Shopping can be hard

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Every year I make certain to have my maximum pre tax flexible spending account taken out of my checks. A new year begins tomorrow for me. October 1, 2025. Due to some confusion on my part I started my day with over $400 still in that account. If it is not spent I will lose it. During the year I pay co pays for Bob and I and get prescriptions and some over the counter things. I had never explore the online catalogue for my plan, though. So this afternoon I have spent just over four hundred dollars. We will get packages or one package sometime within the next week. Tax free, and shipping free for orders over fifty dollars. Lucky me, the web site keeps the totals. I came within $1.50 of spending it all. I am using this as an opportunity to buy some things that I use on a regular basis, but also ordered things that I normally would not buy, like an acupressure cushion for my neck and an infrared hand held heat therapy, as recommended several years ago by my chiropractor. Oh, and a small tens machine, as recommended about four years ago by physical therapist. I am so glad I did not have to walk around a store to do this. By funding my FSA account I also reduce my tax obligation by about $500. I think @porwest would approve of this money move.