What is your budgeting "Achilles heel"?

[Peaseblossom36]

Whenever we make a semi expensive purchase at least one expensive item in the house breaks. Without fail, it’s very interesting.

We finally replaced our old push mower with a self propelled lawnmower, and within a week I had to replace both of our car seats, my washing machine started leaking and needed replaced and my brakes started making noises.

 

[clappyclaps]

For me it's those quick runs to the grocery store -- I never end up just buying 1 loaf of bread, or a gallon of milk, or whatever item was the intent. I end up grabbing a few other things while I'm there.

This is the main one for me, not just the quick runs but every time I do the main grocery shopping too. Mostly its snacks or sweet treats I don't really need or tasty sounding liqueurs or gins, but other times its homewares, clothes, beauty products. Came home with a robot vacuum cleaner the other week

Also clothes are a big achilles heel for me. Can't resist a cute new outfit or jumper, even though my wardrobes are full to bursting already. I have managed to mostly downgrade my purchases to Vinted rather than brand new in store, but I still buy too many on a monthly basis.

 

[barkley]

Whenever we make a semi expensive purchase at least one expensive item in the house breaks. Without fail, it’s very interesting.

I am convinced they get jealous of the attention the other is receiving b/c it never fails to happen. last year was terrible for us b/c the HVAC/heat pump....system shares the same quarters as the whole house generator so it got to observe all the attention the other received when it was being evaluated for repair vs. replacement. sure enough-after laying out over $15K replacing the generator the whole HVAC collection decides to gasp it's last breaths so it can exceed the generator's expenses

 

[TCRAIG]

1-my Daughter and my Grands
2-Christmas and Halloween
3-Buying DVC

 

[DanceDisney23]

Getting a puppy. Vet appointments, training, training treats, toys she’ll destroy, doggy daycare/boarding, and chew toys. Oh, and she chews through every harness.

I don’t think I have saved a penny since we got her.

 

[WDW_fan_in_TX]

Our achilles heel, if you can call it that, is eating out. We budget $400 for the month ($100/week), but we usually spend between $750-$800. Just easier to grab something out because we don't have to deal with leftovers. And we usually split stuff, which does make it cheaper. But lots of $3-$5 charges (I have started eating sandwiches at work, and I have to go somewhere and get a sweet tea). We do a budget each month, and our incoming is $5,600 between the 2 of us. Our bills, including rent, run about $4,200. We budget $400 for food, $500 for groceries and $300 for gas/tolls. That leaves $200 for "everything else." And we usually go over there too, whether it be oil changes for the car, stuff we have to pay for at church, Amazon orders, whatever. It's just really though. Been trying to do better, though, but it's a slow process.