Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary

a financial voyeur’s dream come true: all the intimate details of how, where, and why I spend money

Day 116: Another No Spend Day

I didn’t leave the house and I didn’t spend a dime!  :-)   The perfect day, in my book.

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Day 115: Christmas Day charity donation

Merry Christmas, everyone!
Last night was the first time since having children that I finished my Santa chores early enough, and with enough energy to spare, to attend the midnight service at church.  It was beautiful and worth every minute of lost sleep.  I got home at about 1:30am and the roads were clear and the [...]

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Day 114: Groceries Galore!

Christmas eve and The Daughter and I ran to the library and then went grocery shopping.  We took only one trip to the grocery store but we ended up going through the checkout line a full three times!
Does anyone else spend weeks shopping and feel like they’ve gotten way more than enough only to look at [...]

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Day 113: No Spend Day!

Ah, a no-spend day
Of course, I was so busy preparing for our big family bash that I didn’t get a chance to leave the house today.  I didn’t even get on-line today until just a few minutes ago and there’s only about 45 minutes left in the day.
Much fun was had by all, [...]

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Day 112: Returns, Groceries, & More Gifts

Costco — $43.06
Tanked up The Tank one more time before Christmas — I pumped 16.379 gallons @ $2.629/gal. and my odometer read 118,191.
Costco — $69.00

a shrimp tray with big yummy shrimp for tomorrow’s party — $26.99
18-ct Nest Fresh eggs — $2.99
a big bag of mini Babybel cheeses (also for the party) — $8.89
huge bag of [...]

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Buying Gifts: Equal Number or Equal Value?

I had an interesting conversation with the clerk at Kohl’s today.
While conducting the transaction, I mentioned that I had to guess as to how much to put on the gift card because I couldn’t remember how much I’d already spent on this particular grandchild.
As I heard myself say this, it occurred to me how much [...]

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Day 111: Christmas is Coming, The Goose is Fat, My Wallet’s Thin

Now, if I were into numerology I’d know the significance of the following fact:
  today is day #111 of my Daily $$ Diary and …
  I spent $111.11 at Target today — my first shopping stop of the day.
Just how weird is that?  I hope it’s not a bad omen or anything.  Then again, I hope [...]

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