Day 203: Duct Tape, Parking, Food, Easter, Clothes

Posted on | March 22, 2008 |

Today was just another day in the life of a Suburban Wife.  My sister decided at 9:30 in the morning that her son (The Nephew) simply had to fly home today because she simply couldn’t bear to not have him home for Easter.  And she’s not even a Christian.  [Grow up!]  The kids and I were due to leave the house at 10:30 and had the better part of the day planned out in a fairly tight and precision schedule.  So The Nephew had to get packed up and everyone had to get dressed and ready in go in less than an hour.  It was not a stress-less morning.

Safeway — $37.03
Filled up my mom’s car (which we’re making full use of while it’s in town) — pumped 12.066 gallons @ $3.069/gallon.

Ace Hardware — $8.60
A roll of duct tape that we needed to tape the treasure hunt clues to signs and fire hydrants, etc in preparation of tomorrow’s big Easter Treasure Hunt at church.

Wild Oats — $
The Husband came and fetched The Son from our church/treasure hunt activities so he could take the boy to practice.  The Daughter, The Nephew, and I stopped in for a quick lunch on the way to dropping The Daughter at the site of a friend’s recital.

We consumed:

• two slices of pizza
• one sushi tray
• two Odwalla juices

Airport Parking — $4.00
This last-minute unplanned airport errand ate up a full 3-1/2 hours of my day and cut The Nephew’s visit short and let my kids and I all feeling abandoned and bummed.  Did I mention that my sister should grow up?

Best Buy — ($12.36)
Best Buy — ($21.51)
Best Buy — ($22.68)
I returned all three cables that I’d bought that ended up either being the wrong type of cable or the wrong length.  They should have constitued two return transactions but somehow the clerk managed to require four transactions (he had to completely redo one because the original store had a different tax percentage than the store I returned to).  I should receive my Amazon order with the correct cables/lengths tomorrow.

Best Buy — $30.00
Two $15 iTunes gift cards that the Easter Bunny intends to give to The Son and The Daughter in their Easter baskets.  The Daughter’s been talking about experimenting with buying a movie through iTunes — this will give her some money to play with.

Target — $28.21
More candy, some cello gift bags, and a few party favors for the Treasure Bags for the kids at church tomorrow.  I got a call last night saying that we’d probably end up with almost twice as many children as we’d originally estimated.  The Daughter came through with her promise and did a great job of filling the bags.

Old Navy — $44.63
A baseball jersey, a long sleeved black t-shirt, and a ripstop hoodie jacket for The Son.  He rejected the baseball shirt ($3.49) because he doesn’t like the feel of the raglan sleeves.  He liked the jacket okay but not enough to justify the cost ($34.50) so it, too, will be returned.  He approves of the long sleeve tee ($3.49) even though it’s a size Large and he’s really just moving into a size Medium.  This will give him a long-sleeved baseball uniform option for cooler weather.  We still don’t have a black turtleneck which is sure to prove a disaster at some point this spring but no one still has t-necks in stock.

Wild Oats — $27.75
My final stop of the day — to pick up the ingredients necessary to make a lasagna to take to tomorrow’s Easter potluck.

• 2 cans tomato sauce — $1.69/ea.
• 1 small can tomato sauce — $0.99
• package of 1.5 lbs ground beef — $5.95 (to be frozen for later use)
• package of 1.5 lbs ground beef — $5.91 (for immediate use)
• mozzarella cheese — $7.99
• ricotta cheese — $2.99
• bag credit — ($0.10)

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