I decided to call these entries "Consumer Expenditure Surveys" instead of "Cost of Living Indexes"... it's a more accurate description.
Expenses were higher than normal in January since we bought some stuff (new eyeglasses for both of us, clothes, etc.) in preparation for the move to London. I didn't
keep as close track of small cash expenses as usual since I was a bit distracted by the upcoming move, but they're usually not that significant
anyway.
Food
$322.75 Sam's Club
$ 88.54 Whole Foods
$ 47.42 White Hen Pantry
$ 44.77 Jewel-Osco
$503.48 (sub-total)
Shelter
$1095.00 Rent
$ 690.00 Lease break penalty (after reimbursement)
$1785.00 (sub-total)
Transportation
$ 369.91 Car loan payment
$ 125.00 Car parking space (expired cost)
$ 90.00 Car insurance (expired cost)
$ 41.87 Gasoline
$ 6.00 Subway card replenishment
$ 2.80 Tolls
$635.58 (sub-total)
Utilities
$27.42 Electric
$25.07 Cell phone
$38.50 Phone
$90.54 (sub-total)
Eating Out
$65.50 Berghoff
$ 2.25 Java Java
$ 1.86 Krispy Kreme
$48.00 Phoenix
$35.88 Potbelly Sandwich Works
$ 8.67 Subway
$162.16 (sub-total)
Entertainment
$ 67.00 Gene Siskel Film Center (Some Like It Hot (1959), Black Sabbath (1963),
Ninotchka (1939), The Shop Around the Corner (1940),
To Be Or Not To Be (1942), The Marriage Circle (1924),
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931), Manhunter (1986), Heaven Can Wait (1943))
$ 34.00 Chicago Bulls vs. Houston Rockets
$101.00 (sub-total)
Retail
$ 5.38 Ace Hardware
$ 37.45 Amazon.com
$480.65 Ann Taylor
$114.72 Boeing Store
$317.95 Ellen Tracy
$ 32.50 Fashion Nation
$ 23.06 London Fog
$190.82 Marshall Field's
$ 38.04 Parade of Shoes
$ 75.54 Radio Shack
$ 19.51 Rand McNally
$ 25.39 Walgreen's
$1361.01(sub-total)
Miscellaneous
$491.84 Dean Optical
$ 98.95 High Point Cleaners
$ 47.99 US Postal Service
$ 35.00 Charity
$ 35.00 Network Solutions
$ 27.00 Haircut (LLP)
$ 23.90 America Online
$ 20.00 Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group (co-pay)
$ 17.25 Laundry
$ 14.95 Yahoo! Website Services
$ 8.65 U.S. Photo (visa app. photos)
$ 6.25 Gene Siskel Concessions
$ 4.00 Harold Washington Public Library (fines, photocopies)
$830.78 (sub-total)
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$5470.00 Grand Total
Consumer Expenditure Survey -- Master Index
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