Hopefully this "food for thought" will help you come to the right decision for you and your wife. 

The restaurant serves you food and beverages in good faith with the understanding that you will still be there to pay the tab after the dinner is over.

We will have food and drinks.

For instance, if you cheap out on food too much and pay for it with your health, that is unhealthy (pun not intended) frugality and is not good value.

Food for thought.  

Bad water supply, no fresh food, predatory banking, low minimum wage, militarized police, and people who live like this.

@Justin O'MalleyI didn't read every single post  prior to writing this but having taken a 401(k) loan I can say:- When I took it out, I said to myself "I will stick it out at this job for 5 more years to pay this thing back"- I took a decrease in take home pay to pay it back (obviously)- In retrospect I am glad I took out the loan as it lead to a good cash flowing property- I do not believe that the money out of my 401k would have been earning the same return that it is earning in my rental based on current market conditions- I am young enough (as are you) to make a fumble now and recover before I retire- (Not related to 401k) I am remotely familiar with the Denver market and believe that it is hyper inflated and would advise you to proceed with caution in that market especially if it means tying up your existing assets

TONS of edible food gets thrown out because the government says it has to.  

Eat some gassy food before your next visit.

This is a corner quick mart (the Memphis sub forum in particular) and you are ranting about how you sometimes will shop at home foods, but really one must insist on farm-to-table.