You can see how expensive it is to take a weekend jaunt into the countryside. The train, the lodging, the food... even if you try to do things frugally here, it just adds up fast. 'Unaccounted for' cash withdrawals have gotten out of hand it looks like... time to crack the whip.

Food
$316.20 Safeway
$ 54.54 Marks & Spencer
$ 16.94 Seewoo Foods
$ 10.91 Sainsbury's
$398.59 (sub-total)

Shelter
$1837.33 Rent
$ 217.52 YHA Lake District
$ 216.00 Council Tax (9/1 - 9/30)
$2270.85 (sub-total)

Transportation
$420.30 Expedia.com (Virgin, London to Newark, Roundtrip)
$204.48 Virgin Trains
$120.48 London Transit (monthly pass)
$101.68 (+70,000 FF miles) United Airlines (London to Shanghai, Roundtrip)
$ 32.48 Misc. Travel
$879.42 (sub-total)

Utilities
$193.42 British Telecom (10/1 - 12/31)
$ 10.67 Cell phone (9/23 - 10/22)
$ 14.95 Yahoo! Website Services (10/1 - 10/31)
$219.04 (sub-total)

Eating Out / Entertainment
$ 50.32 Bengal Spice
$ 72.96 Imperial China
$ 40.80 Sara's (Grasmere)
$ 27.20 Young Cheng
$ 32.00 Zeffirelli's (Ambleside)
$255.28 (sub-total)

Retail
$ 46.59 Boots
$ 50.00 Coldwater Creek
$ 4.54 Half.com
$ 9.60 Titles of Holloway
$ 23.98 Waterstone's
$134.71 (sub-total)

Miscellaneous
$672.00 (cash withdrawals in October, unaccounted for)
$ 72.00 Highgate Wood Dental (check-up and antibiotics)
$ 6.13 Quote.com
$750.13 (sub-total)
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$4908.02 Grand Total

Consumer Expenditure Survey -- Master Index

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• March 2003 -- London
• January 2003 -- Chicago
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