Last month's Cost of Living Index entry was such a hit that I've decided to make it a monthly feature. Spending was a little
higher in November due to the cost of entertaining a number of house guests. Always aim to save at least 50% of after-tax income... that's the goal of
every Chinese family we know. ;-)
Food
$323.73 Sam's Club
$169.83 Jewel-Osco
$ 83.59 Whole Foods
$ 48.86 International Club
$ 18.62 White Hen Pantry
$644.72 (sub-total)
Shelter
$1095.00 Rent
Transportation
$369.91 Car loan payment
$125.00 Car parking space (expired cost)
$ 90.00 Car insurance (expired cost)
$ 30.00 Subway card replenishment
$ 18.00 Gasoline ($18.00 CR, Shell credit card)
$ 0.80 Tolls
$615.71 (sub-total)
Utilities
$23.59 Electric
$24.83 Cell phone
$25.28 Phone ($25.28 CR, SBC-Ameritech merger credit)
$48.42 (sub-total)
Eating Out
$ 2.62 Au Bon Pain
$24.00 Dao Thai
$25.32 Gino's East
$ 9.00 Giordano's
$36.25 Hema's Kitchen
$65.00 Jia's
$88.25 Penang
$ 3.94 Potbelly Sandwich Works
$ 4.94 Rice Market
$259.32 (sub-total)
Entertainment
$ 85.00 Gene Siskel Film Center (annual membership)
$ 40.00 Village Theaters ("Tully," "Mostly Martha")
$125.00 (sub-total)
Retail
$449.07 Ann Taylor
$219.46 Marshall Field's
$ 3.22 Northwestern Cutlery
$ 14.13 Office Depot
$ 1.15 Order From Horder
$88.38 Shiseido
$ 4.48 Walgreen's
$779.89 (sub-total)
Miscellaneous
$ 30.00 Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group (annual check-up co-pay (2))
$ 26.75 Laundry
$ 19.00 US Postal Service
$ 15.00 Charity
$ 14.95 Yahoo! Website Services
$ 1.75 Cracker Jack
$ 1.00 Parking
$ 0.85 Photocopies
$ 0.30 Library fine, overdue book.
$117.60 (sub-total)
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$3685.66 Grand Total
Consumer Expenditure Survey -- Master Index
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