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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HHI 330K

Costs have decreased and the income has increased as the kids have gotten older.  I also SAH for a year and a half with my first and had expenses then that I do not have now, like having too much time on my hands and spent money on crafty crap and shopping and redecorating.

-Childcare NOW is approx 22K/yr (down from 40K for the former nanny)
-I cook most every night, so there is no added expense
-I hardly dry clean, I'm in a very business casual company (IT-think Silicone Valley types) with that said, since I can buy "cute" clothes for work, I do enjoy some pleasure shopping.  I spend about 10K/yr on clothes/shoes/accessories
-Commute probably costs me an extra 2 tanks of gas a month ($140)

I would say when all is said and done, working costs me an extra 35K/yr, but that is high side.  Next year my youngest is in school and the daycare significantly goes down.

Happy to see someone else is spending similar $ on clothes!   Sorry but no wonder DC is so frumpy!  Most of you seem to spend more on having your homes cleaned.

Here is what I get from working:

-When I started back at work, I was making $25/hr for about 30hrs of work a week.  5 years later I'm at 163K/yr.
-In my 401K alone, I have just under 200K (unfortunately i was a 1099 for awhile).
-We have a lot of disposable income because we have had a number of homes over the last 11 years and have built up some equity and have a low mortgage. So YES I could SAH, but my income brings in a lot of extras that make life very comfortable.[/quote][/quote]

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