My financial controller and I don’t eat out often, primarily because I am the chief shopper and cook. Notice, I did not say good cook. However in the past few days we’ve eaten out for lunch and dinner and as I always do with everything, I did the math.
If two people eat out three times per day, breakfast, lunch and dinner, it cost a bunch. We have a neighbor down the street, and that’s all they do. She says she does not cook and is not about to start. Some simple math, using the senior discount, tells me that the minium cost is about $2,000 per month. The real cost can be closer to $3,000 or even more.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, were I do the cooking, the cost to eat for a month (just food) cost less than $500 per month. And, that includes some nice steaks every week, not to mention a lot of other tasty grub.
When you are living on retirement income, you must choose carefully how you spend your money. So, we will continue to eat at home, most of the time. This allows us to have high speed internet, a movie service, and big screen TV with lots of channels.
Sardine sandwiches are nutritious and no one ask you to share.
PMO
©2017
No comments:
Post a Comment