Planning planning

Oddly enough I tend to plan meals etc in about a two week cycle. I have my budget and some weeks I have to blow it to restock on essentials, and then there are the splurge dinners too. I work with my hubby's paycheck and juggle accordingly. Then I also have to take weeks activities into account, for example Sunday is gonna be crazy so I'm just going to put the crock pot on and not worry about dinner. Next Friday we have an event planned in the am and dinner with guests in the evening and we will have to shop the day before. In my defense I am pretty good at keeping track of what is in the freezer and I know what meals will give
me leftovers. This means I can splurge one week but I have to balance the following week.

Now my current challenge is to cook a meal based on wine pairings to match with the wine of the month club. So tonight I'm doing curried scallops! That is my splurge. I also hope at some point to be able to afford a new wine cellar for our growing wine collection. . It almost makes us sound like we drink a lot, the truth couldn't be further from the truth. We are actually stock piling the wine and still have yet to drink Decembers second bottle! So we are now having to consider storage again.

Now my weight...I'm unofficially weighing in at 241 lbs that take me to over 20 lbs lost this year. This means I'm also trying to pay attention to what we are eating. I stick with one veggie a week, that stays on no matter what. Fish is a bit trickier I like it fresh so I tend to do it the day I do the shopping. Next week I'm constrained by the day we shop and the budget as its an expensive week with haircuts this week so I'm opting to drop the fish for a meal that is as cheap as I can make it, this will also provide leftovers too so it stretches a buck, in this instance I'm opting for another veggie meal over fish. It's a compromise and one you have to make sometimes.