So everyone knows my car is in the shop and we have no idea how much it's going to cost current total $500, we're scrapping it at ~$1000 Meanwhile:

I'm spending $175 on a dress for a wedding not happening until at least next year. My defense beautiful dress that I can find reasons to wear... like date night and it was $50 off ending last night.

I just got up and spent $23 on a 4+ month supply of toilet paper. We need toilet paper but no one's stock piling it. That said hurricane session is coming up and $5/month for toilet paper isn't that bad.

I also ordered protein shake mix. The kind both my husband and I can stomach. I already spent a bunch of money on protein mix that's inedible and trash but I was trying to find something cheaper then the premade stuff I usually have. I found the powder form of what I normally drink, again in bulk, so I bought it.

Then there's the milk. As we all know I suck at actually food prep. I'll drink the shakes. So I got into my head the more protein for me the better. So for my boys I bought regular skim milk (they go through 3 gallons a week or more) but I hate milk but I need it for the shakes. So I bought ultra filtered, higher protein, less sugar milk for me to try. Again a gallon (a lot) for 1 person (~1-2 weeks worth) at 2x the price of a regular gallon of milk. together it costs less then the $4 protein shake pre-made that the fancy milk makes but it's still more expensive then it could be. At the same time if I drink it isn't it worth it. If I don't drink it my boys will.

I know financially I can't keep spending or we'll have no food or car but everything has a point to it. I may be feeling bad because I'm spending money on myself, I may be over spending but I AM over extending us when we're tight with things.

So I don't plan on buying anything else until the cars fixed but is this a warning sign?