Is Eating Out Really More Expensive Than Eating at Home?
Posted on March 18, 2008
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On Saturday morning my wife and I went to a great restaurant and had breakfast. As usual, what she ordered was better than what I ordered. She even had some left over so we stopped home in the midst of errands so I could put it away for her. As I approached our house, I decided to take all of the other “stuff” from the car inside. The whole time, I had just one thought in mind “you have a handful of stuff, one of them needs to be refrigerated”. I am sure you know what happened. Somehow it ended up on the dining room table and didn’t quite make it to the fridge.
The next day (Sunday), she decided that we (read: me) could make it ourselves. About an hour and SEVERAL dishes later, it emerged. Not as good as the restaurant, but not bad. I cleaned the kitchen in preparation for the big meal that I had promised her, Guinness Stout Beef Stew. Later that day, I started out on the Beef Stew journey, and again hours later a decent, yet not perfect stew emerged. I asked her if I could clean up the next morning because I was wiped out, having been on my feet all day, not just in the kitchen, but at my church where I am a part of the security team and had been on my feet for several hours (if you are wondering why my church has a security team, may I remind you of this sick incident from Colorado).
Monday I woke to pretty much every pot and pan that we had “dirty”. The whole Emeril Stainless Steel set, with one exception, the one that I used to make her oatmeal in for breakfast.
Why did I tell you all of that? Perhaps because I like to write, but more so because I am sure you can see yourself in that scenario.
Given what my hourly rate is, the fact that I do have pending client work, and the time that I spent cooking and cleaning, I came to the realization that in no way do I save money by eating at home.
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I definitely agree. Many times if your pressed for time it doesn’t make sense. However one of the positives on making your own food is you can monitor the ingredients and I find that a lot of times I can cut out unnecessary fat that restaruants put in.
First off, learn how to cook. The fact that it took you an hour and SEVERAL dishes to make breakfast is mind boggling. And Beef stew requires one thing….a crock-pot. And you have the nerve to complain about cleaning dishes??? I would hate to see what your house looks like. Aww poor thing, on your feet all day! Now your preaching to the choir. I work 2 full time jobs…over 80 hours a week and somehow I manage to make dinner and clean the dishes. Grow-up.
Watch the movie Waiting and tell me if it’s still worth it to eat out to save a little time…