$$: Dec 7 - Pool Fees
Total Spent Today: $140.00
Today was a no-direct-spending day. It was a quiet, stay-at-home (other than church, of course) day. I didn’t spend any money directly but I did receive an email this evening to confirm that my credit card had been charged for The Daughter’s pool fees this month.
Swim Team — $140.00
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$$: Pool Fees, Swimming Gear, and Food
Total Spent Today: $171.86
The Daughter and I were supposed to do some shopping/errands today but she had a mid-afternoon babysitting gig that took longer than expected. Thus we got a late start and only got one errand run because the stores starting closing and I had to be home to fix dinner (hey, don’t you call having the kids [...]
$$: Gas, Juice, & Small Loan
Total Spent Today: $53.00
Today was a very loonnnnnnnng day.
I went to bed at 11:30pm last night. I woke up this morning at 4:45am — about 15 minutes before my alarm was due to go off. The Daughter’s volleyball team made it into the state Regionals tournament which was being held today — in a very small, remote town over [...]
$$: The Day’s Expenses plus Swim Meet Tips
Today The Daughter attended her first swim meet since rejoining a competitive swim team. She took a 2-1/2 year break from competitive swimming and in that time I’d managed to forget both how much I hate swim meets and everything I’d learned about what to take with me.
As a reminder to myself and perhaps to [...]
$$: Chocolate Milk, Chocolate Candy & Snow Pants, etc.
The Husband and The Daughter did a “driving-day” switch (DD usually drives herself to school on M, W, & F; DH gets the other car on those day; I get nothing) so I had a car at my disposal. Thus, I got some errands done.
Kwal Paints — $25.16
I lied. There’s no way I’m going to [...]
$$: Church, Dining, Groceries, Cosmetics, & Swimming
Church — $50.00
It’s been weeks since I’ve made an offering at church — either because I didn’t attend (after my surgery) or because I didn’t have a check with me. Today I wrote an extra large offering check to make up for all of those skipped weeks.
Whole Foods — $31.67
The kids are definitely preferring Whole [...]
Day 259: Cultural Experiences & Plastic Bins
Total Spent Today: $220.86
Audition — $15.00
The Son’s teacher and I convinced him to audition in hopes of being moved to the next level in his community orchestra. I fear he won’t be advanced but I’m glad he had this experience — the work of preparing a piece and the agony of auditioning. In other news, [...]







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