What I spent for January to March- 2023 ( ouch) and other random things

Between Costco and the grocery store, I spent 3400.00. Yes, youu read that right. 3400.00 That does account for my new laptop. Added into that money is new clothing ( underwear, jacket, house stuff). So I'm guessing that about 2500 went towards groceries. It works out to be 209.00/week to feed 3-4 people. Which is way more than my old budget of 80.00/ week. But you have to feed teenagers and their friends. Both girls prefer dairy free, and a 2 litre of oatmilk last maybe 2-3 days. I include them in the buying of the groceries, as its helped eliminate some of the food waste, and they love finding food items from home. I should mention that twice a month, we get a stipend to help off set the cost of hosting the girls. I've increased the power/water/gas budgets accordingly. I also spent just under 650.00 at Ikea and Winners ( new duvet covers for the girls rooms, mini edison style lights for their rooms, new patio chairs for when the weather improves). Their rooms are more like them now, and it was a fairly inexpensive way to personalize their rooms. I started to use the envelopes again at the beginning of March, as I was getting a smidge careless with my sepnding. I write the amount put in, and deduced the money spent on the outside. I'll start one for summer vacation next week, as LG was approved for a week off in August, giving him almost the entire month off... It will be quite lovely. It's always hard the first 2 days he's gone away, but it so nice for him to be home for 3 weeks. Hello to getting small projects done.