Thursday, February 4, 2010

Feeling Blue

I'm  just a little gloomy today.  Not sure if it's weather related or if I'm just ready for some warm weather, but I am so tired of the grey skies  here.  It was sunny for an hour and then went back to doom and gloom. 

Money wise, I spent $90 on groceries for the next 2 weeks after sales and coupons.  The bulk of it went to my trip to Trader Joes.  My youngest cannot have any dairy so once every 2 weeks I trek to Trader Joe's and get her rice milk. We stocked up on her gluten free, dairy free, totally allergen free snacks for pre school as well.  I still have about 5 whole chickens I bought on sale from a month ago and even though my family's going to get tired of chicken, that's what we're having for the next two weeks.  Currently our menu looks like this:

Breakfast
oatmeal
egg white omelet
english muffin with low fat turkey
bagel and cream cheese
cheerios
orange juice

Lunches
salad
chicken rice soup
chicken noodle soup
grilled chicken sandwich
teriyaki chicken
curry with chicken

Dinners
Roasted chicken with gravy, baked yams
sauteed spinach with pine nuts
kale with dried cranberries
collard greens
papaya salad
Chicken stir fries
turkey meatballs
lots of salads
turkey sandwiches

In other areas, DH is making me crazy because he's not on board with not spending money on Entertainment.  I feel like a meanie for saying no to him since he insists on going out to dinner this weekend, but that's the entire entertainment budget.  Forget Valentine's Day, forget anything else.  He seems to think that $XX doesn't matter because the things he wants to do is only $XX.  Grrr. $XX got us to where we are and I don't wantt it to be the map I follow all the time.  There's got to be some sort of compromise and balance, no?

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