How to tell if you eat out too often
Step one: Decide to do a “Find All” in Quicken for the Dining category, because you can’t remember the name of the restaurant you wanted to eat at.
Step two: Have your husband point out that there are 2,272 transactions showing.
Step three: Explain that, “well, but that’s over 13 years”.
Step four: Realize that 365 days times 13 years equals 4745 days. 4,745 days divided by 2,272 transactions is close to two. That means I eat out an average of…every other day!
Argh.
Maybe I’ll feel better if I figure it up for just THIS year.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Wow, I’m so impressed that you’ve been tracking your expenses for 13 years!
January 30th, 2008 at 7:31 am
That’s just what I was thinking – 13 years! WOW!
January 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Every other day is pretty often. I’m not sure that’s the sort of statistic I want to keep about myself, although it would probably be good for me.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
13 years, wow! I don’t keep track at all so I only know my expenses to the nearest $100. My calculation would look something like 13*365/2*$10 ~ $23000 + change.