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

Day 293: Groceries & a Gift Card

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 later this month.

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Day 244: More Gifts from NYC

Actually posted on May 4 — still traveling but finally in a location where time and internet access are available at the same time.
Uni Qlo — $15.50
A cool t-shirt with a cobra graphic — for The Grandson #1 whose birthday is later this month.
Uni Qlo — $39.75
A fabulous light-weight down jacket for — myself!
Parking — [...]

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Day 243: Gift Shopping in The Big Apple

Actually posted on May 4 — still traveling but finally in a location where time and internet access are available at the same time.
My mom and I are in The Big Apple (aka New York City) visiting my brother, my sister-in-law, and my niece.  They live in Manhattan just blocks away from Ground Zero.
Today we [...]

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Day 112: Returns, Groceries, & More Gifts

Costco — $43.06
Tanked up The Tank one more time before Christmas — I pumped 16.379 gallons @ $2.629/gal. and my odometer read 118,191.
Costco — $69.00

a shrimp tray with big yummy shrimp for tomorrow’s party — $26.99
18-ct Nest Fresh eggs — $2.99
a big bag of mini Babybel cheeses (also for the party) — $8.89
huge bag of [...]

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Day 110: Brushing Up, Dressing Up, and Bagels

The Son and I had dental cleaning appointments first thing this morning.  No co-pays (gotta love that) and we each left with a brand new toothbrush.  I also got a tube of sensitive tooth paste  ;-)   Sometimes aging sucks.
On the way home, The Son — in starvation mode because it had been nearly two whole [...]

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Day 80: The Claritin Saga Continues plus 1/2-Ton of Cement

Kroger — $89.20
The Clarinex saga continues.  To recap: we switched insurance carriers on Oct. 1 but due to a paperwork snafu, we didn’t receive our insurance cards until about the near the end of the month.  I refused to pay out of pocket for Clarinex so I went without for the month of October.  When my [...]

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