6 months of tracking every single takeout order changed my view

Honestly, I started tracking my spending on DoorDash and Uber Eats back in January just out of curiosity. I live in Portland and figured it was maybe $80 a month, nothing crazy. After 6 months I sat down and added it all up and it came to $427. Not the end of the world, but seeing that number hit me different than just swiping my card each time. The thing that caused it was I got lazy with meal prepping on Sundays and just defaulted to ordering when I didn't plan. Now I force myself to cook even a simple rice bowl and I bank the difference into a separate account. Has anyone else done a deep dive on a single spending category and been surprised by the total?

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the_alice11d ago

$427 for DoorDash? Man, that's way less than I would have guessed for Portland prices - I expected it to be closer to a thousand after six months. Did you actually stick to just one order a week or were there some cheap spots you found?

richard_young8011d ago

Wait, did you really only have one bagel delivered from across town just for free cream cheese? That's kind of hilarious actually. I mean I get it, sometimes you just want that specific thing and the delivery fee feels worth it in the moment. But $427 over six months sounds pretty reasonable for Portland though, especially if you're not doing it every day. I bet half that cost was probably just tips and fees too. What was the most you ever spent on a single order?

amy_martin11d ago

Ha, nope. I once ordered a single bagel from across town just to get the free cream cheese.