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?

So you spend around £370 a week on food /coffees a week with meals out. Takeaway and food delivery

is that normal for you ? To eat out once at weekend and a takeaway ?

Yes eating out once and one take away is about normal.

We weren’t there so not sure how we would know 🤷‍♀️

What on earth are you talking about? That is my monthly budget.

OP has clarified.

And it turns out she spent the money doing plenty of things.

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I mean can you afford it OP? We earn over 300k between us a year and I don’t frivolously spend but if you are happy to then go for it? Eating out and food costs … I wouldn’t say you would class this as nothing costs .

I'd recommend doing them less often so they start being treats again. Life's more fun when things are novel and it's not worth spending money on things you don't need and don't really enjoy

it's amazing how quickly the coffee's etc add up.
I have never been out for a coffee before and I am 60.

You have never met a friend for coffee? Never sat in cafe and had a coffee while waiting for someone/something?

I warmly recommend doing so, small nice things makes life more enjoyable

I mean I kind of get OP, I spent more than I realised over the weekend and it's just all gone in necessities and small treats (like £20 in superdrug in sunscreen and kids vitamins, or £19.50 on cat's prescription charges and then coffees and pastries out for a whole family). But we did go for really nice lunch on Sunday which was worth the cost so I wouldn't say we did "nothing". Also dc got a ride around in a small miniature train which cost £2.50 but they were so happy with it.

Well, I wouldn't, but if I'm early for a lunch date with a friend I will have a cocktail ( thanks to Zizzi points) 🍸😚

Well that's a bit sad and hardly the standard of life most people are aiming for, so not sure what your point is. Money is no good once you're dead

I will happily take you out for a coffee if you're around the south of Edinburgh...

Another thread from you about what you did at the weekend and how much you spent. You spent a lot of money but had full choice of what you did and control over your actions.

Why do you keep spending so much money at weekends, saying you can afford it but then complain about it. It’s odd

Gail’s is overpriced. We have lots of coffee shops where we are, and it’s at the bottom of my list. The emperor’s new clothes of bakeries/coffee shops.

Yeah but it comes in handy when you are trying to stay alive????

Yes.

You didn't go nowhere and do nothing.

Going out and doing things costs money.
Hardly groundbreaking news.

It is the disingenuous nature of the OP’s posts about money. ‘Oh we went to London as a family of five and I just don’t know how we spent ££££. I mean we had slices of cheesecake that cost £19 each but I just don’t know where the money went’.
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But you didn't do nothing, did you? You did several things. They just happened to be close to your home.

How on earth can you be surprised to have spent money when you, you know, spent money?

Still waiting for up date on my monthly budget versus a weekend at home.

There’s no real equivalency there.

A flask is a perfectly reasonable, sensible and realistic option. Or a reusable cup if you prefer.

There’s no MN flask, that’s not a thing.

A MN chicken is a thing because it’s unrealistic to make a chicken last for so many days.

Nothing about ops posts suggest she is struggling to stay alive, her post isn't she can't afford it it's about how quickly money can go by doing fairly normal things

I get it OP. It's very easy to spend thousands without even trying.

I consider myself fairly frugal and try to have at least 2-3 days a week where I don't spend anything at all (obviously I've done the weekly shop so have food to eat), and often find cheap activities to do with DC and take packed lunch with me.

But just looked at my bank balance thinking I've spent "pretty much nothing"... In the past week I met a friend for coffee - £4, popped into Boots to pick up a few things I'd run out of (moisturizer, cleanser, razors, fake tan) - £30, bought a few birthday cards - £5, bought cakes for DC when we were out after our packed lunch - £5, picked up some extra fruit and snacks for the week - £10, filled up the car with petrol - £80, bought DC an ice cream in the park - £4, treated myself to a can of coke - £1.50.

So that's about £140!! No meals out, no activities, no socialising.

It's easy to see how people who just spend what they like get through thousands.

“Woman who fritters away money at the weekends wonders where it goes”. I don’t think this is going to make headline news any time soon.