I did cook this week and I did a great job of eating dinner at home. Not so great with breakfast and lunch. The problem had nothing to do with not having enough food and everything to do timing and not planning the right types of food. With regard to timing, I had plenty of things I could eat for breakfast, but I've never been much of a morning person and getting up with sufficient time to eat before leaving for work just wasn't happening; so I resorted to my usual bagel and coffee. If I could get up even fifteen minutes earlier, it could work. But I think I'm going to give some serious thought to packing things I can take with me and eat when I get to work.
Lunch was a bit different. The plan was always to bring leftover dinner for lunch. But I made a tasty but rather sloppy green curry with chicken thighs from one of Jamie Oliver's cook books and it was great for dinner but felt like it would be too much drama to have for lunch. So I'm going to have to keep that in mind as I plan in subsequent weeks.
So, what was the damage? Well, I spent $46.65 on groceries at Whole Foods. I had lunch out Wednesday through Friday but breakfast only the last two of those days. Unfortunately, a similar lack of planning on my part meant that I went through the McDonald's drive through on Saturday morning as I was starving after the gym and on my way to run a bunch of errands. So, money spent on eating out added up to $38.34. Bearing in mind that I'm starting this little project from the 1st and that was Tuesday, 5/7 of my usual weekly food expenditures amounts to $124.25 and in total, I spent $84.99. This amounts to a savings of $39.26 for the five day period. I don't know. For the first week, I think that's definitely progress. So, I'll take it. I'll be transferring that amount into my savings account.
Now, on to week two!
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