Personal
I spent more than double what I usually spend on personal expenses because I decided to splurge on some end of the year clothing to inspire myself to keep working out.
Not mad about it.
I am however mad that I decided to try out HelloFresh, which was a total waste of money. HelloFresh is probably a good deal for people who don’t know how to cook, but I cook a lot and I’m actually pretty good at it.
I wasn’t impressed with the meals at all, and was kind of annoyed with my impulse purchase. *sigh*.
Entertainment
Another expensive month for entertainment! Like I mentioned in previous posts, at the end of 2020, I really wanted to take a break from being so stringent on my budget. I wanted to enjoy the holidays and not worry so much about my bank account, especially since I’ve been doing really well these last two years. So even though this is a fuck up because I spent a lot, it doesn’t feel like a fuck-up because I planned it.
This entertainment budget includes a lot of things for Christmas too, like ingredients for baking 5 different types of Christmas cookies, food and appetizers for the family Christmas, a bit of eating out and treating my sister and boyfriend, and, of course, wine.
Dating
And another splurge month for dating. My boyfriend and I, to keep things exciting during quarantine, decided that we’d take turns each weekend planning a special quarantine friendly date to surprise the other. It’s been really fun, and one of the things I planned for us was a Blueprint workshop on January 1st with Mac n Cheese Productions.
It was awesome– we made blueprint boards to help us achieve our goals and we’re both planning on doing a few more action-oriented boards on our other goals. Yay for not blowing the whole dating budget on food!