Debt $ense

This evening I spent a few hours cooking the food I bought Thursday night.

I ended up with 13 servings of chicken cacciatore and 17 of the sausage, veggie and pasta mix. Oh yes, and I still have one bag (three pounds) of chicken in my freezer. So that’s 30 meals (not counting the one I had for dinner) for about $15. It’s tough to beat 50 cents a meal.

Not only that, I still have plenty of food in the fridge for wraps during the next few days, plus eggs and bread for breakfast. So hopefully my May grocery money can go toward other things, like paying for my root canals.

I had the first one started today, and I go back in a week for them to finish it. Two weeks later, I get the second one, which the dentist hopes to finish that day. The first one was $200, but they only had me pay $100 while they see what my insurance will cover. (Two years ago, I only had to pay $141.)

Meanwhile, I got a statement of benefits from my dental insurance indicating my dentist can charge me $30 for my last appointment, basically because of X-rays that weren’t covered. *sigh* At least my dentist hasn’t actually sent the bill yet. Maybe they’ll hold off on that for a few weeks.

So I’m saving money on food, but since anniversary presents for my parents and grandparents drained my pinch-point account, all the savings will go toward my dentist(s) instead of paying down my credit card. *sigh* At least I got the interest rate lower.