I also have a list of things that I need to take care of. I have two bedrooms that need new carpeting, landscaping that needs refreshing, a new toilet in the MB, paint in two bedrooms and two bathrooms. Maybe if I stop cruising I can take of all of it.

Well the last two sound fun!

I’m heading to Montreal next week!

A couple of months ago, I came across a sale @ JCP and let loose! Then found Reebok & Avia at give away prices! I purchased tons of nice clothes & work out clothes. Then sandals & running shoes. DH stocked up too & I cut his hair! One rental needs a few sheets of siding put on & painted, then were done. Happy shopping Petalique!

Between flowers for the garden and artwork, I've been spending freely for a couple of months. Next up are a new car and a new hip. Enjoy your shopping, @petalique.

Thanks, DH rushed to configure and order a replacement computer system Pre-Tariff Death Star.

I do not feel spendy. But need gutters and trim painted.

ETA At least we can hire local contractors for gutters and trim paint.

Better not wait too long--everything is going up. lol

Likely too late for many things. You can always sell some stock investments to raise more to spend. No, too late, Wall St plummets.

I stocked up on Maple Syrup, lol. I have been shopping for a new car for about a year without finding exactly what I want. Looks like the only option for an affordable foreign car will be Russian.

Can someone give that guy a ride back to Penna?

I don't need clothes. I have a hair appt (cut and color) next week.

My accountants son is retiring from school district IT work in June and opening his own shop, I may have him build me a computer set up exactly as I would use it. The last time I did that I got 12 years use from it. I'm getting by with a laptop right now - the harddrive fried in my desktop and while it wasn't cheap, Staples was able to regain much of what was lost with a special and expensive special order software.

The roofer was just here to measure for roof and gutters 😒 He will get back to me with an estimate next week.

I've paid income tax, property taxes, had a repair done to our heating and a ceiling repair caused by doing that. Formal living room. It's a BIG room and the walls are grass cloth. No molding where the grass cloth meets the ceiling and painters tape doesn't adhere well to it - tested. I've always done all my own painting and i don't quite trust myself to do justice to the edging required in that room and am considering hiring it out. I'll at least get an estimate, hopefully I have some budget left for it.

Before the computer died and my radiant heat needed attention I had already ordered new guest room furniture. Should be white gloved delivered in about two weeks. Macy's. In December I had done new desk, new carpet, new paint in my office,

I'm starting to feel a little broke or at the very least like I should dial back the purchases.

Sounds lovely, morz8. Take time to enjoy it.

I’m expecting a huge refund! Oh wait, the money saved will go to unemployment…

I never feel spendy. I don't like shopping and really have to make an effort to buy clothes. I wait until something is on its last legs before looking for something new and I find it hard to put in the effort searching. And the house doesn't need any more stuff. We spend most on top quality food, travel and house maintenance.

I moved my 401K into money market in early December so no issues there.

I do have several things on my to-do list that I've put off for too long but now that I am finally retired I have no more excuses. Some to-dos will require spending but not a significant amount.

I need to donate a bunch of casual work clothes that I no longer need.

We are getting new pool equipment installed - it will be completed this morning, and then we will pay for it. The existing equipment here was very old, the filter was leaking, and I wanted equipment that I can control with my phone. We are getting a much more powerful pump, and so the jets that go from the patio to the pool will all reach the pool.

We need to have the patio resurfaced, but that would cost over $30,000, and so we are going to wait on that until we sell our other house, and we might not do it even then.

Since the threat of tarrifs, I've been buying what I thought might go up in price, and there is not much left.

I ordered a vertical climbing machine yesterday, which will be delivered on Sunday. I have a huge bedroom now with plenty of room for this machine. Also, it will fold up for storage.

I bought a new camera last week because I cannot find my old one - it is still packed somewhere. I still need to finish unpacking from moving and get everything sorted and in place before I start taking photos again, but the ocotillo in the patio has started to bloom, and I could photograph that. I saw cactus blooming at Lowe's but did not buy any - I don't think we have room for it.

Not really. I don't like shopping, the (small) house is full and anyway, on an ethical level, I am inclined to degrowth, buying second-hand, using libraries, public transport and bicycle and doing things for myself. Course, I don't have any money to spend anyway but we eat well and work in the garden.

• New porches, yes, both :(
• New appliances
• Taxes
• The last of my child's medical bills. They'll change over to marketplace or have no insurance in October (I assume they'll decimate ACA for some stupid unjustified reason)

I'd like new clothes, but what I have is fine

I'm totally going all out tonight, girl's night out :) WOOHOO!!!!!

I think springtime brings on the ”spends”. Last years warm weather clothes look sad, the house needs repairs it was too cold to notice in winter,, and the garden needs sprucing up.

I am toying with the idea of a new car but considering the state of the world, I either have to buy it in a hurry or wait much longer.

I really dislike clothes shopping. Back in the day when I was cute, young and had no money, I longed to buy new clothes.

We've tried to keep current on home upgrades and maintenance. Glad we completed the new roof and outside painting last year as those jobs will probably be harder to schedule, based on my reading. Outside of our recently completed Pergola and tree removal we have no further projects that need to be addressed this year. Maybe a hot water heater but we'll probably postpone that if the energy tax credit remains in effect for 2026.

We have some RMDs to take, and it will most likely take more shares to meet that amount than when that number was computed, even if we wait until December 31st.

We've been feeding local workmen (trickle down economy) with house and yard work:

Trimmed huge locust and sycamore

Repaired wind-damaged fence panels

Clear-cut 300 feet of invasive trees and underbrush creekside

Repaired settling cracks and painted in three rooms

Coming up is yet more big ticket/no-fun stuff':

Hiring new and more expensive landscaper

Hiring house cleaner

Replacing 5 - 7 large arborvitae

Replacing shrubs and plants in several places

Replacing the rest of the stockade fencing

Replacing both HVAC systems.

The roof is 23 years old (tick, tick, tick)

Need new window treatments MBR and MBA

patriciae -- Our (aluminum) gutters and (wood) trim looked brand new after power washing before painting. We'd already contracted for the paint, but 'next time' I'd try just washing.

Spend em' if ya got em', while ya got em'.....

Our list keeps growning. Something else always seems to happen just as we are starting to get things taken care of. At this point I almost want to hire someone to manage everything from determining the problem and fixing a drainage and settling issue, doing the plumbing repairs or replacements in every room with plumbing (drip, minor leak, hate that faucet, that kind of thing), caulk and grout, electric (why doesn’t that fixture work?), new carpet. And bonus: kitchen!

Last year’s bti was a new roof. Year before was a new car. But our funds just took a big hit so…

Does poster making supplies count?

We have some maintenance on our house that needs to be done. Nothing major but just little things. One if our garage doors had to have some work done a couple of weeks ago when a spring and rollers broke down, so it was a reminder to get other things done. Thankfully it wasn’t a huge bill. Most of this month’s extra money will go toward our quarterly tax payments which went up considerably this year.

The trim on our front porch needs to be painted. It’s really just the columns and our front door exterior needs to be re-stained or maybe I’ll paint it, havent decided. We’ll likely just do the columns ourselves since it it relatively easy.

I’d also like to replace a few overhead fixtures in the house. But I’m terrible at making selections for this sort of thing. I need to just get myself to ine of the lighting stores here in town and look at selections rather than frustrate myself looking online.

Work has started (barely but a start) on reconstruction of our condo building that burned 15 months ago. It’s been a long process of getting to this point but once completed or near complete, we plan to sell it. Hopefully the market will still be favorable.

I really don’t need any clothing, shoes or anything else. I’ll make one more run through my closet before I make a donation run next week. DH has lost some weight and just this morning discovered he needs a few new shorts since his are too big. I have been sort of shopping for a new rug for our living room but it’s not absolutely necessary.

We both both new vehicles a little over a year ago (car and a truck) and still have our Miata MX-5 fun car. Glad we don’t have that ahead of us. We just try to avoid the crazy drivers on the roads these days in busy times. It seems to have become worse to try to get anywhere.