Slowhand wrote:Standing in line at Chipotle right now and having a real hard time not grabbing the ass of the girl in front of me.

you'll never have what it takes to be governor of NJ

I'm so bored I'm checking out the excel thread.

Got ya beat. I opened excel to workshop the problem.

I think I may have asked this a while ago, but for all you single folk (or anybody, I guess), about how much per month do you spend on food? Including restaurants (this is mostly Chipotle and similarly priced places), I spend about $600 a month, which seems like too much to me, but my eating isn't what I would consider excessive.

~350, mostly on the weekends and separating out beer

way too much and i'm afraid to go through my bank account

that's an insane amount. my family doesn't spend that much

I'm probably right around where you are, Slowhand. If you're like me and don't bring lunch to work that's probably about $40 per week right there. Eating dinner out once or twice a week is another $50, then about $75 or so per week in groceries

I think my wife calculated that we were spending something like $900 a month on groceries. We rarely eat out. I'll have to pull that up again when I get home and see if I'm misremembering.

I recommend the following app:

www.youneedabudget.com

Really easy way to budget and track your spending

phatj wrote:I think my wife calculated that we were spending something like $900 a month on groceries. We rarely eat out. I'll have to pull that up again when I get home and see if I'm misremembering.

We're right in the same ballpark for groceries. I think we budget about $900 a month and usually are right on the money. That includes feeding two young kids and buying some pricier organic type shit from wegmans, some grass fed meats here and there, etc.

What works for me is paying all bills and investments/savings on the first of the month and leaving enough in checking to withdraw $100 cash each week. Avoid using credit for day-to-day stuff. Forced efficiency

Woody wrote:I recommend the following app:

http://www.youneedabudget.com

Really easy way to budget and track your spending

Thanks for this... looks great

bro don't you have a wife (^grote)

Woody wrote:bro don't you have a wife

Our finances are basically separate, and she does the same thing. I started doing this when I was broke right after college and never stopped

Coconut oil doesn't grow on trees man

do you split the electric bill?

CalvinBall wrote:do you split the electric bill?

No it's more like we split rent/mortgage and I pay a few of the bills each month and she the rest. Our system was working well when we were dating so we never changed it

High SLUSH FUND potential