Somebody mentioned dubai being a cheap city. It is definitely not inexpensive. Food, utilities, hotels, leisure activities, trips to the coffee shop, etc will all most likely cost you much more than you are used to. The only cheap things in dubai are related to labor. You can get your car washed for 20 aed or find a maid from a poverty stricken country to clean your house for next to nothing. Everything else will cost you quite handsomely.