Since COVID-19 hit, I have not eaten inside a restaurant. Any prepared food we get has been take-out. This is especially true for lunch after dialysis. As I’m already outside the house, it’s more convenient just to pick something up on the way home, or eat it while Supercharging my car. I couldn’t sleep because of the pressure my chest, so I pulled up Mint to see how much I spent where in the past six months:
| Restaurant | Transactions | Six Month Spend |
| Raising Cane’s | 24 | $214.58 |
| Jersey Mike’s | 12 | $110.35 |
| Panini Kabob Grill | 12 | $155.97 |
| Carl’s Jr. | 3 | $14.73 |
| Johnie’s Jr. Burger | ? | Cash |
Others with one or two transactions include Victory Diner, Holdaak Chicken, Pei Wei, McDonald’s, Arby’s, Yoshinoya, Taco Bell, John’s Place, and In-N-Out Burger. No surprise the restaurant with the most transactions is Raising Cane’s since I’ve been going there twice a week recently. Now that I can order just chicken fingers a la carte, I don’t need to get their combo with stuff I don’t really want.
If I go three times a week and average $10, then it’s about $120/month. I guess that’s not too bad since otherwise I would just skip lunch, like I often do on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays. That’s okay too except I’m losing too much weight and probably need to eat more (and better).
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