It's my second highest expense every month, I almost spend as much on food as I do rent.

[Because on top of eating out every single day for every single meal? It's always expensive stuff - This is a woman that would need a few seconds to understand the concept and usefulness of a dollar menu.]

I mean, once upon a time it wasn't like that but, you know, people get busy, work is intense, all that.

[In other words: Her now ex-boyfriend used to do the cooking but somewhere along the way they had both fallen out of the habit completely, and reduced their nightly dinners to take-out and taking separate ends of the couch, barely talking to each other.

So compared to that the table and Boxer's warmer, all around nice presence is definitely a great spice.]