Eating out as splurge, trying not to feel guilty

[Anonymous]

Cut down to two times a week or buy something that is big enough to eat for two times. Maybe that change makes you feel better.
I wonder what you buy that is so good?
I occasionally eat Chipotle shredded beef salad, veggie pho, Peri-peri chicken, Ethiopian veggie platter, Cheesecake Factory Thai chicken salad, and that Kafe in GT with awesome salads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve started looking at it this way: Is eating out really *that* expensive? You have to eat anyway, right?

Let’s say you cook at home, an average meal. What are you spending? Let’s say we have steak. It’s going to be around $25 for our family of three to have steak. Then I’ll make a salad and potato, maybe that’s another $10. It could be even more if we need salad dressing or A1 sauce. Plus I have to cook and clean up, and time = money. So I’ve spent $35 on dinner.

Last weekend we went out for dinner. We ate, had dessert and a drink each and spent $80, but I really only spent $45. And only $25 if we didn’t get drinks. Only $15 if we didn’t have an app.

I’m going out to eat for $15 more.

Where can you eat out for $80 for 2 with dessert, drinks and tip included???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve started looking at it this way: Is eating out really *that* expensive? You have to eat anyway, right?

Let’s say you cook at home, an average meal. What are you spending? Let’s say we have steak. It’s going to be around $25 for our family of three to have steak. Then I’ll make a salad and potato, maybe that’s another $10. It could be even more if we need salad dressing or A1 sauce. Plus I have to cook and clean up, and time = money. So I’ve spent $35 on dinner.

Last weekend we went out for dinner. We ate, had dessert and a drink each and spent $80, but I really only spent $45. And only $25 if we didn’t get drinks. Only $15 if we didn’t have an app.

I’m going out to eat for $15 more.

Where can you eat out for $80 for 2 with dessert, drinks and tip included???

Yeah, $80 for 3 people? with appetizer, entree, dessert and drinks?!

[Anonymous]

It's basically our only splurge right now too. Our kids are 3 and 5. We have two separate drops offs and pick ups (daycare and school), we both work full time, have a house to maintain, a dog, an elderly parent, etc etc etc. It's the 1 convenience we allow ourselves. We don't do grocery delivery, don't have cleaners so I just try to not let it bother me.