Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary

a financial voyeur’s dream come true: all the intimate details of how, where, and why I spend money

$$: Clothing

 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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$$: Health & Clothing

Computer Lesson — $0.00
Another fabulously productive One-to-One computer lesson on my iMac at the Apple store.   The $79 (usually $99 but as a homeschooler I get their educator’s discount) I spent on that year of One-to-One instruction is unquestionably one of the best values and wisest purchases I’ve ever made.
Panda Express — $0.00
For a [...]

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$$: Panda Express, Groceries, a Book & a Shirt

Ugh.  Today did not go as planned.  The Son and I had an appointment for a One-to-One lesson at the Apple store.  I was really looking forward to it.  The Son asked for some time on the computer which I reluctantly gave him because it was a little too early to get packed up.  I [...]

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Day 199: More Electronics

Why is nothing ever simple?  And why are there times in my life when I seem to leak money from every pore?
The problem with being a gadget-hound is that new gadgets open the wallet floodgates.  It’s never a simple matter of buying a new gadget.  No.  There are always new wires, new cables, new adapters, [...]

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Day 193: A Bushel of “Apples”

My mom and I visited the Apple store today.  Man, that was an expensive outing!  ;-)
The reason for the visit — my mom decided that she wouldn’t have room for her 2-yo PC (tower, keyboard, and 15″ LCD monitor) now that she’s moving from her own house into a bedroom in my sister’s house.  She’s [...]

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Day 185: BIG Expenses Today

I managed to spend a boat-load of money today.
Costco — $153.42

massive roll of weed barrier cloth — $32.79
3-bag rolling laundry sorter — $39.99
2 pair of Dockers cargo shorts — $14.99/ea. (for The Son)
1 pair of Speedo swim trunks — $12.99 (for The Son)
Nautica men’s short sleeve shirt — $18.99 (for The Husband)
2-pk Orowheat Whole Wheat [...]

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Day 164: Gifts and Underwear

The Great Underwear Search of ‘08 continues.  After a few moments of mom vs. son lack-of-communication tension last night, it came out that The Son’s lack of comfortable underwear is interfering in his life.  The Son, already no big fan of social situations or leaving the house, is even more reluctant to get dressed and [...]

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