes x hourly wage x 5 days = $32.50

That's about $65 before tax extra per pay check. Or about about $100 extra a month. A hundred extra dollars. Count me in.

So those are my goals for March; they are a little late. The month caught me by surprise.

Cheers,
Ms. Manda

It's Official...I'm a Chef!!

As we all know, I'm trying to cute my expenses down below my income. Currently, I'm living above my means. That's sad to admit out loud.

The past two weeks I wanted to see if it was cheaper to eat or in. For some this may seem like a simple answer, but for a girl who works mornings, school in the afternoon, work again, and them nights spent either doing homework or catching up with friends. The quickest thing for me to eat is fast food, fast food and more fast food.

I spent one week eating as usual and tracking my spending. I do grocery shop, but mostly bread, ham, cheese, yogurt and granola bars. Not much really. I spent about $80 on eating for a week, including grocery shopping.

I went grocery shopping over the weekend and spent $99 on food. I made an extremely detailed food plan and stuck to it. I've already made my delicious crock pot of chili, with 4 tupperware in the freezer for later this week and even next.

It's only Monday, but I spent $19 more on groceries and it will last me more than a week.

Tomorrow night...I'm eating chili tacos! Yum! Stay tuned as I figure out exactly how much money I've saved on food alone.

Cheers,

Ms. Manda