Day 57

Posted on | October 28, 2007 |

Church — $15.00
Weekly offering.

Einstein Bagels — $17.10
I knew The Son’s Supersize Me-induced soda moratorium would be short lived After all, he’s 13 and skinny as a bean pole. It doesn’t bother me any since I consider it my job to limit his soda intake. We ordered our usual Dozen Bucket Deal (13 bagels and 2 tubs of schmear), a Sprite, one chocolate mudslide cookie (for The Son), and one purple iced baseball cookie (for The Daughter — it didn’t help, the Rockies were swept by the Sox tonight — boo hoo).

Thrift Store — $31.14
The Daughter needed to shop for her Hallowe’en costume so we stopped by on the way home from church. She found a red skirt and orange turtleneck for her costume (she and a friend are doing some kind of Scooby-Doo theme) plus a black skirt for everyday wear and a cheap costume wig she’ll wear to school tomorrow. I found a pair of khakis for The Son that he’ll need to try on tomorrow to check sizing. This particular store allows returns for store credit.

Target — $15.32
The Daughter found a Beatles tee she just had to have and she picked up a pair of footless tights that she’s been wanting. She has to dress up for school on a regular basis because team members dress up on game days. I’m just happy that she’s willing to wear something on her legs under her skirts on these cold days. She’s gone over her clothing budget/allowance for the month so I’ll have to sit her down and show her the numbers and make it clear that next month’s clothing budget/allowance will be reduced by the amount she went over this month.

Naturally she found a pair of high-heeled shoes she fell in love with on the way out of the store but I was quite firm in saying no. She called her Grannie to ask for help in persuading me to change my mind and everyone had a good laugh over it. One simply cannot underestimate the value of a sense of humor when dealing with teens!

It wasn’t until this evening that I realized I’d forgotten to check to see if they’d restocked their laundry detergent aisle with Tide Free I’m about 1/2-way through my second box and will need more before too long. I hate running out. Also forgot that I needed plastic wrap again. Ugh.

I did take a look at the men’s watches in anticipation of Christmas. The Son needs a new wristwatch as his youth sized Timex barely fits around his wrist. I’d really like to get him an analog watch but he might balk at that. It’s still early enough that if I can get him into the store and just happen to be near the watch section so we might as well take a look at them, he won’t necessarily put 2 and 2 together; and even if he does he’ll have enough time to completely forget the event so that when a new watch ends up in his stocking he’ll be mildly surprised.

Shoe Store — $37.86
My first official Christmas present purchase for 2007. I bought a pair of black high-heeled shoes for The Daughter — she’s been bugging me about this particular pair of Mudd shoes for about a month now. The heels are pretty high but thick so she won’t look like she’s tottering. They’re black with open toes, a more flattering look than these silly thick rounded toes I’m seeing everywhere these days, and a wide grosgrain ribbon. The return period is 90 days so I’m safe buying them for Christmas. I’m pretty sure I figured out the size right the last time she tried them on — I have to be a lot more sneaky and devious when dealing with The Daughter than with The Son — and you never know whether she’ll still think they’re cute in another 2 months. I was thrilled to hear that the return period was long enough that I wasn’t taking an unprotected risk buying them for Christmas.

and today I made two returns:

Gap Outlet — ($37.81)
I returned the two pair of size 16 khakis I purchased for The Son last week [see entry].

Sports Authority — ($22.68)
I returned one of the two pair of basketball shorts I bought for The Daughter [see entry]. I think she’ll agree with this decision after she gets a look at her clothing budget/allowance and be glad that she’s not an additional $22.68 in the hole for a pair of shorts.

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