But… How Will the DoorDasher Get Through The Snow?! | How Much Did I Spend Last Week? Jan 31-Feb 6, 2022
I've finally found the one thing that'll halt my takeout habit: impassable roads.
One of the things I failed to understand, when I moved to the Midwest, is that, when it gets snowy, it stays snowy. We had the first Snowmageddon of the year this week – I’m still LOLing at the sheer number of times I’ve heard Fort Wayners describe this winter as mild! MILD! I’ve seen -20C more than once! – and, almost a week later, there’s still at least one foot of snow on the ground.
The snow drift that gathered between our house and that of our neighbour is still there, taller than our six-year-old; the piles of snow that were shovelled and ploughed and otherwise shoved off streets and driveways and paths are giant icebergs which show no signs of disappearing any time soon.
It’s not like Ireland, where, when it snows, you have to deal with it on that day and on that day only – with, perhaps, a whiff of ice to contemplate the following day. No: this snow may well be on the ground until March – and just when I’d started to think I’d quite like to get out for some afternoon walks… (Isn’t that always the way!)
The one silver lining is that, when they tell you it’s going to snow, they are correct. Accuweather predicts, with deadly accuracy, down to the minute, when the snow will begin and, similarly, when it will end, so the chances of getting caught short are slim, which is, honestly, most comforting. I do hate surprises.
Monday
My day starts off badly, at least financially speaking, when two Pay in 4 payments come out: one for Zara ($68.09) and the other for Chronicle Books ($31.49). I really need to stop buying stuff for the baby, so that, at the very least, I can feel as though I, myself, am benefiting from my past expenditures. (Can you do Pay in 4 in Ireland? I feel as though putting off paying for your stuff is a distinctly American thing, although I, clearly, would very much recommend giving it a go.)
I order Chipotle for my lunch, my logic – as if I need to justify it at this stage – being that there’s a major snowstorm predicted on Wednesday, meaning that we’ll be very unlikely to get out of the house, or have anyone drive to the house, until the weekend. How will DoorDash survive without me?! I should give them some service before things go dark. A SELFLESS ACT. ($20.88)
Of course, my Chipotle order is wrong and there’s no rice, which is kind of fine because I suppose you don’t need the rice but I can’t help but feel ill done by.
When Brandin gets home in the evening, I go out to Kroger to pick up my prescription, bread, Heinz beans (a snowmageddon essential) and some nappies – we’re using reusable nappies during the day (any interest in a post on this? I have a LOT of reusable nappy-related thoughts) but disposables at night because we find the reusables need to be changed pretty frequently (three or four hours MAX) while, if he’s asleep, a disposable will push to five, six or even seven hours without a poo… Maybe no one needs a post on this. ($52.40)
I’d seen a cute kids’ music course that’s starting in April called Tiny Musicians, run by Sweetwater, a music retailer in town (the largest online retailer of musical instruments and pro audio equipment in the US, no less!), for kids age 0-4, and decide to sign up for myself and Atlas to attend. ($64.05)
He’ll be six months by then so I’m (honestly) not expecting musical miracles, but I think it’d be a cute thing to do together, a good way to meet other parents and, you know, yadda yadda music is good for child development blah blah. Mostly: cute.
Daily total: $236.91
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