I posted last month that our spending was down significantly year to date at least in part due to the COVID shutdown and not being able to go anywhere or do anything.
As May is nearly over, I took another look and the savings continue to grow.
I compared our total credit card charges from January through May 2019 to the same period for 2020.
2019: $20,931.71
2020: $15,460.73
So YTD we've spent $5,470.98 less than last year.
Not all of that is COVID-related because our January and February spending was also lower this year, and that was before the shutdown, so we have just been spending less in general, but still we've spent an average of almost $1,100/month less than in 2019. I'll take it.
Spending update, COVID savings
May 25th, 2020 at 12:13 am
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