Daily Archives: April 19, 2008

Day 231: A No-Spend Day

Ah, another no-spend day — but only in the most lit­eral sense. I didn’t spend any money.  The Daugh­ter, how­ever, did — in my stead.  She drove her­self to the mall to meet some friends to do some shop­ping in prepa­ra­tion of their upcom­ing school dance.  The Daugh­ter needs a strap­less bra.  She found one at Tar­get [...]
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Windy Weather Edition: Roundup and Link Love

March is going out like a lion — and it’s 2/3’s the way through April!  I finally man­aged to talk The Son into going to the park for some sprint­ing and pitch­ing prac­tice but the wind did do it’s best to make the prospect unap­peal­ing to both of us  Roundup Here are the lat­est arti­cles I starred in my Google reader: Trent at [...]
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Investment or Indulgence? The Shaving Kit Saga

Ear­lier this month, as reported in my Daily $$ entry, I spent a rather large chunk of change on some shav­ing equip­ment for The Son.  A week later, I spent another large amount of money on shav­ing prod­uct.  I imag­ine that some peo­ple will have trou­ble under­stand­ing how I could spend so much money on [...]
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