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I was talking to a friend the other day about how our spending is being reallocated during Covid-19. How certain costs (gas, travel) are going down but are going up in other places. I shared that even though I’ve been shopping more these past months, I’ve actually still spent quite a low amount, on a relative basis compared to before, on clothes – first, a bunch don’t fit (thank you stay at home diet), I don’t have anywhere to wear fancy shoes, etc etc. But there have been certain areas I’ve been spending more. Here are some categories I’ve been allocating more of my dollars to – I’d love to hear yours!
Takeout. We are spending so much on takeout. I don’t feel bad about this because a) I’m going out of my mind as it is trying to cook and put together snacks and doing the dishes, and b) it’s helping the restaurants we love so why not? I have some friends whose restaurant spend has actually gone down during this period, mostly because they had fun lives where they ate out at a ton of fancy restaurants and drank and laughed the night away – my husband and I are at a point in our child-rearing where we were rarely eating anywhere with breakable china however, so I think our spend has gone up. As a plus, we’ve found some great new places and every week endeavor to try either a new restaurant, or some new menu item on a old favorite.
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