How much did you spend on this hobby last year?

I don’t what to know, at my age the total could trigger a heart attack, LOL.  I know this, it was more then I should have but less then I could have if I had bought all the things I have on my wish lists.

I’m not exactly in the position to buy a ton of new product, but I look for sales, and get credit from using my credit card on other purchases, that I use to buy dies, etc. I can’t put a number on what I spent, as most of it was discounted or even free with my credits.

Oh my. I'm not certain it would be wise to put that number out in the open. I will say I took both the C&CD card classes, All of the PF card classes, and I think both PF Scrapbooking events plus monthly shopping, and it isn't pretty. I have vowed to cut way, way back this year.

For giggles, I downloaded my credit card transactions.  I spent just under $4,000.  What surprises me the most is that of all the stores, AliExpress was where I spent the most money.  45% of my crafting dollars was spent at 4 places: AliExpress and Concord & 9th for product and PinkFresh and Crop & Create for events.

The Concord & 9th spending is interesting.  It's double what I spent at any other store. Who knew I liked them so much!   

I also have zero regrets about spending this much money on crafts. This is really my only vice.

Last year on stamping products I spent roughly $1300, and $650 on classes. Yes, I'm a dork and keep track of all our spending categories. I think it's interesting to see the changes over the year.

I don't keep track of hobby costs specifically. We have a category for "fun" in the spending spreadsheet which includes a lot of different things and my bank's yearly spending breakdown was not very helpful. It looks like I spent about $350 at scrapbook dot com and $150 at a couple of other brand shops. No paid classes or events. My envelope costs are fairly high $150ish? but they are effectively a donation, as is the cost of postage to card charities. Maybe another $50 for digital scrap supplies.

I just organized a huge box of new pretties. I wrote up 6 pages of a list of said pretties that I bought in 2023 and haven't used yet. I'm scared to think of the amount I spent.