Sunday, February 27, 2011

Dinner at Home Challenge Explanation

We have been dining out way too much, so we have committed to eating at home more often.  The plan is to make a menu, grocery shop using coupons from Cellfire, Smart Source, and Coupons.com in order to earn points on MyPoints.  Then, we will taste the dishes and rate them from 1-5 (5 being the best).  That number will be averaged and become our rating.  At the end of the week, we will evaluate how we did.

Here's my best guestimate as to how much we were spending before we started this:
Breakfast Out - 1 Day per week * 4 People * $4 = $16
Lunch Out - 7 Days per week * 4 People * $5 = $140
Sonic Drinks - 5 Days per week * 2 People *$1 = $5
Starbucks Drink - 1 Day per week * 1 Person * $5 = $5
Dinner Out - 6 Days per week * 4 People * $8 = $192
Groceries (for Breakfast, snacks, & occasional dinner) = $60

Total: about $423 per week!  YIKES!

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