The Daughter and I made a library run this afternoon -- we both had a stack of DVD's on hold and I had several Personal Finance books waiting as well. Oh, and The Son had a Raymond Chandler book on hold.
While we were at the library, I remembered that yesterday's shower had been one of frustration and fear that I wouldn't be able to shake enough shampoo out of the bottle to properly wash my finally-starting-to-grow-out-but-still-way-too-short hair. So we dashed across the street to Ulta for a bottle of shampoo ($13.93).
Which reminds me -- I hate shopping in Ulta. I really need find another source for my Matrix Biolage shampoo. I hate Ulta because they put the shampoo in the very back so I have to walk past all of the overpoweringly stinky, asthma-inducing perfume-y smells just to pick up a bottle of shampoo. Did I see someone buy Biolage at Target the other day? I'm going to have to check that out.
And before leaving for the library, the daughter and I had decided that the best way to use the entire Pyrex casserole dish of left-over mashed potatoes (brought home from yesterday's Thanksgiving feast) was to make a Shepherd's Pie. So after the library and Ulta, we popped into Whole Foods for about 1.75 lbs of ground turkey thigh ($7.67). That, plus the left-over candied yams, rutabagas, brussel sprouts, and pie made a wonderful dinner. 
Over dinner we looked at Time's What The World Eats photo essay as mentioned by Eric @ A Penny Closer (thanks, Eric, for that fascinating link). I suggested that as a family we try to keep a food diary for just one week. No one else was interested. I think I'll keep working on them -- I think it would be a fun and fascinating exercise. Enlightening as well.
Not the "no spend" day I'd been hoping for but not too bad either -- especially considering it was Black Friday.
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Thanks for the link! I’m glad you liked the article. I’m still going back to those photos and I think I see something else new and interesting each time. It’s fascinating.