I went to Trader Joe’s today and left with a box of chocolate-covered cherries ($4.99), two boxes of cookies for friends ($1.99 each), and a pack of sushi ($2.99). At least it’s somewhat cheaper than Whole Foods. I also had Starbucks ($4.80), Italian ($16.25) and fajitas ($7.45) yesterday.
Tonight the plan is to order Chinese takeout, which will probably run $6 for my share. So basically, the weekend’s not even over and I’ve already spent close to $50. On food. My friends joked that I chose my job because dinners are expensed when I work late (which will be often) – after looking at all the money I spend on dining out and munchies, I am beginning to think they weren’t kidding.
On the plus side, I checked out the new Target that just opened near me and didn’t really find anything I wanted enough, so I didn’t buy anything. (The Proenza Schouler coat that I wanted was nowhere to be seen… and sold out a long time ago on Target.com).
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I LOVE Trader Joe. I wish there was one here. The dark chocolate covered pretzels were my favorite.
And be careful with Target! Just wandering around in there can make you spend, spend spend. I have to stay out of Target… too much cute stuff for seemingly low prices (they aren’t always!).
TJ’s is tons cheaper than Whole Foods, and sometimes even cheaper than my regular supermarket. I just can’t find good produce there, otherwise it’d be the only place I shopped (luckily I live half a mile from a weekly farmer’s market!).
Really, food is the biggest budget-buster for the fiscally conscientious among us (or at least among the people I know)… it’s easy to resist clothing that you know is unncessary but food? When ordering out is so much easier than cooking? Oy.