Well, after the amazing zero of last week, I've already racked up 15.10 this week.....not entirely unexpected because I am on vacation, but I am trying to keep it to a minimum while not upsetting my overall social/activity plans. That's great Paulie & JoyBlogette- that the challenge stopped the take-aways! Considering my two week vacation, maybe my aim should have been 75 like GamerGirl, but I'm just going to go for as low as possible now. Some months recently I spent 300-400, so even 75 would be a great improvement. I'm incredibly frugal with pretty much everything else, but for some reason eating food out has always been a problem for me (although historically it was nowhere near 300-400). My spending on this gradually increased over time.....
It is great how taking part in the challenges somehow makes it easier to feel committed to doing something - not eating out is beginning to seem more like a part of my life, and the challenge is making it easier to bridge the gap between my frugal ideals online and my frugal practice in real life :-)
Thanks again to everyone who has joined in