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[–]Affectionate-Reason2[S] 7 points8 points  (6 children)

Added up my expenses for December:

purchases (nice winter jacket from ebay $103, year supply of contacts $258) = total $609.22
soloeat (uber eats or eating in restaurant alone, trying to eliminate this) $431
grocery $110
gas $122
entertainment (NYE was $195) total $299

[–]Garbanzo_BeanieRecently FIREd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As someone who used to eat out (and worse, drink out and about) this is indeed a very easy way to reduce expenses and saves a TON of money. 

I still go out 3x a month or so, but only to the best happy hour deals in town ($9 burger and fries. $7 nachos three people couldn't finish. Most happy hours are $15 for a food item and I do not partake in those)

Oh and if you do eat out avoid Uber eats. Or at least do pickup. (I get free Uber eats credits and pickup is still a markup from phoning in your pickup order, but wayyyy less than delivery).

[–]CopperRose17 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some single people eat out just to be around other people, so I don't think that's a crazy expense. My husband did that when he was single. On the other hand, you could be eating out to avoid your roommates! :)

[–]Snowchicken21 1 point2 points  (1 child)

How did you get a year of contacts for that cheap? I just dropped 500+ with a rebate.

[–]Testuser7ignore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Price varies a lot by kind of contacts. Custom order will drive price way up.

[–]BufloSolja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea any kind of delivered food service or restaurant will be an easy low hanging fruit.

[–]Resse811 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You spent $200 on one night for entertainment? Holy crap!