In theory, this time of quarantine and social distancing
should be cheap… but for some reason it hasn’t been. The Kids aren’t getting
their hair cut or nails done, we aren’t going to the movies or out to eat,
there are no new books in the house, but we are still finding plenty of
creative ways to spend money.
We have shopped online for a lot of stuff we don’t need. We
have bought paint for The Girl, a ton of baseball equipment for The Boy, new
running shoes for The Husband and me, and myriad other unnecessary things.
(Although, I don’t consider running shoes unnecessary.)
Going forward, I’m hoping to not spend too much money
online. I don’t know what else we could possible buy, however, I’m sure we will
find a way.
One of our local stores has had to shut their doors as they
are not an essential business, but the owner has been doing “live” sales on
Facebook. I have bought from her both times she has done a “live”. I want to
support local businesses and have shops I can go back to once the quarantine is
over.
Between her two “live” sales, I spent just over $200. Obviously, I can’t
keep this pace up, but I want her to know I support her!
I don’t see us having too much to buy over the next few weeks,
so I’m hoping we will not add anymore to our debt. Also, I won’t need all the
money I budgeted for some of our different budget categories in the coming
weeks. I’m hoping that “extra” money can go towards our credit card bill.
Our credit card bill is big already this month… I’m afraid
the balance might increase so any extra money that can go towards debt will be
a boon.
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