![]() ![]() ![]() Yes, I know that my son prefers the school’s indoor parade to begging for candy in the cold, dark, early evenings of Northeast Ohio.īut I will not be the new neighbor who runs out of candy on Halloween. Yes, I know that part of the city’s population does not celebrate Halloween for religious reasons. ![]() Yes, I know that any money spent on Halloween could have spent paying down the new mortgage that came with that driveway, as well as student loans from our combined four graduate degrees. Yes, I know we just moved to a house with a 130-foot driveway set back from our city’s busiest road. This Ohio-based family offers one explanation behind hopeful Halloween spending. This year, Americans are expected to spend $9 billion on Halloween, even while suburban trick-or-treating is in decline. Expense Report gives us a look into the spending, scrimping, and wishing that defines parenthood, from what moms spend on birthdays, to childcare, to sleep, to self-care (we wish!), and beyond. Raising a child supposedly costs you a quarter of a million dollars, but it can honestly be more daunting to face the idea of spending $80 on bottle nipples in a single month. ![]()
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