I was interested to see if our spending habits changed. It has slightly.
Gas
Jan $260.42
Feb $192.75
March $200.66 - stay at home started but we took two weekend aways before it did
April $38.71 - filled each car once
Guess we are saving on gas.
Groceries - this is interesting
January - $1237.4
Feb - $413.15
March - $966.25
April - $1322.01
= $984.7 Average
Eating out
Jan - $628.49
Feb - $559.78
March - $614.83
April $404.28
=551.84 Average
Not really a huge savings. I know we are supposed to be saving more but it feels like we aren't. But then again I just shopped today 4/30 and spent $414 at costco included in that $1322 total.
We haven't been buying stuff online so I guess that's savings. But in general we don't. I guess it'll be interesting because our April shopping for groceries is really for May. How much will I really spend in May?
I also know I stocked up on essentials and bought a lot of stuff at costco that wasn't "groceries". Today I bought two bike helmets and 2 LOL toys for $100. I also bought all my alcohol for the past two months and juices and toilet paper, paper towels and a lot of stockpiled laundry detergent, etc.
I will admit that my overall CC is much lower than normal. Also the eating out is like 1x/week but we spend more I think because we want to have more than 1 meal from takeout.
Anyway today I bought beef brisket, bulgogi, pork short ribs, carne asada meat, carnitas. That should last us at least 3 weeks of meat without going to costco. I also bought veggies and fruits.
YTD spending
May 1st, 2020 at 12:08 am
May 1st, 2020 at 03:38 am 1588304283
Fuel $90-$79-$29
School lunches $150-$150-$0
Kids activities $650-$135-$85
Restaurants $71-$70-$701
House maintenance $276-$111-$686