the rule about including eating out into it. part of me wanted to say no, we must stay home with the kids and eat leftover tomato soup and grilled cheese for the sake of the challenge, but honestly i was hoping you would forgive me considering we do this once a year (and because i am fully aware of the fact that people who are living on food stamps would not have the ability to spend that much on food in one night).
the other instance of technical rule breaking occurred the following night when we went to a potluck at a friend’s house. this is technically rule breaking because the 