http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary HOW, WHERE, and WHY I spend our money Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:05:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Didn't leave the house.  Didn't spend any money.  Worked, read, and baked cookies  :-) http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/23/day-296-another-no-spend-day/ I skipped church today in favor of giving The Husband a day off by volunteering to drive The Son to his baseball game.  The Daughter, who does childcare at church, was able to drive herself.  The Son's game was way up north; our path up there lead right past The ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/22/day-295-no-spend-day/ We're having a big party over here later today -- part Father's Day celebration that didn't happen last week because our whole family was sick and part birthday celebration for the granddaughter and the grandson having birthdays in the next few weeks.  So this morning while The Son folded laundry ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/21/day-294-groceries/ Whole Foods -- $23.36 bag of organic pastry flour -- $2.49 2 whole chicken legs -- $2.00 1 large whole boneless, skinless chicken breast -- $8.46 Applegate Farm sliced smoked turkey -- $5.69 Bluesky soda -- $.89 Odwalla B Berrier -- $3.29 Indoor Skate Park -- $25.00 A $25 gift card for The Husband's grandson whose birthday is ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/20/day-293-groceries-a-gift-card/ Walgreens -- $34.72 Tuesday night The Son played right and left field during a 8pm baseball game.  Something out in the grass made a real meal out of The Son -- particularly his ankles.  Yesterday they itched; today he was in agony.  Poor kid has bite after inflamed bite on both legs.  ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/19/day-292-antihistamines/ Well, I think I've finally recovered from the virus that so violently attacked my body a few weeks ago.  But, Dear Readers, I feel so awful and my finances reflect that fact.  I'm not quite sure of the reason(s) behind my current state of ill-health but I suspect it has to ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/18/day-291-movies-gifts-groceries/ Sharebuilder -- $200.00 I bought another $196 worth or 6.7377 shares of GE stock through my Sharebuilder account (that's my $200 less the $4.00 fee). Over the past 8 years I've made a number of small ($100 - $200) purchases of GE stock and now have a grand total of 25.2054 shares.  Since ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/17/day-290-stock-market-gas-shampoo-late-night-wendys/ Vitamin Cottage -- $20.86 gallon of Horizon 2% milk -- $5.39 2 #s Horizon salted butter -- $4.99/ea. 2 cans Crown Prince albacore tuna -- $2.49/ea. Safeway -- $40.46 I filled up the Impreza's gas tank:  I pumped 10.378 gallons at $3.899/gal.  The odometer on this car reads 26,255. Chipotle -- $4.41 A large quesadilla with extra chicken ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/16/day-289-milk-gas-chipotle/ Five full days now and I'm still incapacitated with some sort of flu bug.  The Son is in full-suffer mode along with me (he's been sick for three days now) and today The Husband came home sick from work.  The Daughter has decided she's not going to catch it.  I ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/10/still-down-and-out-with-the-flu/ Dear Readers, First, let me express how deeply touched I am by those of you who reached out to me via email to see if I was okay.  It did my heart good to know that there are people out there reading my blog and who care enough to check up ... http://www.starrspun.com/dailydollardiary/2008/06/07/dear-readers-dont-give-up-on-me-just-yet/