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About that renter's insurance...get it. It's very inexpensive usually around 12 to 14 dollars a month and it can save you a ton of pain. Most policies tend to have a seperate area for expensive electronics and jewelry. Make sure you get covered for the computer if you have one. You never know when something like the upstairs neighbor having their toilet overflow and the water comes through the ceiling onto your computer, book collection and TV. That happened to me once and I was extremely glad I had my policy.
For groceries I'm a single male living alone and I usually drop between 50 and 75 bucks a month for food. Avoid eating fast food whenever you can as that'll suck money away from you wicked fast.
I'll also second what the other folks have said about needing to have a healthy amount of money saved just in case. Enough to cover a month's worth of expenses and the deductible on my car insurance is what I always have minimum. I try and keep more when I can but stuff happens. Let me know if you have more questions that I can help with.
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"People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." -George Bernard Shaw
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