May is Mindful Money Month - Halfway Check In

I can't believe it's already the middle of May! So far, Makoto and I have been pretty darn good with cooking at home. The cooler weather has helped since we've been making some seriously awesome soups using organic chickens and veggies. We made everything from good old chicken (rice) noodle to our very own Pho Ga!!


Coffee - eek. This one was harder than we thought. The first week we made it through with a few deelish $2 (including tax!) soy lattes at Jet Fuel Cafe on Parliament Street. God Bless Johnny at Jet Fuel!! This was followed by a busy week at the clinic and we didn't have time to leave for coffee so we reaquainted ourselves with our French Press. Now we're actually loving our cup of black Swiss water decaf coffee. We have it with a piece of dark chocolate.


I've learned that a little planning goes a long way - it's amazing what spending 15min roughly planning our meals will do for our savings! We usually just wander the isles of the grocery store and grab whatever strikes our fancy but now we stick to our list and don't have wasted food at the end of the week. This also helps us from filling up our shelves with random items that we never eat.....seriously, why do we have Disney Princess Alphagettis in the pantry?



I spent a half day baking gluten free biscuits, muffins and cake so that we have something delicious and healthy to snack on during the day and I don't get tempted to go buy a $6 gluten free protein bar....or even worse...Timbits from across the street. I made a gazillion of everything and put them in the freezer so we have lots of goodies for the month...and then some.


We still were able to go out to eat on the weekends by going for awesome cheap eats in Chinatown and Koreatown. We even had one fancy dinner to help our friends celebrate their surprise wedding this week...all within our budget!