I'm separating out the cost of our trip to Texas so that the month to month comparisons are easier.
Food
$325.79 Sam's Club
$ 75.34 Whole Foods
$ 69.66 Jewel-Osco
$ 9.46 White Hen Pantry
$480.25 (sub-total)
Shelter
$1095.00 Rent
Transportation
$369.91 Car loan payment
$125.00 Car parking space (expired cost)
$ 90.00 Car insurance (expired cost)
$ 40.00 Subway card replenishment
$624.91 (sub-total)
Utilities
$32.25 Electric
$24.83 Cell phone
$30.89 Phone ($25.28 CR, SBC-Ameritech merger credit)
$62.69 (sub-total)
Eating Out
$14.00 Cafe Iberico
$36.25 Hema's Kitchen
$17.00 Margie's Candies
$26.00 Mei Shung
$12.50 Phoenix
$23.00 Pizzeria Uno
$ 9.61 Potbelly Sandwich Works
$138.36 (sub-total)
Entertainment
$36.00 Gene Siskel Film Center (Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Man Hunt (1941),
Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan (1982), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968),
The Woman in the Window (1944))
$19.00 AMC River East 21 (The Two Towers (2002))
$55.00 (sub-total)
Retail
$ 32.61 Ann Taylor
$ 30.40 Art Institute Museum Shop
$ 16.29 Crow's Nest
$ 32.55 Emporium Luggage
$ 53.00 Marshall Field's
$ 19.22 Office Depot
$ 17.95 Order From Horder
$ 3.25 Radio Shack
$ 13.05 Rand McNally
$ 51.90 Tabletools.com
$ 10.84 Target
$ 31.75 Walgreen's
$ 5.50 Yin Wall City
$318.31 (sub-total)
Miscellaneous
$ 60.00 First USA (United credit card annual fee)
$ 31.50 Laundry
$ 31.00 Elle Beauty Salon
$ 20.00 Haircut (me)
$ 18.95 US Postal Service
$ 15.00 Association for Women's Health
$ 14.95 Yahoo! Website Services
$ 4.00 Gene Siskel Concessions
$ 1.50 (some shop in Penn Station)
$196.90 (sub-total)
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$2971.42 Grand Total
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Travel Expenses
Food
$ 18.09 Cueva De Leon (Ft. Davis)
$ 37.50 Limpia Dining Room (Ft. Davis)
$ 17.00 Ft. Davis Drug Store (Ft. Davis)
$ 57.00 Rio Grande Mudworks (Marathon)
$ 7.95 Shirley's Burnt Biscuit Bakery (Marathon)
$ 57.50 Café Cenizo (Marathon)
$ 25.50 La Kiva (Terlingua)
$ 14.50 Phoenix Café (Terlingua)
$ 28.00 Chisos Basin Lodge (Big Bend National Park)
$ 7.50 Hungry Javelina (Study Butte)
$ 21.64 Tivo's Place (Study Butte)
$ 12.49 Pop's Grill (Ft. Davis)
$ 21.34 Cortez Restaurant (Carlsbad)
$ 17.75 Texas Sky Box (Dallas Airport)
$343.76 (sub-total)
Shelter
$ 146.90 Indian Lodge (Ft. Davis)
$ 291.03 Gage Hotel (Marathon)
$ 277.80 Big Bend Motor Inn (Study Butte)
$ 75.64 Best Western (Carlsbad)
$791.37 (sub-total)
Transportation
$701.00 Round trip Airfare (2) (Chicago > Dallas > Midland)
$259.82 Car rental (includes 20% tax!)
$111.50 Gasoline
$ 46.70 Canoe rental
$1119.02 (sub-total)
Sights
$ 16.00 McDonald Observatory (Ft. Davis)
$ 35.00 Chinati Foundation (Marfa)
$ 22.70 Big Bend National Park
$ 34.00 Carlsbad Caverns National Park
$107.70 (sub-total)
Miscellaneous
$ 39.45 (water, snacks, gifts, etc.)
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$2401.30 Grand Total
Consumer Expenditure Survey -- Master Index
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