My family went to Costco on Sunday and bought some groceries. The small list of items includes:

• Norco Ranch Extra Large Grade AA Eggs (pack of 18)
• Foster Farms Fully Cooked Cracked Pepper Wings (5 lbs bag)
• Jimmy Dean Croissant Sandwiches (pack of 12)
• Romaine Lettuce (a big bag, I’m not a vegetable person so it is too much to count)

Some of food we bought is not in our usual groceries list, but these will help save me money so let me explain. We like to cook at home because it we do not spend nearly as much money, but like everyone else, we eat out once in a while because:

• We are lazy
• We want a break from cooking (because we are lazy)
• We do not have time (excuse for being lazy)
• The idea of cooking saving us money is not giving us enough motivation that particular night (making us lazy)
• Etc (it’s all because we are lazy)

Today, we decided to buy the ready made chicken wings and croissant because we can eat these when …you guessed it, we feel lazy. We plan to still cook healthy meals regularly, but these will act as our outlet when times are tough (notice I have all kinds of descriptions of us being lazy). Let’s do some analysis for a second.

Foster Farms Fully Cooked Cracked Pepper Wings:

This 5 lb bag cost us $13.49 today. Let’s assume that it has 150 pieces in the bag, which makes each piece cost $0.09 (13.49 / 150). Now, if you go outside to have wings (a popular place is called Wingstop), a 20 piece box will cost roughly $10. This makes each piece $0.50 (10 / 20). If again, you have twenty. The comparison of a 20 wing meal is:

Price	At Home	Wingstop
20 Wings	$4.50	$10.00
Coke	Free (if you can get those once a year rebates from Coca-Cola)	$1.49
Total	$4.50	$11.49 (not even calculating tax)

Difference: $6.99 per person!

This is a very simple example obviously, I did not calculate the taxes, the cost of cooking the food at home, cleaning the dishes, nor the gas that I had to use to drive to the restaurant. However, I hope that you see the point since all these types of money saying habits add up. This might sound a little extreme to some of you, but if you ever had a co-worker retire early and you were wondering how at the time, you might want to read the article once more.

I have read countless articles to advise you to cook at home because it is healthier and you can save money at the same time. However, many of us are lazy! These types of food offer an alternative. We still plan to cook, but for the times when we inevitably will feel unmotivated, we can take these types of food as an alternative. These are perfect for lazy people like me, it tastes good and it still makes me rich by saving me money.