Leftover-palooza

Friday was leftover enchiladas. Saturday was pizza from Papa Murphy's ($14.98). Today is leftover pizza and I'm also going to make myself scrambled eggs with chopped onions in corn tortillas to use up the leftover ingredients from the enchiladas. We have carrots and bell pepper strips and snap peas for snacks. For dessert tonight we're making chocolate chip cookies with ice cream and chocolate sauce on top.

Activities for the past few days:

*Pete did some papier-mâché with the boys and also convinced them to help trade in some bottles and cans. They used the money to get happy meals and play at the McDonalds playland. Pete bought a burger and soda for himself, but since Kay's not counting her husband's spending, I'm not counting Pete's (although fear of public scrutiny might be good for him...hee hee.)

*Today we went to a union picnic at Oaks Park. The traffic and parking was horrible, but the day was absolutely FREE! We had bbq hot dogs and hamburgers and lemonade (Pete had soda) and ice cream sandwiches and fudge bars, and lots of rides for the kids, and balloon critters for the kids...all free! Being stuck in the car for so long, we got hungry again so we drove through Burger King and got just enough food for all four of us so that we wouldn't be starving ($4.47).

Groceries, including sunscreen for the family and stocking up on little bottles of water and a bunch of super cheap soda for Pete was $57.76. I think this guy could get into the Guiness Book for all the soda he drinks, or should get some kind of sponsorship from Diet Coke. He could be the next Jared, but instead of Subway, he could be the Diet Coke spokesperson. Heh.

If I were more concerned about beating Kay, I'd just let Pete get his soda from the convenience stores (so it wouldn't count) but I'm more concerned with my overall family budget, and getting discount cans of soda and using re-usable ice saves a bunch of money... so, that goes into the grocery budget and counts against me in my battle against Kay. Oh well.

Total spent: $658.83. As of Friday, Kay had spent $532.97.