Challenge: To trim down the grocery bills by at least 33%

According to the US Department of Labor, the average American family of four spends $8,513 per year on groceries. This statistic breaks down to $177 per person a month. My family is not the traditional nuclear family. In addition to me and my husband, we have four children -- three teenagers, a two-year-old, and a mother-in-law. Applying the above figures, our grocery bill for a family of seven should approximate to $1239 per month. And astonishingly, it has regularly fluctuated in the range of $1000- $1300. My goal is to trim this monthly pile of receipts down to $830,(including diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and restaurant bills) if not less. Being able to frugally feed my nutrition-conscious husband and appease the voracious appetites of my teenagers will be my main challenge!

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Fancy Restaurant

I haven't been to a fancy restaurant in a long, long time.  Wendy's, Subway, and pizza take out, and the local mall food court is about as fancy as we get these days, if we ever eat out.  I am anticipating my first time use of a restaurant.com certificate.  The value of this certificate is $25, good on a purchase of a meal for over $35, not including tip.  I am wondering if my purchase of this certificate was a good one (I spent a little over $3 for it, if I remember correctly). 

Tonight we are going to go to a restaurant grill which allegedly offers "fine dining."  I am looking forward to the salmon dish, but am a bit worried about how my youngest will behave.  I'll be blogging about my fine dining experience soon, hoping that the dinner will be nutritious and a frugal one at that!
Posted by Dilara Channing at 4:28 PM

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