How Often do you Eat Out? [General]
2006 Dec 11
I usually have dinner out once a week, sometimes twice. Lunch is about the same; I nearly always have lunch out on Sundays, and sometimes do once during the week as well. It's almost always something cheap and reasonably good for you, like a sandwich or a bowl of soup from a cafe.
Right now I can afford to do such things, but my husband is planning to return to school next year to begin his MBA, so we'll be spending less money then. Likely we'll go out about half as much.
Right now I can afford to do such things, but my husband is planning to return to school next year to begin his MBA, so we'll be spending less money then. Likely we'll go out about half as much.
2006 Dec 11
About 3 or 4 times a month, and order in as many times.
I like to go out and then try to recreate the dishes at home.(for a fraction of the price).
I also collect coupons from Val-pak, and Ottawa's Finest coupon book that comes in the mail.
Also a good idea is to buy one of those Entertainment Books for $35 and split the cost with someone. Even if you can't find someone to share it with, it pays for itself after about 3 or 4 meals.
I like to go out and then try to recreate the dishes at home.(for a fraction of the price).
I also collect coupons from Val-pak, and Ottawa's Finest coupon book that comes in the mail.
Also a good idea is to buy one of those Entertainment Books for $35 and split the cost with someone. Even if you can't find someone to share it with, it pays for itself after about 3 or 4 meals.
2006 Dec 11
Since I consider myself a good cook at home (after 20 years of cooking at home), my standard for good food is very high. I can't tolerate bad food when I spend a lot of money in an expensive restaurant. For cheap food like Pizza Pizza and Pho, I can't ask for too much. You get what you pay for. So, to answer the question "How often do you eat out?", it is about once every 2 weeks (excluding Pizza Pizza, McDonalds). But I find that dining in Ottawa is getting expensive. In Toronto, the good and delicious food is so damn cheap!
2006 Dec 11
I'm with mmmfood.
We buy the Entertainment Book every year and last year we listed (just for the fun of it) every coupon we used and it's value and we saved over $245 using the book. We also use the 2 for 1's from several coupon books.
We do not exclusively use these and do forage outside of these parameters to go to some favourite places, but we have also discovered new favourite places because of these books and coupons while saving money at the same time.
That being said, I usually eat lunch out at least once a week, and eat dinner out at least once a week. On a bad week I have eaten lunch out 3 times and dinner out 3 times (usually because of get togethers with friends that all seem to happen at once).
We buy the Entertainment Book every year and last year we listed (just for the fun of it) every coupon we used and it's value and we saved over $245 using the book. We also use the 2 for 1's from several coupon books.
We do not exclusively use these and do forage outside of these parameters to go to some favourite places, but we have also discovered new favourite places because of these books and coupons while saving money at the same time.
That being said, I usually eat lunch out at least once a week, and eat dinner out at least once a week. On a bad week I have eaten lunch out 3 times and dinner out 3 times (usually because of get togethers with friends that all seem to happen at once).
corneggs
I eat dinner at restaurants about twice a week, and lunches about once a week.