budgeting - how?
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Funz:
Some days you might have to chinchye eat.
We eat out, maybe, 1 or 2 meals a week. Most of the time it is home cooked but home cooked doesn't mean cheaper. I have the habit of buying what catches my fancy without looking at price tags. There were many times where I feel that I am spending too much on groceries and try to cut back but I find it too tedious. So we are back to me buying whatever catches my fancy or my craving for the moment. And truth be told, my kids and I have rather expensive taste buds.
I also have expensive taste buds but some meals now I really learn to chinchye especially now new baby arrived.
Also can console myself good to eat cheaper veggies sometimes more healthy. My biggest weakness is SEAFOOD !! -
i figured out the best way is to eat lunch at home (either hmcooked or tabao back) before going to shop. so in town, just need to hv snacks n tea breaks. cheaper.
if no choice hv to lunch in town, choose the cheaper thungs. avoid meat or teppayaki or jap food etc.
like very cham (poor thing) but no choice. i have 6 mouths! -
EASON MAGPIES:
I think our problem is cos we are not big on carbo. So we tend to fill up more with dishes. Seafood is my weakness too. And fish can be pretty expensive. Yah can go for the cheaper tomans or batangs but end up no one wants to eat them so wasted. So it's cod fish, kurau and greasy garoupa for the kids. But when I was tracking my grocery bills the surprising thing was my fruits bill takes up the bulk of my grocery bills most of the time. Who would think that fruits can add up to so much.Funz:
Some days you might have to chinchye eat.
I also have expensive taste buds but some meals now I really learn to chinchye especially now new baby arrived.
Also can console myself good to eat cheaper veggies sometimes more healthy. My biggest weakness is SEAFOOD !!
Tonight is gonna be chin chye eat. Teochew porridge. -
EASON MAGPIES:
Ha... similiar siutation. I used to be very picky about my food. But thing changed after my child arrived. Now will try to find food that is cheap and also to eat whatever my DD is eatingI also have expensive taste buds but some meals now I really learn to chinchye especially now new baby arrived.
Looks like being a parent can really changed one's lifestyle & habit
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daddy2007:
u r right. in that sense, having kids 'perfect' our character, making us less picky, more self sacrificing, more budget conscious, more patience, move loving? hopefully. haha.
Ha... similiar siutation. I used to be very picky about my food. But thing changed after my child arrived. Now will try to find food that is cheap and also to eat whatever my DD is eatingEASON MAGPIES:
I also have expensive taste buds but some meals now I really learn to chinchye especially now new baby arrived.
Looks like being a parent can really changed one's lifestyle & habit -
daddy2007:
So no choice 1 person 1 bowl. The child can't finish then the adult will eat the remaining
That's how my dh acquires his expanding waistline :evil: -
24hr-mum:
if i go out wf kids, i nvr order wat i want. alwaz eat watever they left cos i eat anything but they dont. sigh....
Me too, they get to choose what they fancy. But I must eat first. After they dig dig dig (yucks!) I totally lost my appetite, so I always eat whatever they order first & they can have the leftover
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24hr-mum:
oh ya.... I also find that I am more patience now after 3+ yrs of training hahahahaha
u r right. in that sense, having kids 'perfect' our character, making us less picky, more self sacrificing, more budget conscious, more patience, move loving? hopefully. haha. -
24hr-mum:
if i go out wf kids, i nvr order wat i want. alwaz eat watever they left cos i eat anything but they dont. sigh....
Most times i have a 'sharing' concept, aka, order variety of food and get small bowls so that everyone eats everything... hence, in a sense, i dont eat left-over food + i still get to eat wat i want!! :celebrate: -
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