I Eat Enough For Three People?!

When I lived at home during the summer and breaks in college, it was just my Dad, my sister, and me.  We would go grocery shopping once a week.  Honestly, it turned into my dad going grocery shopping and just asking us what we wanted (my sister and I worked at the grocery store so he'd just find us while he was shopping to get a list).  Anyways...  There might be a trip here and there for milk or some other necessity, but on the majority it was one grocery trip a week.  We (fine, fine! My dad...) would spend roughly $100 for our week's food.  It wasn't lobster tails and sirloins every day, but it also wasn't Ramen. 

Imagine my surprise when I finished this month's budget report and find that I spent $105/week on food in December.  I only spent $60/week in November.  Somewhere this month I spent $40 extra PER WEEK!  In college, I spent less than $40/week.  Holy Mother of Pearls!!  I'm eating more money than the entire household did in college!

In desperation, I am going to blame the holiday party, the return to non-Paleo "celebrations," and one pizza I picked up for a celebration at work.  Surely, that doesn't cover the extra $120, but it's a start.  I should also note that I made a total of 30 trips to the grocery store this month.  As surprising as that statistic is though, that's no change from previous months.  I work right next to a grocery store; it's easy and convenient to grab a couple things after work.

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Questions

1.  How often do you go to the grocery store?

2.  How much do you spend on groceries in a week? (Feel free to clarify how many people it's for)
I average around $50-60/week

3.  Since training began this month, I'm not going to eat myself out of apartment and home, am I?!?!
I accept care packages and gift cards for groceries.  =D


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