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I once brought you one man’s insufferable story about a weekend he spent in Washington D.C. a couple weeks back. It was a part of The Washingtonian’s “Food Money Sex” series in which an anonymous person chronicles everything they do in a given weekend. Not being someone who wants to throw stones at glass houses, I’d be remiss if I didn’t do my own “Food Money Sex” diary for the weekend that was.
Friday
What I Spent:
– Pitcher of Beer, $17.63
– Split Dinner at Matt’s El Ranch, $34.00
– Uber, $6.99
How I Saved:
Rather than split the pitcher of beer with noted friend and Big T-Shirt Wearer, Matt, he picked up the Uber from the bar we hit before dinner. I’m not certain, but I think I might have come out a little ahead.
Where I lost money was by not partaking in the appetizers at dinner. I didn’t want to fill up on queso because I’ve got a 5K I have to run on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately for everyone else, they definitely overpaid while splitting my drinks on the tab because your boy had two Mexican martinis and a house margarita with salt.
Was I a portrait of responsibility because I went home early and didn’t go out with everyone after? *pulls a muscle patting himself on the back*
Saturday
What I Spent:
– Chicken salad and thai noodle pre-made meals, $11.01
– Two rounds of beers at a hotel bar, $13.50
How I Saved:
Ohhhhhh, baby. Now we’re talking savings. Hitch a ride from Austin to Beaumont, Texas with a friend? Check. Shuttle to and from the wedding? Check. Dinner and apps on the bride’s father? Check. Open bar for the rest of the night? Check times a million.
Sure, going to anywhere between eight and ten weddings in a given year becomes a beating. But does it help the wallet when flights aren’t involved? You bet. Now just hoping my girlfriend doesn’t Venmo me to split the gift.
Sunday
What I Spent:
– Pasta Dinner with a glass of Cabernet, $21.00
How I Saved:
When you wake up so hungover that you can barely stomach anything to eat, the silver lining is that you aren’t blowing cash on brunch. For whatever reason, my girlfriend covered the expense of our lunch. In hindsight, I should probably Venmo her $20 for the meal considering I was one of the only people to get a beer. Upon getting home, I was tired enough that money wasn’t an option so I popped over to an Italian restaurant near me and enjoyed a glass of Cabernet from Washington while waiting for my to-go pasta. Considering I pretty much ate for free all Saturday, I think I made out ahead.
Total: $104.13 .
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Will
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I’m frequently noticing that your girlfriend tends to pay for your stuff; Will, do you have a sugar mama?
No. We have a very good understanding that what goes around comes around.
And by that you mean every dollar she spends on you now is another dollar you can put toward her ring… right?
Yeah seriously. When is her engagement ring coming around?
Come on, everyone, don’t make me turn the comments off. Can’t everyone just spill the beans on what they spent this weekend instead?
I spent $6900 on an engagement ring.
I spent $7000 a few months ago and feel like a superior human being tbh
We are both schmucks
nice
Same as every weekend Will, about $100 on liquor, $50 on ammo, and $40 on gas. Well… actually make that $200 on liquor, I started my weekend on Thursday so I forgot about Thursday night and day drinking Friday.
No wonder you’re homeless
Friday:
Gas for trip to DFW $45
Chicken fil a for trip $15
Case of beer $20
Dinner at restaurant the wives “just had to try” $120
After dinner drinks $60
Saturday
Breakfast supplies $10
Beer and liquor $75
Train ticket $10
Game tickets $120
Late night Whataburger $20
Sunday
Gas for trip home $45
Mid trip gas station food $15
Firehouse subs dinner $18
Total $573
Sex
Wife let me rub her back Sunday night because she wasn’t feeling well
What restaurant was it they had to try?
HG Supply something or another. Some trendy place and I was hungry an hour later.
HG Supply is heavily overrated, minus the rooftop view. Anyone who suggests it for an actual meal should have their suggestion card suspended for 2 group dinners/brunches.
Didn’t even know it had a rooftop. Now I’m really upset
Had a beer there recently in Fort Worth. Chill vibes but food seemed overpriced.
Home and Garden Supply? Love it.
You’re girlfriend sounds like a saint. When are you getting engaged again?
Will has been waiting for her to propose for a year now.
Call me old-fashioned, but if it’s an open bar, you should still be tipping the bartenders regularly.
One bartender got $5 cash off me. Depends on whether or not they act like they actually want to be there, and most wedding bartenders most certainly do not.
Call me older fashioned but it’s always been my understanding that the host of the open bar takes care of the entire tip at the end of the night and that tipping, while appreciated by the bartenders, can also be seen as offensive to the host.
Agreed you shouldn’t try to big-time the father of the bride, but if there’s a tip jar I’m sure it’s not offensive. If the jar is flush with cash all night it reduces the strain on the host to drop a crazy amount on the tip.
My go-to move at open bars is to drop a $20 very visibly into the tip jar and then you get served first all night. I’m certainly getting more than $20 worth of food and drink, it only seems fair.
Major lack of pod’s today, what is going on at HQ?
Friday: $130 on 3 new video games because I think that will stop me from spending money on subsequent weekends (plus target had a killer deal with buy 2, get 1 free)
$15 on 2 bottles of wine because the girlfriend was flying in
$20 on tacos because Velvet Taco is GOAT and she hadn’t eaten
Saturday: $140 on dinner because it was the margarita ball so we decided we had to go somewhere decent in tuxedos
$20 on 2:30 AM pizza delivery. Ended up eating a leftover taco while I was waiting and wasn’t hungry when it arrived
Sunday: $70 on brunch because I wanted a fancy fucking burger and mimosas
$270 at target on a new carry on, 4 more pillows (had to replace some old ones, so I only have a reasonable number of pillows at 9) and a dope blanket.
$70ish on scaries shirts so the gf and I are matching at her parents over thanksgiving.
Total: Far too much, its gonna be a leftovers and ramen kind of week (lowkey my favorite kind of week)
My receipt for expenditures this weekend is relatively unexciting except for one or two things:
Friday
Food: $15
Bar tab: $20
Uber: $15
Saturday
Belated bday brunch with the grandparents: Free (while hungover and sleep-deprived so I was battling guilt the whole time, but still thankful)
Jack-in-the-Box at 8 p.m.: $8 (It was a pretty sad afternoon and evening)
Sunday
Sunday Scaries shirt: $36 (thanks, Will)
Starbucks: $3
Lunch: $8
$17 sounds like a lot for one pitcher of beer, but what do I know I’m just from the Midwest
It was at a craft brewery and that includes tip too. Not ideal but got four total beers out of it, so.
Makes much more sense, I figured it was just a domestic pitcher
These columns give me the Monday scaries every week. Either Will is extremely budget conscious or I just spend excessively.
Dude, I bought $36 deodorant.
Solid point. But props to you on the responsible bar/dinner spending. Once I get a drink or two in me I tend to forget that I do in fact have to pay back what I charge on my credit card.
14k per month and she’s single now too?! sup?