One Hundred Dollars a Month

Yesterday Mrs. HB stopped by to bring me homemade soup and make sure I was on the mend after my cootie filled airplane ride. She’s such a good {old} neighbor and totally deserves a blue ribbon or something for friend of the year.

3 bean soup, chicken soup {plus noodles!} 2 Cokes because she says everyone likes a Coke when they are sick {!?} and 3 liberated bags of Earl Grey tea from her last work conference. Bless her heart!

My husband? He brought me home a pint of Chunky Monkey {my favorite}. And a box of toaster strudel and Pik.Nik. Which would have been like, totally rad, if I was 10 and rode a BMX bike.

But hey, you gotta give the guy an A for effort. Right?

Husbands… even when you’ve been married to them for over 20 years… they can still amaze you. 😉

I bought a $6 box of Tappas on the way down and the $7.50 cheese and fruit platter on the way home. Because sometimes, you really just have to throw caution to the wind and live it up. Especially on a 5 1/2 hour flight.

Breakfast $16.62 at some random coffee shop. Who knew a sausage and egg biscuit could taste so good with a little chopped jalapeno? It totally does. You need to try it.  And, get this, when I ordered a “London Fog” they had no idea what I was talking about. So I told the barista and she was like…. oh wow, that sounds really good. And now I totally think it should be re-named to the Where in the World is Mavis My Head is in a Fog. At least in that coffee shop at least.

The best steak tips and meatloaf sandwich on the planet set us back a whopping $43.61 with 2 iced teas and a tip.

And then there were those insanely good Cobb salads from the hotel we stayed at. Those cost us a pretty penny too. $36 with a tip if I remember correctly.

There was of course some regular meals like the last round of Thanksgiving leftovers, ham soup, my first trip to Chick-Fil-A, quinoa salad and salmon and Brussels sprouts. And I know this is the part where I am supposed to feel bad for my over spending and tell you that next week I’ll try and do a better job. But you know what? I’m not going to.

Last week was the best food week of the entire year for me. My friend brought me something homemade, I got to spend 48 hours of undivided time with my husband, and another 3 days in bed. For this girl? It was pretty spot on. Not that I want to be sick anytime soon again, but c’mon, mixing things up everyone in a while? It’s pretty freakin’ fantastic if you ask me.

Life. It’s just one big surprise after another.

Keep on, keepin’ on,

~Mavis

Total Spent This Week $126.34

Total Spent in January on Groceries $202.99
Total Spent in February on Groceries $143.94
Total Spent in March on Groceries $183.35
Total Spent in April on Groceries $205.67
Total Spent on Groceries in May $248.60
Total Spent on Groceries in June $147.47
Total Spent on Groceries in July $293.63
Total Spent on Groceries in August $117.29
Total Spent on Groceries in September $172.91
Total Spent on Groceries in October $186.69
Total Spent on Groceries in November $289.96
Total Spent on Groceries in November $0

Total Spent in January on Take Out, Date Nights, and Bakery Treats $42.19
Total Spent in February on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $118.45
Total Spent in March on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $25.29
Total Spent in April on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $62.50
Total Spent in May on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $54.52
Total Spent in June on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $119.15
Total Spent in July on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $12.45
Total Spent in July on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $0
Total Spent in August on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $212.67
Total Spent in September on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $132.50
Total Spent in October on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $87
Total Spent in November on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $60.42
Total Spent in December on Take Out, Date Nights and Bakery Treats $126.34

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