I tallied up each day’s expenditure on food and the grand total came to $55.21.
Without analyzing the week in depth, I don’t think this sounds like a very good number for just one week.
But let’s investigate further: I mostly spent my money on prepared food, such as meals from the hospital cafeteria, or from eating out. In total, I ate four meals from the cafeteria, and I ate out three times this week. The cafeteria meals don’t bother me, but the fact that I ate out three time does. I have to stop being so lazy. It is one thing if someone is going to treat me to dinner, but two out of the three times I ate out were of my own initiation. In all, I spent $47.46 on food not prepared at home. That’s almost 86% of my total expense for the week! Anyone could agree, that is just way too much.
On the other hand, of the meals I prepared at home, I only spent $7.75 to make them. That is a number I can more easily live with.
Overall, the week was both a success and a failure. I failed in spending a lot of money on food, but I did realize the amount of unnecessary expenses I have every week. So hopefully next week will be a better one.
