It was planned, but I spent $1800 on a week long vacation in the TCI and my rescue diver certification.
The certification is a step (the last one) before I can get certified as a dive master, which could become a nice side hustle (I dive for free AND I make money doing it? Sounds great).
Also, I spent a total of $400 on clothes because in a month I'll be moving back to Italy definitively because of a new job, where clothes are significantly more expensive.
Expense included something like 10 polo shirts from Aeropostale at $9-10 each for Black Friday, in Italy a similar quality polo would cost me $70 minimum and three hoodies for $20 each ($100 minimum in Italy).
I will probably buy also a couple pair of Levi's jeans ($50 in the USA, $150 in Italy) and a pair of sneakers ($50 for a pair of Nike here, $120-130 in Italy).
Yes it is an expense but I should then be able to go on without buying almost any sport casual clothes for another 5 years approximately.
I am trying to offset a bit by selling stuff, but November savings rate is going to be low, in the 30-40% range at most.
Should rebound considerably in December, as my moving costs will be close to zero (relocation is paid for by new company) and will not be paying rent in December (will be taken out from security deposit).
Being in NYC, no rent means a pretty substantial boost to savings.
We will see.