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Furnishing SO's office was not anticipated. Some of our necessities went way up. Horseradish doubled so did cat litter. Never mind that falls under TP for furries and hoarders have it all.
Cat litter? Any explanation for that? Oh, hoarders. Sheesh. How about booze ? Any hoarding there?
Cat litter? Any explanation for that? Oh, hoarders. Sheesh. How about booze ? Any hoarding there?
I have been hoarding since I lost access to my father's win cellar. Liquor stores are offering 10% on wine purchases over six bottles. Corona is not free.
No more eating out but it’s a wash since groceries are costing more.
Really? I've spent more on groceries the past couple months but on the whole it's much cheaper than eating out.
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Furnishing SO's office was not anticipated. Some of our necessities went way up. Horseradish doubled so did cat litter. Never mind that falls under TP for furries and hoarders have it all.
I'm certainly now regretting not setting up a home office. It was at the bottom of my priority list pre-COVID. The dining table will have to suffice for now.
Saving a lot on gas and car maintenance. I'm still going into work but not everyday. Some have been working from home for over six weeks now. If they previously commuted, they must be saving a boatload of money.
Since the student loans are on forebearance without interest penalties right now, I just started paying higher interest credit card debt more frequently .
I'm retired so there's not much difference in before and now except that I had to spend a lot at first. I always stay pretty well stocked up on things but just before lockdown I had to buy some food at regular price rather than waiting for it to go on sale.
I had to order lots of stuff on Amazon too and that got pricey. Not being able to go to the stores, I had to order online and so everything was more expensive. But now that spring is here I can finally plant my little garden with leftover seeds from last year. Hope it grows! I'm not going to be buying flowering plants this year, am just planting boring zinnias and the usual perennials will come up. However, I splurged and ordered some plants online--that was fun! Expensive when you add in shipping but so easy and so exciting when they got here.
I seldom ate out anyway so there's no savings there. The one huge saving was that we had planned and saved for a trip to the UK. That got cancelled so I hope I get my $1000 back. I won't be traveling anywhere so I guess I saved $1000. Assuming I get that refund.
I don't buy a lot of what I call non-essential foods--avocados, high priced fresh fruits such as strawberries for $5 (I make do with apples and oranges which last longer), hummus and other dips, pita chips, sparkling water in fancy bottles, imported cheeses, exotic salad dressings, olives, seafood, high priced oat coconut coffee creamer...you get the idea. I stick with what I call essential foods: potatoes, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, coffee, bread, cereal, peanut butter...I also don't buy a lot of canned soups which are frightfully expensive. I make my own soup and the batch lasts for weeks.
I'm not planting many flowers this year. I only bought 2 small geraniums and a few packs of begonias (total less than $10). I don't do vegetables anymore. No room in my yard for a vegetable garden and frankly, no interest in it.
- Limiting take out to once a week.
- Cooking most meals at home with weekly veggie delivery service and ordering meat from local farm as needed.
- Stopped monthly water purifying system service and bought a Zero Water filter.
- Bought herb plants for the window.
- Pickle different veggies and less food waste.
- Limit purchases to essential items.
- Made our own sanitizer gel and spritzers.
- Bought re-washable nano masks.
No travel, need for work clothes, eating out or commuting costs were other high expenses which already stopped during stay at home order.
I stopped eating out anywhere, ever, as a protest for chinese buffets not being around, which is my favorite way to eat out. I also reduced travel to the larger city south of me (Sioux Falls) and made it a point to live as minimalist a life as possible. The top 1% seem to think they can get by using federal reserve fairy dust and don't even need the bottom anymore at all. Well we shall see....
I'm retired, fwiw. While I'm spending less because I'm saving on gas and eating out, the only real "step" I've taken is to buy electric clippers to cut my own hair, which worked out well. That investment will save me hundreds of dollars.
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