yabadaba: With a baby several months old, we pretty much can’t go anywhere. So eating out is rare. Even before having children, we didn’t eat out a lot, averaging maybe less than once a month. Not that we don’t want to, but difficult to find good restaurants in our area serving good Chinese food Most of the time, we cook our own meals and bring home-made lunch.

We only shop for groceries in the weekends, most of the time at our local farm market. We can buy lot of stuff with $30

your grocery cost is also very low.

Wow, the cost of daycare is pretty high. I knew that, but have not thought much about it since we are a single income family. When you put the number next to your mortgage, it really emphasizes the magnitude of the amount.