Day 72: Oysters, Hoodies, and Pain Reliever

Walgreens — $6.45
Does anyone else have a 13-yo who can’t swallow pills? In all honesty, I couldn’t either at that age. I can’t even remember when I learned to swallow pills but I think I may have even been in my 20’s. Anyway, The Son can’t swallow pills and he’s still sick and feeling lousy. [...]

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Day 71: No Spend Day!

The Son is still sick and The Husband was able to pick up The Daughter from practice so I stayed home all day and didn’t spend a penny! Of course, I’ll make up for it tomorrow

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Day 70: Sushi & Ankle Braces

The Son is nursing a pretty bad cold so I left him at home today — this gave The Daughter and I a few hours together without the pressures of rushing to an activity or decompressing from school. A nice break for us.
Church — $20.00
Weekly offering.
Handyman — $70.00
He worked several hours yesterday installing the rebar [...]

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Day 69: New Shoes & Spaghetti

The Son was feeling under the weather today so it took a minor bribe to get him to come along on a shoe shopping/sister-pickup trip without a big fuss.
Just so you don’t get the wrong idea on how I relate to my children, it wasn’t a bribe at all. He wanted to stop by [...]

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Day 68 — Ugh x 3: Shopping Futility

Day Three in what seems like an unending string of “ugh” shopping days. I seem to take one step forward and then one step back and I’m definitely not following my own shopping advice.
Marshalls — ($32.41)
The Husband and I had an errand to run up north so we took the opportunity to stop by Marshalls [...]

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Day 67

Wendy’s — $3.52
Two hamburgers and a vanilla frosty for The Son after his lesson before heading off for orchestra rehearsal.
Costco — $19.32
Ugh. This is the kind of trip I just hate! I’ve been wanting to get up to the north Costco because I’d been told that they carry a larger selection of organic items and [...]

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Day 66 (part 2)

Sorry, forgot to include this expense in the previous post:
My Mom — $25.00
Family. They can really complicate money matters, can’t they?
Last Saturday, The Daughter and I stopped in at Target and picked up the new Pink CD as a birthday gift for my sister. I don’t always buy my siblings birthday gifts; in fact, more [...]

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Day 66

Kroger — $67.35

1.24 lbs. Coleman ground round — $7.43
Applegate sliced turkey — $4.99
Hillshire Farms ham — $3.99
Hillshire Farms turkey — $3.99
Dole Orange/Peach/Mango juice — $3.34 (saved $0.35)
Dole Kiwi Strawberry juice — $3.33 (saved $0.36)
Breyer’s Oreo Cookie ice cream — $2.50 (saved $3.19)
Nature’s Path toaster pastry — $3.00 (saved $0.49)
Nature’s Path toaster pastry — $3.00 (saved [...]

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Day 65

A rare occasion — a “no spend” day! Of course, other than taking a walk with The Son, I didn’t leave the house — not even to pick up The Daughter from school because she stayed home sick today.
Tomorrow’s going to make up for it though — it’s slated to be a crazy, busy [...]

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Day 64

It appears that the stomach flu might be going around our house so I didn’t get around to visiting both Wild Oats and Whole Foods — just Wild Oats because it’s on the way home from church. Once I was home I couldn’t bring myself to leave the house again. I’d been planning on getting [...]

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