I'm a little less than halfway through my experiments and I have to tell you, not doing as well as I wanted to.
I'll start with Experiment #1, which was living off my husbands part time pay. I have not saved any money. I know, I am terrible. I'm an emotional shopper. I know I am. The first step to recovery is admitting it right? The past couple of weeks have been pretty emotional and I think a lot of the money I spent was during my birthday weekend. I was so frustrated and upset, I bought things for myself and my family, took them out to dinner and basically said f*uck it. So all the money I should have saved the first half of the month, I spent. I'll be honest, not too broken up about it. I'm a little disappointed, but I'm not beating myself up.
Experiment #2, cleaning out the freezer is actually going really well. The first week, we got rid of a lot of food. We had a BBQ, so that helped out. I have cleaned out all the TV dinners that I had, and most of the other pre-made frozen foods. I made pork chops in the crock pot. (See my Epic Crock Pot Fail blog post) This week, I have a few more crock pot meals planned, Beer Brats in the crock pot and Spaghetti in the crock pot. I have two meals that involve chicken, just not sure what I'm going to make.
All in all, I'm pretty satisfied with the way the experiments are going. The next half of the month, I predict will be better for saving money. I don't think I will save as much as I originally wanted to, but even if I just saved a couple hundred dollars, I will be happy. Something is better than nothing. The second experiment I think will stay pretty strong. I found some steaks, more ground turkey and fish. I plan on posting more recipes for you.
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