Day 242: No-Spend Day*
Actually posted on May 4 — still traveling but finally in a location where time and internet access are available at the same time.
I had a no-spend day — in that I didn’t spend any money directly. My mom and I walked for miles and miles and had a great time, took tons of photos, [...]
Day 241: Tolls, Food, & Nail Clippers
Actually posted on May 4 — still traveling but finally in a location where time and internet access are available at the same time.
Toll Charges — $12.00
More expressway toll charges. They’re almost unheard of where I live but here in the East they seem to be a fact of driving life.
McDonald’s — $1.15
Can you believe [...]
Day 240: Toll Charges
Actually posted on May 4 — still traveling but finally in a location where time and internet access are available at the same time.
Expressway Toll Charges — $8.00
In this part of the country, we made good progress but not without a cost.
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Day 239: Milk & French Fries
Total Spent Today: $3.82
McDonald’s — $3.82
The first day of our drive across the country (me, my mom, and my mom’s dog — aka The Girls). My mom got a hankering for some Micky D french fries. I had lunched on a cold leftover buttermilk biscuit with smoked turkey sandwich (quite yummy, actually) and figured I’d [...]
Day 238: More Car Mats & Trip Preparation
Total Spent Today: $ 114.77
Net Spent Today: $ 68.70
Advance Auto Parts — ($46.07)
My mom decided that what she liked the best about the Betty Boop floor mats was the dark color — not so much the Betty Boop figure. At least not $50’s worth. So we retuned the funky floor mats and $46.07 went back [...]
Day 237: Auto Floor Mat Insanity
Total Amount Spent: $50.35
Yesterday’s trip to the car wash, fairly expensive in it’s own right, got a little more expensive today.
This morning, while driving home with my from the closest drive-thru Starbucks window (her coffee habit, she paid), I looked down for some reason and realized that I’d left her passenger-side floor mat at the car [...]
Day 236: Lavage, Food, Parking, & Auto
Total Spent Today: $211.57
Lavage appointment — $70.00
Kroger — $10.00
I picked up my monthly synthroid prescription at the pharmacy.
Kroger — $32.28
Ban deoderant — $2.39 (saved $0.60)
2 cartons Horizon chocolate milk — $3.19/ea. (saved $0.50/ea.)
Tostitos “scoops” corn chips — $3.49
2.33 lbs. Russet potatoes — $2.31
.48 lbs. Tomatoes — $1.44
mini carrots — $1.99
organic baby romaine lettuce — $3.00 [...]







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