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

$$: No (Direct) Spending Today

Total Spent Today: $59.18

I’ve been feeling sick for well over a week but today my body took it to a whole new level.  I’m a little concerned that I have an infection of some type — about 12:30 today I realized I was in a great deal of pain.  [Now I'm no hero immune to pain but honestly [...]

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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 207: Political Donation & Food

Obama for America — $10.00
What is this, my third or fourth donation?  I’ve been meaning to donate again for the last few months but never seem to get around to it.  I know it will never happen, but I threw my $10 into Obama’s pot so I’d have a chance at his latest “dinner with [...]

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Day 161: Gifts, Gas, Groceries, Art Supplies & A Clean Car

A busy, busy Saturday for Suburban Wife today 
Michael’s — $13.74
Art supplies for a diorama The Daughter has to make for school.
United Artists — $25.00
Gift card for The Daughter to give to a classmate at his surprise birthday party tonight.  The Daughter and another classmate or two are going in on the gifts together [...]

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Day 124: Gifts and Office/School Supplies

Today involved a ton of running around — many, many miles on the car and mucho time spent sitting on my ever-expanding rear-end.  Days like these leave me feeling exhausted and frustrated.
After practice at noon, we (my mom, The Daughter, and I) stopped by Office Depot where I spent $24.29.  I needed an expandable check [...]

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Day 12

Office Max — $30.95
Academic 2007-2008 pocket calendar; 5-pk red pens; 2gb SD card for camera to replace the one I gave to my Mom while on vacation to replace the really lousy one she was using.
Whole Foods — $14.94
3 chicken legs, 1 chicken breast, organic tomato, local pears
Music store — $11.78
Position Pieces for Cello sheet [...]

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Day 3

Office Max — $11.39
pocket dividers, 2 wireless notebooks, 1 pkg heart-shaped Post-Its
Kroger – $16.41
milk, eggs, carrots, green onions, tomatoes, celery, squash, cereal
Kroger — $7.32
ground beef and distilled water (for the CPAP) because the first store didn’t have the meat I needed and I forgot the water

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