Day 102: Co-pay, Quicksilver, and iTunes

Posted on | December 12, 2007 |

Another busy day spending money.

Doctor — $25.00
Had to take The Son in to the doctor today.  I’m concerned that he looked jaundiced; he ripped his big toenail bad during last night’s game; and I wanted a referral for whomever the Dr. would suggest we see next in our search for a diagnosis for our quirky boy.  The toe will heal, it’ll take a few days for the blood results to come back, and the Dr. suggested we start with a speech therapist since his learning difficulties seem to center around communication — written and verbal.

Wendy’s — $3.86
Being a creature of habit, The Son chose Wendy’s for his dinner tonight after his lesson.  He munched down on two Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers and a small vanilla frosty.

Vitamin Cottage — $2.59
I’m just as much a creature of habit as The Son ;-)  I snacked on an Odwalla Strawberry C Monster juice while The Son did his thing at orchestra rehearsal.

Marshalls — ($18.36)
I returned the scotty-dog nightgown I’d purchased for The Daughter — I purchased last week and learned a lesson with shortly afterward.

Marshalls — $78.30
I am so very sick of the stupid clicking noise that I have to listen to every time we play my iPod Nano in The Tank.  Neither of our vehicles has an MP3 port.  The Husband’s Subaru doesn’t even have a cassette player.  But The Tank does.  And I got tired of the kids arguing about which station we should listen to so I bought one of those cassette to MP3 adaptors.  It works fine but it clicks annoyingly.  And the clicking seems to be even louder lately.  So tonight I finally broke down and bought one of those charger/holder/broadcast-through-the-radio things ($39.99).  I’ve been told by Apple employees that these radio things don’t sound any better than cassette adaptors and since the adaptors are cheaper, I went that way.  But the clicking noise is just too much to bear any longer.

I also found a cool Quicksilver t-shirt ($12.99) for my nephew whose birthday is later this month; a nice “valet grooming kit” from Nautica in a fancy wooden box ($16.99) that will make a great stocking stuffer for The Son; and a four pack of Christmas-themed gift card pouches ($2.49).

Target — $29.82
Here I picked up a $25 iTunes gift card (for the same nephew mentioned above); a Matchbox car ($0.79) for The Daughter — I’ll explain tomorrow; and a package of 3M cord organizer hooks $3.49.

Costco — $31.66
I picked up:

• Goldfish crackers I forgot to get yesterday ($6.49);
• two cartons of 18ct. Nest Fresh eggs ($2.99/ea);
• and two bags of Lindt milk chocolates ($8.99/ea).

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