I'm going to approach this a bit differently. Since retiring, I have found we are spending far less than I had planned for. I had figured we would keep to a $2500 monthly budget - with the exception of a bit of a spike during December holiday season (spoiled the nieces and nephews at bit) - we are spending just around $2000 every month.
Why is this? Well, I think it was the removal of intense job stress from my life. I have my job to thank for my current ER status - it paid me well for many years. But the STRESS...let me say I didn't cope with it well. I used food and booze to cope. Simple as that. Eating out/getting delivery A LOT - pizza, Chinese, fast food burgers, you name it. Beer...lot's of beer. I like the taste of beer - but I used it as a NUMBING AGENT. Between the eating out and booze that was probably $500 every month - this might be a low figure. That spending is completely GONE now. Only now removed from my working life by several months can I look back and see what a mess my life was in terms of my eating and drinking habits. My job was physically demanding - heavy labour type stuff. It's the only reason I wasn't 300 pounds. And tons of other "stupid" spending on things to distract myself from my job misery. Why stay in a job so toxic for so long? Good question, but when you are not very confident that you can be as good in some other career - and when you are paid well enough that you can see light at the end of the tunnel (a train?) - well, I decided to stick it out. Don't regret it too much.
The VERY DAY I walked off the construction site for the last time, I joined the gym around the corner and have not looked back...quite literally, I became a DIFFERENT PERSON when I ER'ed.
Our $2500 budget included $200 on alcohol, and $200 for eating out, $150 for "stupid stuff"...we simply are not spending this anymore.