staying with the plan

This Fall, I found this menu planning pad at a craft store.  It has 36 pages and a magnet on the back.  One side has these little boxes for the days of the week.  The other side has lined paper for a grocery list.  I keep it on my fridge and each week, I write down my dinner plans for the week and then make a list of what we need at the store.  There have been a few weeks when I didn't do this and our dinners were very haphazard and not very healthy on those weeks.  Yesterday morning I saw that chicken was on the plan so I pulled a package out of the freezer to defrost.  Later that afternoon I briefly thought about suggesting we go out for dinner but I knew I had what I needed to make chicken and sweet potatoes so I hauled myself into the kitchen and made dinner.  As we finished the leftovers tonight, I was happy that I stayed with the plan.