sf > wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:52:43 -0500, "Polly Esther"

>> We've been really surprised since we retired at how much our cost of living
>> dropped since we don't do so much eating out.
>
>Oh, man.... I wish that was the case for me. I have to concentrate on
>lowering my cost of living now because my income is less.

I'm not retired, but I alternate between working at home and working
at a jobsite. When working on site I really have to proactively
concentrate to not eat a lot of meals out. But I've been getting
much better about it (yeah, bad consumer, feeding the recession
by under-spending).

Steve