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- Jan 14, 2018
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So, I know I am not the only one, but my plan since December of 2019 was to custom make diamond hoop earrings, each stone .40 carats, ps quality. I was saving and saving and saving to have achieved that goal in July of 2020, of course, after having placed $XX amount of dollars in our savings account first! Given the current situation, my husband and I are very lucky! We are both still receiving our full salary working from home. we have saved money because we have no commuting cost, I put our cleaning company on hold for 6 weeks so we are saving money there, my daughters summer camp plus after school tuition was cancelled so more money saved there, we are not eating out so money saved there. In the past, I would teach a summer course just so that i would have extra bling money. I am still teaching over the summer but given the current situation, and I think from here on out tbh, I cannot fathom spending this money on diamonds! Don’t get me wrong, I still would like to splurge, but instead of my budget being $100 it is now $30 lol. Even that is frivolous! What scares me is when they are saying that it is going to fall and peak time after time and when it peaks, we have to shut down again. I keep thinking, what happens if my husbands job is not going to pay him the next time around there is a peak? I hope I am not coming off as insensitive or superficial but this virus has completely shook me. Anyone else’s future purchase been put on hold?