This is my review of my November food budgeting and goals for December! For more information on this project, please take a look at Emily's Custom Made Blog!
Ok, November was out of control. I knew it was half way through the month but it's been kinda an up in the air month with everything so I just let it go. I am almost embarrassed to post this though.
I spent $719 this month on groceries, eating out, and alcohol/bars. Wow. Yeah.
Early in the month I went to a fun wine event where we had the opportunity to buy some special local (and amazing!) wine but it was pretty pricey. I still have 2 out of 3 of the bottles I bought awaiting special occasions! I went to a fun and delicious prix fixe vegetarian dinner with a friend. I wasn't able to go home for Thanksgiving so I decided to have my own feast - a friend drove all the way here to visit and I showed her a great time!
What could I have done better? I'm honestly not sure! I really enjoyed the dinner parties I went to and hosted and I definitely wouldn't give up the wine or the vegetarian dinner! I did grab Qdoba for lunch ($6 burrito is pretty budget friendly!) a few times and probably spent a little more than I should have out at the bar, so I will try to watch those things in December.
I can already tell by my spending for this month, there is no way I am making the $400 I was shooting for in previous months. For December I think I am going to shoot for $550 total for the month, a happy medium.
How do you save money during the holidays? I looove hosting parties and it can really add up with the wines and cheeses!
Wanna see how everyone else in the project did this week?
Other Bloggers Participating in the Project:
- Emily Levenson
- Dairy-Free Cooking
- Test Kitchen Tuesday
- Red Pen Mama
- Acquired Tastes
- Fit Flexitarian
- Warm As Pie
- Katy Rank Lev
- My Inner Healthy
- Little Blue Hen
- xox, b
- What da Health?
- Project Food Budget 2.0
- Ignition Nutrition
- A Nice Heart and a White Suit
- Because Hobbies Happen
- Primary Focus Health Coaching
- Chicken Tender
- Fresh...A New Chapter
- Chandeleah
- Two Eggs Over Easy
- That's Just Me
