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Pillowpants
Aug 5, 2006

drat Bananas posted:

It's hard to put into words, but the difference to me is that eating out is "I don't feel like cooking tonight, so this is an easy/expensive way out of it" and entertainment is "It's Friday, lets do a Fun Thing!" - I view eating out as something we need to really get control over*, while entertainment events are pretty well managed**. Concession spending is something controllable by eating beforehand, but it also sometimes replaces meals, and is also part of the "treat" of going to a Fun Thing. Too many factors and I realize I'm way overthinking it.

*19 items this month, not including today and tomorrow, nor June 1-3 (honeymoon, so we had to eat out). 19 restaurants in 25 days is insane. And I make my own lunches on weekdays, and my husband's company buys his lunches on weekdays. The 19 are all dinners, or weekend lunches, or "Oh look a smoothie place, let's buy a $7 sugar high!".
** 3 items this month

When I'm doing budgets for people, I generally include in "Dining Out" Coffee, Take out, fast Food, sit down restaurants, ice cream joint.

"Entertainment" usually includes gaming, movies, bowling/golf etc etc, bars, drugs, books etc

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Pillowpants
Aug 5, 2006
I loved YNAB When I first started, but part of my problem was that it had nobody yelling at me to stick to the budget and wasn't very good at forecasting.

Personally, the ability to forecast is why I started YFT in the first place,but I've probably recommended goons use YNAB over my service a half dozen times based on what they were looking for and the needs they had.

Pillowpants
Aug 5, 2006
Hey guys,

Shut down YFT and pointed my clients in your direction.

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