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

$$: 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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$$: Just Another Sunday in the ‘Burbs

I’m still feeling like dog barf so I sent the kids to church by themselves this morning.  There really are great advantages to having a child with a driver’s license.
When they got back, The Son elected to stay home to play on the computer and complete some chores (including cleaning the kids’ toilet and his [...]

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$$: 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 [...]

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Day 290: Stock Market, Gas, Shampoo, & Late Night Wendy’s

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 GE is close to being [...]

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Day 241: Tolls, Food, & Nail Clippers

Actually posted on May 4 — still traveling but finally in a location where time and internet access are available at the same time.
Toll Charges — $12.00
More expressway toll charges.  They’re almost unheard of where I live but here in the East they seem to be a fact of driving life.
McDonald’s — $1.15
Can you believe [...]

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Day 236: Lavage, Food, Parking, & Auto

Total Spent Today: $211.57 
Lavage appointment — $70.00
Kroger — $10.00
I picked up my monthly synthroid prescription at the pharmacy.
Kroger — $32.28

Ban deoderant — $2.39 (saved $0.60)
2 cartons Horizon chocolate milk — $3.19/ea. (saved $0.50/ea.)
Tostitos “scoops” corn chips — $3.49
2.33 lbs. Russet potatoes — $2.31
.48 lbs. Tomatoes — $1.44
mini carrots — $1.99
organic baby romaine lettuce — $3.00 [...]

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Day 216: Towels, Make-up, Lotion, and Groceries

Bed, Bath & Beyond — ($3.23)
I had to return/exchange one of the six towels I purchased last week (one of the side seams came loose in the wash and there was major fraying going on there).  I also returned one of the two bathmats I purchased and bought a different style in it’s stead.
The exchange [...]

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