Jen's Blog

A couple points I wanted to mention re: this post. 
The normal grocery shopping isn’t ever TOO expensive, but it’s the frozen meals, wine I throw in, fancy cheese appetizers that add up. Also I’m the worst at running out for a quick lunch or dinner out to eat, which REALLY adds up. Sean eats out every lunch of the week. 

Also, another rule is no eating food that already exists in your pantry (except butter, salt, etc) so you have to act like everything else you could eat isn’t there. Last night I almost snacked on some chips that I forgot were off limits. I also spilled a handful of pretzels that are one of our only snacks and was SO SAD this morning. My work provides free snacks as well. Sean and I talked about it and decided since most people that are on food stamps don’t work at a place that provides free food, it should be off limits to me as well.