What I spent, what we ate (It’s March!)

I’m so happy it’s March now.   March is never as cold or as full of wintry weather as January and February.

Plus, the days are getting longer, and daylight savings time starts in two weeks, which means that there will be evening light all of a sudden.

Lots to be happy about!

What I Spent

Let’s see.

I made a stop at Costco ($61.58) for pistachios plus frozen blueberries and strawberries.

I got my produce box for $33.

And my regular grocery shopping came in at  $126.

So, I’m starting March off at $220.58.   That’s a bit over budget, but I had to buy shrimp for Sonia’s birthday meal (see menu below) and the things I bought at Costco will last for a good long while, so I think things will average out as the month goes on.

Spending Year To Date

January: $680.55

February: $650

What We Ate

Monday

Mr. FG, Lisey, and Joshua weren’t here for dinner, and Sonia and Zoe weren’t very hungry.   So I made them some grilled cheese sandwiches and I had some butternut squash soup from the freezer.

Tuesday

I tried a Chicken Posole recipe from my Cook’s Country magazine. It was pretty good, but I’d say that I prefer my Chicken Tortilla soup over it.

We had toasted no-knead  English muffin bread with our soup, plus guacamole.

Wednesday

This was Sonia’s actual birthday, but her friend couldn’t very well come sleep over in the middle of the week, so we planned her birthday meal for Friday.

I let her pick out a meal for her birthday night, though, and she chose chipped beef on toast (lucky me! So easy.) and a variation on the strawberry pear green salad.

(I used blueberries and canned peaches for the two fruits.)

Joshua made a pan of homemade brownies so that we’d have a bit of a birthday dessert, even though her ice cream cake wasn’t happening until Friday.

Thursday

I made some roast beef panini sandwiches on homemade bread, and we had grilled asparagus with those.

Friday

We’re having Sonia’s actual birthday meal tonight! She’s chosen fried shrimp, orange jello salad*, cheese puffs, and ice cream cake.

*I thought she might opt for 7-layer jello salad, but I was wrong!

Basically a big nutritional win.   😉   What are birthdays for, but to eat all kinds of junk food??

What did you eat this week? Share in the comments!

P.S. I’ll be back tomorrow with a “What I’m Into” post.