For two nights in a row, we stayed home for dinner. The first night, we would up eating about 10 pm.
Last night, my dh was cooking ribs. First he boiled them, with the lid ON.
Of course, they boiled over and really made a mess. Then he smoked them on the grill and that took forever.
By the time the food was ready, we didn't even want to eat.
Then we had all the clean up to do.
I bet we spent just about as much as going out to eat. The food (ribs, hamburger, potatoes, lima beans) came to about $10. A half bag of charcoal is about $2.50.
Plus the dishwasher was full so I had to run that after one meal. (I usually only have to run it once every two or three days)
Our normal meal out runs about $16 and sure is a lot more fun than cooking and cleaning up.
Yeah, dinner out tonight.
However, I will add the $20 saved to my challenge, plus the braves won for another $1.
Prev. total $11,560.00
today 21.00
new total $11,581.00
Now I know why I eat out at night
May 29th, 2007 at 07:52 pm
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