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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Out of curiosity PP, your expenses all actually seem pretty routine...but 1000 on groceries for 4 people?  I'm just curious - not judging - what are you buying?  We are a family of 3 (plus dog - but he's about 70.00 between dog food/treats/dog baggies) AND I pretty much shop at whole foods because it's close and I hate every grocery store around here except Wegmans (not close).  I buy a lot of wine and typically spend about 100-120 a week at WF plus some other items at Target for my kid.
I know everyone is different but if you have two kids in childcare you don't have two teenage boys on a lacrosse team (known to inhale entire boxes of cereal in one sitting...).
Just curious - it just seems so high to me.  Even if you cook all meals at home.
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10:28 PP here.

$1K on groceries is high and we try to keep it down whenever possible but 1) we keep kosher, which means meat and cheese are much more expensive and 2) we entertain often - usually every week, we have a lunch or dinner for 8-10 adults + kids, so thats an extra $100 per weekend, on top of regular food. We rarely eat dinner out (1-2x per month, although approx $100 of the bill is for lunches). [/quote]

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