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

$$: Dec 16 - Groceries & Supplement

Total Spent Today: $77.96

Whole Foods — $52.26

Whole Foods organic Farfalle pasta — $1.99
Whole Foods organic Fusilli pasta — $1.99
365 Lasagna pasta — $2.99
1/2-gallon Horizon chocolate milk — $3.99
1/2-gallon Horizon 2% milk — $3.19
91% lean ground beef — $5.35
fresh mozzarella log — $7.99
Organic Valley ricotta cheese — $7.49
Whole Foods grated Parmesan cheese — $3.99
fresh fruit cup — $3.74
2.08# navel [...]

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$$: Meat and Potatoes

Ugh.  Friday’s are tough because The Daughter gets one car and The Husband and I have to share the second one but we both have busy schedules because The Son’s in class on Friday and I volunteer.
Whole Foods — $11.06

2.83# organic russet potatoes — $2.80
@ 3# ground turkey thigh — $8.10

The plan is to make [...]

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$$: Gifts, Meds, and Groceries

Total Spent Today: $133.50

Ah, finally catching up with my Daily $$ posts.  I’m really tired and desperately want to go to bed but I refuse to until I’m all caught up.  So, without further ado, here we go:
Kroger — $10.00
We dropped off the doc’s prescription yesterday and I picked up my new thyroid meds today.  I’m now taking [...]

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$$: Dec 9 — Recycling on the Cheap

Total Spent Today: $84.48

The Home Depot — $47.94
Our “waste management” company recently announced that they were greatly expanding the list of recyclable materials they’d collect. This, combined with the fact that they went “single stream” a while ago and the fact that they pick up recyclables only every other week means that our old recycling tub just [...]

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$$: Dec 8 - Medical Expenses and Christmas Gifts

Total Spent Today: $324.01

Ugh.  Still trying to catch up on my Daily Dollar postings.
Physical Therapy — $25.00
Another physical therapy session for The Son.  His range of mobility continues to improve; he’s so very close to full range.  Actually, the therapist says he has an extended range of mobility — one that a baseball pitcher would envy.  For years [...]

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$$: Dec 4 - Groceries & Sweat Pants

Total Spent Today: $82.67

Please forgive me.  I’m still catching up on past Daily $$ posts.
Kroger — $63.18
Who wouldn’t love getting $100’s worth of groceries for $63?  Here’s how I did it.  First, I saved $7.56 by using my Kroger loyalty card.  Then I applied $30 worth of Kroger grocery checks — earned through using my Kroger 1-2-3 Rewards [...]

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$$: All The Usual Suspects

Total Spent Today: $79.56

Ah, another day in suburbia; another day in the life of a suburban wife and mother.
Physical Therapy — $25.00
We started the day with a physical therapy session for The Son.  His broken clavicle is healing nicely and PT is coming along nicely too.  The therapist gave The Son several additional Range-of-Motion exercises as well as [...]

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