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

$$: Gas, Water, & Food

Water Co. — $116.62
An outrageously high water bill this time (we get billed every two months).  Our bill in August was higher than normal and it had a little note saying that a potential leak might exist and that we should investigate and get it repaired.  Well, I blew it off because I’d done way [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Day 265: Utilities, Groceries, and New Tunes

The only out-of-the-house shopping I did today was a quick trip to the grocery store because we were all out of milk.  The Husband paid a couple of utility bills today and gave me the receipts so I’ve included them as well.  My final spending of the day was in the form of a late-night iTunes [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Day 99: Another No-Spend Day*

The weather’s yucky (freezing cold and a couple inches of new snow) and I woke up with a bad stomach-ache so we skipped church and just stayed home.  Staying home definitely increases my chance of having a no-spend day though with the Internet and my credit cards at my finger-tips, it’s no guarantee. 
The reason for the [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Day 90: Gutter Balls!

Ninety days!  Wow, who’d a’ thunk it — that I would have the stick-to-it-iveness to bore you all with every minute detail of my daily $$ expenditures for three whole months?
As usual, I’ll list the money I spent today but then I’ll also list the household bills that The Husband himself took care of throughout [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Day 11

Barnes & Noble — $8.60
Another book for The Son. Usually he’d make purchases like this using a gift card but 1) it was a spontaneous visit, and 2) I still owed him a bit of book credit in exchange for the Best Buy gift card he has but will never use.
Wild Oats — $36.19
Dinner for [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati

Day 9

I didn’t leave the house today and therefore didn’t spend any money! Maybe I should stay at home more often The daughter was too sick to go to school. The Son and I did lessons at home today. I did contact Comcast about the error on their latest bill. They’ll be crediting $39.98 to [...]

Share and Enjoy:
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Categories

  • Tag Cloud

  • Archives

  • Pages

  • Recent Comments