<prompt> Human: Looking to start doing this had a few common sense questions.. Do you guys prefer cash during the week and leave the debit cards at home?? Do you consider gas in your allowance? Do you bring food to work or buy it everyday? Do you factor in the weekend going out if you even go out at allout to eat or going to the bar?? How much do you need to survive during the week??  <response>: 1. I very rarely have cash. I have a problem where if I take it out of my checking account, its already spent in my mind. Ill spend cash almost immediately.2. No. But I only buy gas once every 2, sometimes 3 weeks.3. I go out to lunch with my girlfriend once a week to a little hot dog place downtown Im not cooking my own hot dogs. The amount of toppings Id have to buy to keep up with the variety they have would be ridiculous. The rest I eat at home.4. This is where Im trying to start budgeting. The rest of it is really small potatoes compared to the amount of money I spend going out to restaurants and bars on the weekends. Ive made it a point to not go out on weekdays. Except for last night, friends from out of the country were in town this sort of thing happens to me too often, but I like my friends. On weekends, my girlfriend and I stay busy so eating out some is inevitable. Ive been trying to suggest cheaper meals in these cases.5. It ends up being about 250 dollars. Though Ive survived on much, much less. 