My 2020 Expenses

[ManjaroKDE]

mistake - delete

 

[fmdog44]

I love it! We spend more on internet accessories than we do on food. Who says we ain't smart?

 

[Aunt Marg]

I've never kept precise records of every dollar spent. Sure, I know roughly what our big expenses are, including average utility bills, but am otherwise uninterested in tracking how it drips from my wallet to the greater economy.

This is sort of how dear husband and I feel. We're not wasteful, don't spend frivolously, so what goes out... goes out.

 

[debodun]

Some have expressed disbelief on my food budget, so I kept track of what I ate for the last week. Here's my menu (assume I drink liberally of tea, diet soda or seltzers with meals or in between):

Sunday breakfast - cold cereal, cashews, cranberry juice, apple
Sunday lunch - winter squash, baked potato, Brussels sprouts
Sunday dinner - cheese wrap, flax meal cake

Monday breakfast - slept late, passed on breakfast
Monday lunch - beef barley soup, cornbread
Monday dinner - cold cereal

Tuesday breakfast - oatmeal, apple, yogurt
Tuesday lunch - pastrami sandwich, cole slaw
Tuesday dinner - mixed nuts, honey

Wednesday breakfast - cornbread, yogurt, apple
Wednesday lunch - grapes, cottage cheese, winter squash, cranberry juice
Wednesday dinner - cold cereal

Thursday breakfast - toast with peanut butter
Thursday lunch - ramen with pastrami, spinach and tomatoes; cashews
Thursday dinner - cold cereal

Friday breakfast - French toast sticks, apple, yogurt
Friday lunch - steamed broccoli with melted cheese, cranberry juice
snack - cold cereal
Friday dinner - waffles with ice cream, mixed nuts

Saturday breakfast - oatmeal, apple
Saturday lunch - pastrami sandwich, cole slaw, grapes
snack - mixed nuts
Saturday dinner - egg salad on butter lettuce, ice cream