June Dining Out Challenge
June’s challenge is going to address a lot of people’s major budget breaker – dining out!
This month’s challenge is to set a monthly dining out budget for yourself (and your family, if applicable), and stick to it! If you would like to join me in my challenge, please leave a comment and indicate how much your budget is for.
Personally, dining out has always been a hard category for me to control. It’s so hard to say no when friends want to go out, or when I want to treat my sister to a lunch … or when I’m just feeling lazy and don’t want to cook.
I really enjoy trying new restaurants and eating new food, and I know a lot of you out there do too. There’s nothing wrong with it, as long as we’re able to work that expense into our budget. For example, I want to treat BF to a nice dinner out, in celebration of our 6-month anniversary and his birthday. So I’m going to have to somehow work my budget to accommodate that expense. Plus, I have my dad’s 60th birthday dinner to attend, which is really important. Otherwise, my dining out budget usually ranges from $40-60/month.
So even though I’m budgeting a lot for dining out, I’m taking into consideration 2 very special occasions. If you’ve noticed, I’ve done a few PPP opps lately, and have about $110 coming to me … so already I’m over half way there to saving up for these 2 dinners.
What’s your dining out budget?
- Kelly – $10
- livingpaychecktopaycheck – $30
- lucian’s mommy – $30
- passivefamilyincome – $30
- BeachGirl – $40
- x – $40
- laughing808 – $50
- LB – $50
- meg - $50
- Pushing30 – $50
- Twiggers – $50
- change is a good thing – $60
- Rocko – $75
- Frugaleconome – $80
- Archaeologychic – $85
- Amphritrite – $100
- asgreen – $100
- beautifulreality – $100
- CelticBuffy – $100
- Jude – $100
- Kate – $100
- lindaisdone – $100
- Lise – $100
- Meli – $100
- Single Spender – $100
- Strange Bird – $100
- Shevy – $120
- The Frugalista Files – $120
- honugurl16 – $150
- Hyperchondriac – $150
- Meg25 – $150
- otherdeb – $150
- Michele – $180
- Dolly Iris – $200
- JanePlain – $200
- krystalatwork – $200
- Tough Broad – $200
- Grad Student – $250
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