[Spoiler Alert: The Answer is 'Too Much'] How Much Did I Spend Last Week? Feb 28-March 6, 2022
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Like the above fudge – of which I only bought one slice like a controlled person and not three as a bargain is not a bargain if you don’t need it (thanks, Mum) – this week’s money diary is an absolute treat of over-indulgence and wanton spending, the likes of which has not been seen around these parts since… oh, last month?
Following last week’s exercise in frugality and thriftiness, I decided to throw caution to the wind this week, that is to say, I got paid and immediately began throwing money at the wall in the style of those disgusting rubbery toys the boys get and enjoy getting stuck to whatever surface is available for splatting. (Shout out to my sister who had an emoji poo stuck to her ceiling for about six weeks.)
Monday
It’s still February and, as such, we’re still living with the brokeness of last week and the sheer audacity of my bank to charge me for every single thing I pay for, but can’t afford. So we’re talking about yet another overdraft fee. ($33)
My sister has revealed to me that her bank allows you to put a block on possible overdrafts and / or to draw from your savings if you are close to hitting zero (lol at the idea that I would have savings to draw from), so once I gather up the courage to speak to my bank again (I’m still smarting from their “as we told you last time we had this discussion…” response) I’m going to ask if this is a possibility and, if it’s not, might look into switching banks. Because honestly who can afford to pay $33 for every single little financial transgression?! Not I!
Anyway, in shit timing – it’s all shit timing at the end of the month, honestly, PayPal hands over some of my money to Google, to pay for my Google Drive storage. Outrageous!
I’m joking, really, because it’s fine – it’s where I store all of our podcast episodes, along with the 2,000-odd photos I took of a 10-day holiday I took with friends to Normandy where we photographed ourselves being dickheads at the D-Day landing beaches and THANK GOD didn’t have Instagram to share them to. ($3.51)
Did I tell you I bought myself a new Apple Watch? Bea had lent me hers to see if I’d even use it and I do and I love it and also did you know the new model has a countdown timer that tells you how long you should wash your hands for?! Amazing! (Yes I fully buy into the Apple hype.)
Then I realised that I could apply for an Apple Card and pay it off over two years, or something! SURE IT’S PRACTICALLY FREE! The first of those payments comes out today. ($16.62)
The Apple Card is quite nice because it’s all managed within my Wallet app (I mean, of course it all works best with an iPhone) but it also gives between 1% and 3% back on purchases, so when I use it I feel as though I am making money, and will not hear otherwise.
You may have concluded, at this point – and you would be quite right – that I did nothing of note today. I left my house for a little walk around the block with the dog, and the baby in the Baby Bjorn, and he puked all down my top and his own, so that was fun.
When Brandin and the boys get home I immediately flee the scene to take a shower and be alone for 10 minutes, then we have pasta for dinner and watch Encanto for the 200th time.
Daily total: $53.13
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