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[papergreen]

there are two things in modern american society that are in need of demystification: sex and money.
money maybe even more than sex.
now you can even talk about sex at the dinner table.

i am very interested in the social significance of money. of the idea of working, selling your time and talents, your labor and your self, for a price. of the

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[robarchangel]

i spend about $900 a month in total. maybe $1000 to accomodate trips to the ATM.

$400/month for rent.
$76 for metrocard (hoping to bring that down and begin riding my bike once again)
$50ish for electricity, water and internet, split four ways
$100/wk for everything else, including probably $80/week on food.

i eat out almost never, and buy premium foods- primarily local and organic or better, almost always.

I can understand $800 on food though. a couple decent dinners out per week, a few trips to the overpriced gourmet supermarket, and daily lunch and or breakfast out of teh house, and that's what's up.

cool blog idea

[papergreen]

i'm guessing fancy restaurants. go out for a $100 meal every other week or so, especially if you're treating, and it can add up fast.

[papergreen]

yeah, that's about what my expenditures look like.

monthly:
rent $330
student loans $200
metrocard $76
cell phone $50
utilities $15 (split three ways, and we don't pay for internet)
netflix $12
misc. including food ~$400

...and when i'm working, i get 2 or 3 meals a day paid for. and occasionally my metrocard.

when i'm not working, i will eat out or go out for drinks maybe once a week. (this is more than usual, to include dates.) even then we're talking about a splurge of $10.

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[anonymous]

thanks for writing about my blog, especially in the context of the interesting ideas you bring up in your post. after reading the comments I figured I'd chime in about my food spending! :) Yes, it can be $800 and more in a month where I eat out a few times. But it's usually less.
About $3 a day for breakfast comes to ~$100
I buy a sandwich or salad most days for lunch, so that is maybe $175 a month.
Dinner at a restaurant with appetizer, entree, wine, dessert, tax and tip is easily $40 per person in NYC, and often much more, so if I did that 4 times a month that would be another $160
Then maybe buying a bottle of wine once or twice a week is maybe $75 a month
And then the rest of the groceries I cook at home... the total often works out to around $600 a month, sometimes more, sometimes less.
I'm definitely not the world's most frugal person but a lot of people in NYC eat out and order takeout for every meal, so it could be much worse!