Walgreens — $6.45
Does anyone else have a 13-yo who can’t swallow pills? In all honesty, I couldn’t either at that age. I can’t even remember when I learned to swallow pills but I think I may have even been in my 20’s. Anyway, The Son can’t swallow pills and he’s still sick and feeling lousy. Typically I’m not one to medicate myself or my children but I like to keep basic meds on-hand just in case. We were all out of Junior-strength pain reliever so I made a quick stop and picked up a new bottle of Motrin ($5.99).

Safeway — $51.67
The price of gas is inching up. The Tank’s tank was pretty low and we have miles to go tomorrow. Plus the fact that despite the chill, tomorrow’s supposed to be chillier so I stopped for a quick (well, not-so-quick) fill up. I pumped 17.23 gallons @ 2.999/gallon. The odometer now reads 116,665.

Vitamin Cottage — $35.82
We were all out of a few staples but didn’t feel up to making a serious list or doing any type of meal planning so I went armed with a very small list of essentials and kept an eye open for sales. I don’t know how long there’s been such a shortage of sale tags on the shelves.

• organic olive oil — $8.15
• Rudi’s bread — $4.09
• Amy’s frozen cheese snacks — $3.25
• Alta Dena cheddar cheese — $5.19
• organic string cheese — $4.25
• gallon of Horizon organic 2% milk — $4.95
• 3 tins of smoked oysters — $1.69/ea (saved $1.98/ea.)

That’s a great price on the smoked oysters. The sale lasts through mid-December. I’m going to have to remember to pick up a few tins for Santa — I’m pretty sure he’ll want to put a few in The Son’s stocking this year

Cello Teacher — $105.00
Check for 4 upcoming lessons. Tomorrow we’ll look at our calendars to see which weeks will be missed due to the upcoming holidays. This check might very well take us to the end of the year.

The Daughter’s School — $90.00
The Daughter approached me last night with an order form for sports team paraphernalia. I took it to be a good sign that she was embarrassed and hesitant to show it to me. It means she’s taking my budget-keeping seriously and had a clear sense of the gravity of her request.

She wanted to know if The Husband and I would purchase any or all of the available team-related gear being made available. The most expensive ($60) is a hoodie sweatshirt in the team/school colors customized with her last name and jersey number. Next was a pair of breakaway track pants ($20) in the team colors. And finally a long-sleeved t-shirt ($10) with the team mascot/name on the sleeve and school logo on the chest.

The Daughter said she’d be more than willing to count the items as her Christmas gifts this year.

I showed the list to The Husband and he didn’t bat an eye; just said fine, cut a check from the joint household account. He’s so amazingly easy-going. Actually, he just loves being able to provide these extras when they are important to the recipient. The Daughter’s having a great time attending school (she was homeschooled for her first 8 grades) and he loves being able to provide the experience. She’s having a great time participating in the school sports and he loves that he can facilitate that.

The school’s athletic director didn’t get his stuff together early enough last year to make these things available to the kids. The Daughter’s a Sophomore and will keep the same jersey and jersey number this year and the next two so whatever we buy her now will still be applicable all the way through her senior year. And lastly, the school doesn’t have letters and therefore letter jackets so this gear is in lieu of a letterman’s jacket.

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