Monthly Archives: October 2008

Halloween: Frugal Costumes Bring in Record Hauls

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 31, 2008
I will say right now, I’m not a big fan of Hal­loween. I hate the com­mer­cial­ism. I’m not big on the scary stuff or the gore. I don’t like the con­cen­tra­tion on candy or kids walk­ing around after dark. And I despise the very con­cept of pay­ing hard-earned dol­lars on incred­i­bly tacky and over-commercialized store-bought [...]
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$$: Gas, Juice, & Small Loan

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 31, 2008
Today was a very loonnnnnnnng day. I went to bed at 11:30pm last night.  I woke up this morn­ing at 4:45am — about 15 min­utes before my alarm was due to go off.  The Daughter’s vol­ley­ball team made it into the state Region­als tour­na­ment which was being held today — in a very small, remote town over [...]
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$$: Clothing

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 30, 2008
 Gap — $32.39 While at the mall today for my One-to-One appoint­ment at the Apple store, I stopped in the Gap store.  They still had their “worker can­vas” pants on sale.  The Son tried them on last week but the 32“x34” size had been too big in the waist.  I decided to see if they had [...]
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$$: Food (plus, I voted!)

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 29, 2008
The Son and I ven­tured out on our new elec­tric scooter again today.  This time our des­ti­na­tion was the pub­lic library about 8 miles away.  I wanted to vote early and pick up some din­ner fixings. I walked out of the library with my “I voted” sticker proudly dis­played.  The Son walked out with a Don­ald [...]
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$$: Groceries, Investment, & House Painting Services

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 28, 2008
Before bor­ing you with today’s pur­chases, I want to share the fun.  The Husband’s Christ­mas present was deliv­ered yes­ter­day.  I spent the bet­ter part of the after­noon uncrat­ing it, get­ting adjust­ing the brakes and mak­ing nec­es­sary adjust­ments, and then rid­ing it around the neigh­bor­hood.  I had to make sure every­thing was safe and secure, right? Man, [...]
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