Daily Archives: November 15, 2008

$$: Beef, Cupcakes, and Gas

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 15, 2008
Still sick.  Sick of being sick. The Husband’s special-needs son is about to turn 41.  We cel­e­brated tonight because he joins us for din­ner every Sat­ur­day.  He loves meat­loaf — but I had no ground beef.  I did have left­over Twice-Baked Pota­toes from last night and broc­coli I pur­chased yesterday. Whole Foods — $9.11 2+ # of 91% lean ground [...]
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Christmas Lemonade: Making the Most of Tough Times

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 15, 2008
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. With the econ­omy on the rocks and the hol­i­day sea­son fast approach­ing, I’ve been doing some heavy-duty pon­der­ing.  Like many Amer­i­cans, I’ve decided that we’re going to have a small Christ­mas this year.  Much smaller than in years past. But instead of mak­ing a big deal out down­siz­ing our Christ­mas (a [...]
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A Son’s Epiphany and A Mother’s Lesson

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 15, 2008
photo credit: Ti H²O The Son had a finan­cial epiphany recently.  As silly as it might seem, it was one of the proud­est and most grat­i­fy­ing expe­ri­ences of my moth­er­ing career so far — akin to watch­ing him take his first step or learn to read. The Son is 14.  He has gen­er­ally shown very lit­tle inter­est [...]
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$$: More Clothes, More Food, and Some Returns

By Suburban Wife | Published: November 15, 2008
As pre­dicted, my no-spend-day streak did not extend to a third day.  I man­aged to pro­cure a vehi­cle for the bet­ter part of the day but to do so I had to get up and get mov­ing ear­lier than I wanted to.  I won’t insult you reg­u­lar work­ing stiffs by telling you [...]
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