Money Diaries: A software engineer in Dublin living with her boyfriend and three flatmates during the shutdown

TheJournal.ie reader WELCOME TO HOW I Spend My Money, a series on TheJournal.ie running weekly and looking at what people in Ireland really do with their cash.

Last week, we met a 43-year-old technician working from home on €35,000. This week, a 29-year-old software engineer who lives with her boyfriend and three flatmates describes how she’s saving a lot more while working from home.I am a 29-year old female, living in Dublin with my boyfriend in a rented house with three other occupants. I normally work in an office in Grand Canal Dock and get the train in but since the outbreak, I have been working from home.

1:00 pm: When I’m back home, I make a sandwich and grab a packet of crisps from a multipack I bought two weeks ago. I eat in front of my laptop and spend the rest of the day focusing on writing code. 9:50 am: Get a text from my dad to say he’s keeping himself busy on his farm since he’s not working during the lockdown. We check in with each other every couple of days.

9:00 pm: I go for a shower and start getting ready for bed. We watch an episode of a TV show in bed and have an early night.Wednesday 29 April 9:00 am: We have a bit of a lie-in and I get a delivery from Zalando.ie which I had ordered previously . One pair of leggings didn’t fit right, I asked my housemate if she had any interest in them or else I would return them. She wanted them and gave me €20 for them . I ordered another two pairs of leggings which cost €47.40 from Zalando.

If it was a normal Wednesday, I might be going to the cinema with the girls from work. The Savoy does a meal deal for €11 on Wednesdays and we would normally walk down to the cinema from work and grab food before the movie. Instead, I have a lazy evening of watching TV and tackling the jigsaw puzzle.

12:45 pm: Finish up a meeting and make a sandwich for lunch again with crisps. Also, finish off the melon. Have another go at the jigsaw while eating. My boyfriend tells me he has ordered paint for my car to touch up some scrapes on it. It’s €10 and I transfer it to him using Revolut. It’s a strangely quiet Friday in work, I normally have a lot of meetings but only have one this afternoon.

Jesus wept having read a lot of these all I can conclude is that people are leaving loads of information out or they're all boring cunts 😔

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