$$: Groceries, Meds, Tests, & Pizza

Posted on | September 30, 2008 |

I’m still not driving though I feel myself improving by leaps and bounds and the Vicodin-induced fog is definitely lifting (my last pill-popping session was the 1/2 a Vicodin I took on Saturday night). And when I’m not driving, I’m generally not spending. Interesting correlation, that.

The Husband came back from the office to convey The Son to classes mid-morning and I hitched a ride so we could pick up my thyroid meds prescription and stop by my bank. You know, the local used-to-be-WaMu-but-they-were-seized-so-now-it’s-Chase branch.

The gal at the Kroger pharmacy desk was friendly but lacking in basic intelligence and couldn’t figure out how to apply my Kroger loyalty discount to my purchases so they were rung through at full price and The Husband and I had to stop at the courtesy desk on the way out to get our refund. The clerk rang it through and handed me $4.17 in cash which I, in turn, handed over to The Husband. He was thrilled to get some lunch money.

The charge on my Kroger-Rewards-1-2-3 card will show as being for $24.42 which included:

my prescription co-pay — $10.00
Kroger cheddar cheese — $2.99
Kroger processed cheese slices — $5.39 (we will not even go into my reaction upon hearing that The Husband regularly buys this cr*p and stores it in his little fridge at the office; oh, well, he’s a big boy and at least he doesn’t try to bring it home)
Breyer’s chocolate ice cream — $5.69

That would have been the sum total of my spending today since The Husband dropped me off at home after our errands and there I stayed for the rest of the day. But each of the children ended up needing a check written to their school so at the 11th hour, I ended up spending additional money.

The Daughter’s School — $27.00
This check covers the testing fee for both the PSAT and the PLAN. She took both of these tests last year and wants to take them both again this fall. Now that she’s a junior she’s also ready for the grown-up version of both tests — later this year we’ll have to pay for her to take both the SAT and the ACT.

The Son’s School — $2.50
The son’s school program (just a few classes two days a week, he’s still officially homeschooled) offers various hot lunch options. This time it’s pizza and what boy doesn’t like pizza? And while we’re on the subject of pizza, explain this to me: how can a child gag on the finely crushed powder of a pill well mixed into soft ice cream and yet be able to inhale an entire slice of pizza without chewing?

The $2.50 will buy him two slices of cheese pizza and a soda.

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