On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:19:15 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com/
>>
>>
>> This is an interesting question because it forces me to think about an
>> entire food budget. Normally, I think of the money spent at the
>> supermarket as the normal food budget, the money spent at restaurants as
>> coming from the entertainment budget, and the money spent at farmer's
>> markets and organic shops as coming from the luxuries budget.
>>
>
>I must admit I didn't think about money spent at restaurants - Terry did
>say 'grocery shopping' so I didn't 'calculate' that into my vote - but
>you may have a point. I don't consider money spent at specialty stores
>as a "luxury"; but then, I am a sucker when it comes to buying
>food-stuffs - if it's good, I'll buy it. I'd rather do without something
>else

If we buy it at the grocery store, I counted it in the total... if you
left out the cleaning products etc it would take a whack off the
total, but you still have to buy them somewhere!