Stop spending money!!

[Fun&care]

Hi everyone

I am relocating into a bigger space (from condo to house) and I just want to keep buying things for the daycare! I think I have an addiction to shopping so when I tell myself it's just an investment for my business it makes it okay lol but its not okay. I keep spending so much money and I cant seem to figure out what's worth the investment and what isn't.
For example I spent around $400 dollars on a felt board/felt stories/felt learning material and some multicultural lessons. Another $300 on the new Melissa & Doug snack&treat cart. I am obsessed Etsy so I thought it was a good idea to buy a felt garden with a mini felt apple tree for $200, wooden washing machine for $250 and a play pantry that "goes perfect" with a $350 Melissa & Doug play kitchen that I just had to have.
Ugh, I regret spending my money because parents just really don't seem to care but at the same time I think everything looks so much nicer. I am already planning on spending $2000 on kid's furniture/storage (and other cr@p, of course) once I move.
I would really like to know what you would spend your money on and what you wouldn't. I did have to spend more because I don't have kids and didn't have anything to start with but now I feel like I am just buying too much.

2000$ on furniture and storage sounds like waaaaaaayyy too much (for me). Even looking on how much you spent on felt stuff etc just seems like quite a lot. Does your husband not completely flip out?!?? Lol! Mine would have a heart attack and drop dead if I told him I spent 2000$ on daycare stuff! He freaked when I spent about 400$ on IKEA toy storage units!

I don't want this to come off as rude but if I had the money to spend on all those supplies...I would instead just keep it in my pocket and not bother running a daycare at all

The only item I spent big on was my table and chairs because I wanted a quality one not a flimsy IKEA set. I spent 450$ on that. Almost everything else was bought second hand or on sale for CHEAP.

I guess it all comes down to how much you can afford, and also how long you plan on doing daycare. The other thing to consider is wear and tear...it can be surprising how quickly kids can completely ruin toys/furniture, they are just so rough and I would be stressed right out if I had spent that much and they just ruined it