Day 167: Stupid Tax, Co-Pay, more Underwear, & Chocolate Milk

Posted on | February 15, 2008 |

Doctor Co-Pay — $25.00
The Daughter left me a novel-length note this morning before she left for school.  The gist was that she’s feeling yucky and wanted me to make a doctor appointment to make sure she doesn’t have mono.  I knew she was being alarmist but since we’re getting ready to leave town for a week and I know she’d got some kind of bug, I figured I’d take her in really quick and make sure she doesn’t have strep.  The quick strep test came back negative.  The doctor and I both guess she just has a cold.  While there we went ahead and got her set up with the third and final Gardasil shot.

Library — $13.20
The Daughter’s late fees.  It was about a year’s worth of slowly building, minor one- or two-day fines but they eventually added up to an ugly Stupid Tax.  I’ve been on the fence about who should pay these fines.  Part of me thinks she should have to pay them herself.  But in all honesty, most of the fault is mine.  She still can’t drive and often she’ll give me a book to take back and it will take me and extra day or two to get it done.  She’ll have her license in another month — that’s when she’ll definitely have to start taking responsiblity for these herself.

Target — $30.97

• 3 pack of Eclipse gum — $1.50
• wall calendar — $9.99
• 2 cartons Horizon chocolate milk — $3.99/ea.
• a 5-pack of Hanes men’s briefs — $9.49

Related Posts for Further Reading

• Day 102: Co-pay, Quicksilver, and iTunes
• Day 205: Clothes, Books, Meds, & Milk
• Day 203: Duct Tape, Parking, Food, Easter, Clothes
• Day 185: BIG Expenses Today
• Day 166: Colonics, Underwear, Groceries, Bedding, and Speech Therapy
• Day 101: Definitely NOT a No-Spend Day

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