Where Did The Money Go?!?!?
By Danna B.
@db20747 (43427)
Washington, District Of Columbia
August 16, 2023 11:10pm CST
It's 12 am and I am taking care of some accounting of my finances. And things aren't looking too good. It appears I don't have as much in the coffers as I thought. I need to keep strict account of my finances. Have you recently overspent and realized you don't have much money left?!?!
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@MarieCoyle (29037)
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17 Aug
It's hard to realize that what used to pay the bills, just doesn't anymore. We are as frugal as we know how to be. We've never been fast food people, so that's no big deal. I cook and it tastes good, and I do try very hard not to waste any food. I turn off the lights, don't make unnecessary trips in the car, mend clothing, buy used...and it's still not enough. It's very hard for so many right now.
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@MarieCoyle (29037)
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17 Aug
@db20747
The way it is now, we are all overspending on regular items that we actually need.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
17 Aug
I have to keep a close eye on my balance. There is a pre-authorized payment that comes out on the first of every month, usually after I pay my other bills, and the bank takes well over $30.00 a month for service charges. So when money I know I never 'spent' goes missing it's usually because of bank fees.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
17 Aug
@db20747 I use my debit card alot. The retail outlet takes it's fees and the bank matches it so I'm paying for 2 services. I had all of my bank fees waived for a year once. Maybe I can get that credit again.
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@db20747 (43427)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
17 Aug
@Starmaiden yes, that would be ore money in your pocket
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@AmbiePam (85682)
• United States
17 Aug
I haven't just because I always keep a careful eye on what I'm spending out of concern I won't have enough to cover the bills. Perhaps, you didn't buy anything extra as opposed to not realizing what you normally buy just went up in cost. You might have to cut out things you would be able to afford if it weren't for the crazy inflation. I think what you experienced is happening to a lot of people.
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@Melanie_Marie (1806)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
17 Aug
It's not overspending, I thought that's what I was doing too.
It's the cost of EVERYTHING! Everything went up. Even cat food. And a small fry @ McDonald's is almost 3 bucks? What the who?
Took me many, many tries going over my budget to realize it wasn't me. It's the prices.
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
17 Aug
I've been over spending this week but it's to buy for more yarns and materials for crochet projects so I could sell more at the mall.
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@RebeccasFarm (86819)
• United States
17 Aug
Oh yes but I could not help overspending.
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@moffittjc (118570)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Aug
Money just doesn’t seem to go as far these days. I used to have tons of money leftover after paying bills, now it seems that amount is slowly shrinking.