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Just the two of us. $150-200 per week. That includes some organic vegetables too. Restaurant every 2-3 weeks. Meal prep done at home so no buying lunch.
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My thoughts exactly when I read Run Silent's response. You beat me to it.
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For a family of 5 (1 infant), I set a budget of $1,200 a month. Like the above poster said, freakin accountants, Yes, I'm one of them (CPA) so i definitely know where my money is going.
My 2 stepsons (19 and 17) absolutely love eating cereal so I really can't complain. However, the vehicle insurance....let's not get into that
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SoCal is expensive for almost everything. If there’s one thing that might be more affordable, my guess would have been fresh food since a lot of it comes from CA and therefore transport costs should be lower. I guess that’s not the case.
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I just ordered a large two topping pizza from Pizza Hut the other day and it was $5.99 with free delivery. Only extras were tax and tip, so it was around $10 all in. See below: For reference - I also checked in Los Angeles (Santa Monica) and the deals are similar there, albeit a little more. They have the $5.99 special also, but only carry out. They do have a large 3 topping pizza special for delivery for $9.99, though. So not sure where you are coming up with $30.00 for a medium or small. https://www.pizzahut.com/index.php?m...ls#/menu/deals ???
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I remember being stationed in Germany, 1987, wife and I bought $75 worth of commissary food that lasted us two weeks. Times--how they change.
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Meal prep for my wife and I is about $200 a week. High quality food though, 5 oz protein per meal for hers and 8 oz protein per meal for mine.
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But no, we both don't drink much alcohol - i just binge on special occasions. No tea either, we both have 1 coffee in the mornings - thats it |
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Where is the thread where we list how much we all spend in hardware stores?
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We go to Costco too, bulk items feeding the wolves I mean kids costs money, teenage girls cost the most, you would think the little 5' 100 pounders eat like birds no way Combined with snobby organic tastes and not knowing the word NO they are the bulk spenders on groceries If I asked for a name brand cereal growing up my mother would give me the death stare |
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Between groceries/household supplies picked up at the market, take out and dining out we're probably around $1200 per month for two adults and our baby daughter. We eat a lot of Organic produce and meat, wild caught fish not farm raised etc. though so that definitely raises costs. Not to mention baby formula is a fortune lol
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1) you are now talking about a family of 5 or 6 versus a family of 3. 2) The increase in food consumption is offset by no diaper, formula, wipes, et al. Those things are quite pricey. 3) Bottom line, is that in America, on average, most families spend about $300 - $400 per month per person on groceries and going out to restaurants. I think those numbers are also pretty representative of the responses here in this post as well.
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I'm actually *pretty good* (in my opinion) when it comes to hardware stores. But just yesterday I took the car in because one of the tires was leaking from the rim (and I figured it was just grime / improper seal from rim to tire). But the shop took great delight in showing me that it was in fact a cracked rim, and that was why it was losing pressure. Of course, it was a cracked OEM rim, so I called the dealer to see what it might cost to order in a new rim. They wanted $1,100 plus tax for one rim. After my ability to speak returned, I politely told them I'd call back if I needed it. Wound up ordering 4 new aftermarket rims instead for less than $1,100 plus tax and I figure I can probably sell the OEM ones for a few bucks to lower my costs. Kicker on this is my dearest wife is absolutely convinced that I do nothing but buy tires (and rims) for the car. I've tried to explain that I'm actually buying them for her car too, so she should cut her calculations and associated blame / guilting in half, but she isn't having it. The 12 to 16 tires in the basement probably was not helping my case. Most of them are gone now...now it is just 8 tires in the basement at any given time. So I've decided the best policy here is to simply not tell her about the leak, cracked rim, or the subsequent four new rims that are going on the car on Monday / Tuesday and just wait and see if she notices. If she doesn't, then I'm free and clear. But I suspect the dog and I will be bedding together on Monday night. |
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Oh I bet. I wouldn't doubt if that number was closer to $3500-4k a month for a family of 5-6
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