I think that it is normal to cut back on wants right now until your debts are paid off. You said that you are a few months away from paying off your debts. I found that when we cut back that we had to discover new areas of intertainment. It's not always a bad thing.
As for pizza, there are those that don't like eating out because of all of the questionable ingredients. I personally like cooking from scratch as some call it.
You might think about setting an amount to budget for fun money.
MSN and many other websites have areas with budgets that you can use to compare your budget with those of others to see how your budget is working for you and your family.
Your mortgage percentage is great ( 13%). That's great but you always have to look at having emergency funds, funds for home maintenance, car maintenance, vacations, holidays, gifts, etc. If you don't have any of these categories, you might want to set up a budget after your debts are gone.
You also don't mention your age and whether you are married or how many incomes are involved.
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