$$: Just Another Sunday in the ‘Burbs

Posted on | November 9, 2008 |

I’m still feeling like dog barf so I sent the kids to church by themselves this morning. There really are great advantages to having a child with a driver’s license.

When they got back, The Son elected to stay home to play on the computer and complete some chores (including cleaning the kids’ toilet and his room). The Daughter had to come as hers was the main errand we needed to run.

Costco — $3.00 (cash)
Pizza and a soda for The Daughter’s lunch.

Costco — $5.38
Passport photos of The Daughter. She hopes to do a foreign exchange block this year in a Spanish-speaking country. Since getting a passport can take a while, I wanted to get this part of it done asap.

Did you know that passport application fees are $100!?! I had considered getting passports for all four of us (mine expired over 20 years ago, The Husband has never had one) but when I found out how much they cost, we decided to just get The Daughter’s at this time.

Costco — $88.60

case of Propel — $10.89 (I really hate the fact that I let The Daughter buy this cr*p)
box of Goldfish – $6.19
box of assorted Frito Lay snacks — $10.45 (The Daughter takes these in her bag lunches)
Taster’s Choice coffee — $10.99
case of Nature’s Path organic toaster pastries — $7.99
24-pk of AAA batteries — $11.39
36-pk of AA batteries — $13.69
8-pk of 9v batteries — $13.99

Target — $97.29

Green Works toilet bowl cleaner — $2.59
Jergens lotion — $1.89*
Jergens lotion — $5.64*
Pantene shampoo — $3.79*
Pantene conditioner — $3.79*
Goody hair bands — $2.19**
Conair 2-brush pack — $5.99**
Conair rollers — $9.99**
Vicks humidifier — $29.99
2 Kaz humidifier filters — $6.14/ea.

* chosen by The Daughter; paid for by me
** chosen by The Daughter; charged against her monthly clothing/costmetics allowance

Kohl’s — $8.39
I’m looking for a pair of PJs to give The Husband’s handicapped son for his upcoming birthday. The Daughter never needs an excuse to look at the sales racks in the junior’s department. I struck out; she didn’t.