Monthly Archives: November 2007

Day 90: Gutter Balls!

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 30, 2007
Ninety days!  Wow, who’d a’ thunk it — that I would have the stick-to-it-iveness to bore you all with every minute detail of my daily $$ expen­di­tures for three whole months? As usual, I’ll list the money I spent today but then I’ll also list the house­hold bills that The Hus­band him­self took care of through­out [...]
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Day 89: Grocery Store Triple Whammy

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 29, 2007
I ran the Gro­cery Store triathlon today — hit Kroger’s, Wild Oats, and Vit­a­min Cot­tage all on the same day.  I’m exhausted and the gro­cery bud­get is worn thin.  No, it’s busted.  I went over this month’s gro­cery bud­get by $14.27.  On the other hand, we’re almost $25.00 under on our Din­ing bud­get. The [...]
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Advice Please — To Insure or Not To Insure

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 29, 2007
Again, I’ve got a puz­zling finan­cial ques­tion and I’m turn­ing to my read­ers for help. To insure or not to insure, that is the question.… Per­haps you’ve read my Intro­duc­ing The Cast of Play­ers post or all of my About Me post­ings and already have a bead on my finan­cial and health sit­u­a­tion.  If not, here it is in [...]
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Day 88: Dining, a Donation, and Floor Cleaner

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 28, 2007
Wendy’s — $3.86 The Son dined on two Jr. Bacon Cheese­burg­ers and a medium root beer for din­ner in between his les­son and orches­tra rehearsal tonight.  Now that we’ve cut back on the amount we (mean­ing the kids) eat out, The Son really looks for­ward to his weekly Wendy’s fix. MacDonald’s Hard­wood — $16.21 A gal­lon [...]
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Day 87: Gas, Groceries, and Gifts

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 27, 2007
I ended up mak­ing pur­chases I hadn’t antic­i­pated but over­all it was a very pur­pose­ful and pro­duc­tive day.  Yeah, there were one or two unnec­es­sary impulse buys but that’s what comes with a trip to Costco at Christ­mas time, right? Costco — $100.99 I went in for juice boxes and those Izze sodas.  OMG!  Do you know what those things cost?!  $11.45 for a [...]
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