Eat and Be Merry

Does a $30 steak taste better than a $20 steak? Yes.
Does a $200 meal taste better than a $100 meal? No.
Is service for a $200 meal better than service for a $100 meal? Yes
Does expensive ethnic food (Viet, Mexican, Thai, etc) taste better than the inexpensive counterpart? No.
Do gourmet desserts taste better than regular desserts? Yes.

Total spent Sunday:
$81 supermarket (saved $21 with coupons)
$0 BBQ’ed dinner
$4 ice cream for 2 at Cold Stone (saved $4 with Entertainment coupon)

Total spent Monday;
$0 brought lunch
$138 Zen Micro mp3 player at Best Buy (includes $30 2 year warranty, saved $107 from store credit from previous warranty)
$0 frozen meal for dinner

Total spent Tuesday:
$0 brought lunch
$3 Starbucks
$0 leftovers for dinner

Total spent Wednesday:
$0 brought lunch
$0 large pizza from Papa John's (they messed up last order so we had one on the house)

Total spent Thursday:
$7 lunch with colleagues (Viet pho)
$41 gas
$205 birthday dinner for 2 at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse (blue crabcakes appetizer, 2 glasses of wine, potatoes Lyonnaise, asperagus with hollandaise, filet mignon and ribeye, 2 desserts and 2 coffees)

Total spent Friday:
$0 brought lunch
$105 monthly payment for orthodontics
$31 dinner for 2 (Thai)
$12 movie and theater snacks (used gift certificate and saved $7 with Entertainment coupon)