AIBU to wonder how we spent so much doing nothing?

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We were all exhausted this weekend, and literally didn't move further than 1 mile from our house.

How is it possible to spend so much money going nowhere and doing nothing?

You could easily have brunch out if you didn't choose to pay for private schooling.

3 kids.

What do you usually do on the weekend op, if swimming, brunch, takeaway, and visiting multiple shops is 'nothing'. You went to so many different shops and food places and are now confused you spent a lot of money over the weekend. This thread is so weird.

Working out the total amount you spent on food (Tesco, butcher and sourdough) you're spending £45 a day on food so if you're wondering where your money goes, that would explain it.

You can get other stuff at Tesco's apart from food!

Yeah, Sunday Brunch hubby only at Bills £50

"Hubby only" my arse!

Okay cool, I’m American and spent $1,500 on a brain MRI yesterday, so I’m struggling to be horrified by ‘we somehow spent money while staying within a mile of home.’ Like… yes, life costs money? What’s exactly is your point?

Also, have you not been out to brunch lately -- it's easily $70 now for a family of three.

I corrected if you read the thread!

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Well if you bought loads of home stuff then of course that's expensive.

If you spend all weekend shopping for nice things then yes, you are going to spend a lot of money. And £180 on online shopping- especially if it wasn't food- definitely "counts".

What a weird thread.

Yep apologies, I saw that after I'd posted.

With this sort of lifestyle, it sounds as though you don’t really need to worry too much about what you’re spending. Congratulations, I guess. Your ‘doing nothing’ bears no resemblance to my ‘doing nothing’. Mine doesn’t involve going out for coffees, going to restaurants or shops. It involves being in my house and going out for a couple of walks and I can do that without spending any money at all.

It would be very easy for you to reduce or eliminate most of those expenses so I’m sure you could ask for advice on that if needed- lots of MNers are really good at budgeting.

Whatever.

Theres no way i'm considering taking kids to a regular swimming club & having a coffee there as an 'event'

or buying 3 kids books at a charity shop as 'going out shopping'

& the day buying a chopping board is a luxury .....

Frankly, I don't care what you think that makes me.

The only thing we agree on is we need more Lego! Always.

Agreed.

I wasn't trying to make out like I was hard done by, but that it's easy to spend so much money doing fairly run of the mill things.

If you didn't spend anything then the money should still be in the bank.^

But surely you know that those things cost money, whether they’re a ‘treat’ or not? So at the end of the weekend, when you realise that the things you’ve bought have cost money, would you be surprised enough to start a thread about it?

This 💕

& I think the VAT on school fees was a bad decision.

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but you didn't help yourself by just bluntly saying whst you said in your first post.

Now you’ve spent quite a bit of today on a really dull and mostly vague post

I mean I have literally listed out what I spent and where.

Not sure in what world that is vague.

Thanks. That's definitely consistent with what I've read - apparently they're stale and dry!

And at full price insanely expensive as well.

Look great, clever names, but really poor.

Reviews for our local one.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186419-d33074453-Reviews-Rodeo_Doughnuts-Windsor_Windsor_and_Maidenhead_Berkshire_England.html

Exactly.

It’s so easy to spend a lot on not much. I think I spent
£70 M&s food
£8 2 sorbets
£3 parking
£4 bread at the bakery
£3 post office
£50 lunch

Well this thread has definitely made me realise why there are so many people on MN saying things like ‘we’ve got a high household income but nothing to show for it’. People are just frittering money away without seemingly realising that spending small amounts of money a lot of times adds up to a lot of money! This is why money management should be taught in schools, so many people haven’t got a clue.

What about the other £179? Why did you have to say the bread came from Gails?