Where Did the Money Go?
By Yuki
@yukimori (10145)
United States
May 15, 2023 1:25pm CST
My bank here on myLot is a lot more empty than it was when I first popped in this morning. That's easy to explain... just look to the dollar signs by the logo for that monthly clue! 
What's not so easy to explain is where the heck we've spent enough to run up my credit card. 
I know I spent quite a bit on renewing our zoo membership and registering one of the kids for their summer camp... and I paid for my MIL's dog's spay surgery... and I bought some groceries on it because the chip in my debit card wasn't cooperating... and then the kids wanted things from Dollar Tree when I stopped for a few new scrubby brushes... and clearly I need to get back in the habit of tracking all of my purchases in the budget file when I make them! 
What's not so easy to explain is where the heck we've spent enough to run up my credit card. I know I spent quite a bit on renewing our zoo membership and registering one of the kids for their summer camp... and I paid for my MIL's dog's spay surgery... and I bought some groceries on it because the chip in my debit card wasn't cooperating... and then the kids wanted things from Dollar Tree when I stopped for a few new scrubby brushes... and clearly I need to get back in the habit of tracking all of my purchases in the budget file when I make them! 9 people like this
9 responses
@snowy22315 (180870)
• United States
15 May 23
Everything costs so much these days, it's a wonder we aren't all massively in debt.
2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
15 May 23
I just paid electric, water and gas... My bank account took a hit, too.
1 person likes this
@allknowing (136592)
• India
16 May 23
Some months expenses just pile up but it is good to have a budget for those expenses.
@JudyEv (340256)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 May 23
It's so easy to buy small things here and there and before you know it there is a whole lot owing.
@AmbiePam (92864)
• United States
15 May 23
Inflation really has been the devil. I don’t have a lot, but I’ve never spent a lot. Whereas, my sister has to track everything. Even as a child, she spent her allowance before she got it. Her husband makes excellent money. They just want to make sure it stays that way.
@kaylachan (69909)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 May 23
It's so easy to spend money than it is to make it.
@BabeSays (8575)
• Mauritius
15 May 23
With the price rising day by day everything become a bit more expensive and we don't even know how quickly it can add up and the money is gone before we know.
