Impromptu Dinner

Lately we have been pretty good about staying on our budget. We have been eating MANY more meals at home, packing lunches, avoiding trips to target just for fun, etc...but sometimes, we are greeted with unexpected challenges. Yesterday was that such day. Haddie's school was dismissed early due to no electricity and since we live very close to the elementary school, we didn't have power at our house either. All day I was thinking about baking a ham and making smashed red potatoes, but when we finally got home, we didn't have power and our house was 62 degrees...pretty cold when it was only in the low 20s!

We decided that we would have to eat out, and while we could have done that much more cheaply, I was really craving Hibachi so we loaded in the car and all went to dinner. The girls have gone before but it was when they were pretty little so I didn't think they would remember. They were excited when the fire was lit really enjoyed watching our food being cooked right in front of us. Both girls ate really well but Molly was really the dinner champion last night, even eating grilled onions!