Day 149: Liquid Gold & Groceries

Posted on | January 28, 2008 |

I only made three purchases today.  Two were for liquid gold — or, rather, liquids that cost a fortune.

Safeway Gas — $54.72
Most afternoons The Daughter gets a ride straight from school to practice.  Then The Husband picks her up and brings her home.  Most of my chauffeuring duties these days involve The Son.  But every once in a while I am called upon to pick up The Daughter from school.  Today was one of those days.

But before I could go very far, I had to tank up because The Tank was empty!  I pumped 20.199 gallons @ $2.709/gal.  The odometer read 119,478.

Starbucks — $7.16
On the way home, The Daughter very humbly and sweetly requested a stop at Starbucks.  Having no good reason to say no, I said yes.  When we got there, I called The Son and asked if he wanted anything.  Well, naturally.

So we walked out with one caramel frappachino and one vanilla bean frappachino.  Liquid gold.  The kids assured me they were delicious.  And they both remembered (without any prompts and quite independently) to say “thank you.”

Treats for the kids:  $7.16.  Knowing they have a good chance of growing up civilized:  priceless.

Daughter’s School — $200.00
I ran out of Kroger gift cards weeks ago but kept forgetting to buy more.  Since I was responsible for today’s pick-up, I stopped in the office and purchased some.  If I remember correctly, the school gets 5% of all grocery gift card purchases — that would mean $10.00 for the school.  Easy money for an excellent cause.

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