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New year's resolutions check-in:
How goes it, @thejdizzler, @birb_cromble and @oats_son?
Thanks for keeping me honest.
Spending for the year so far is $1200.77 less than the same time last year. Month over month spending is $153.02 higher, spread out over gas, a quarterly utility bill, and taking my partner out for dinner and a margarita.
I'm a little disappointed that the spending was higher, but I'm reminding myself that I can't be a complete miser all the time. Being able to go out and do something nice for someone you love is worth it.
I'm still hitting a 60+% personal savings rate for the year by the federal definition. That will likely get blown to hell next month when the dental work comes up, but I tell myself that's why I'm doing this now.
I have the same dilemma. I look at my spreadsheets and lament spending, but then I look at the cause, and it's generally social eating. Unless I want to never leave the house and subsist on oatmeal, beans, and peanut butter, then I'm going to have to spend some.
Although I've looked back to compare to past years (and by this I mean pre-2020), and eating out is just expensive now. Even accounting for inflation, it's expensive. A diner breakfast for 2 anywhere near me is going to push $50 with tax and tip.
Seems solid to me.
God it really is. I remember when I used to be able to hit an all you can eat Chinese buffet for $5. That got me through the first couple of years out of college.
A professional chef of (legit) Chinese cuisine once explained to me that in Chinese thought there are two categories of object: food, and rocks.
With this in mind I expect that you might field very low-cost Chinese food for yourself if you're brave enough.
This was included on a list of Phil's worst "gaffes", but no Chinese person I've mentioned it to has been offended by it, or even contested it. They really will eat anything that moves, and more power to them.
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