The Dog Ate My Wallet

The Dog Ate My Wallet

Personal Finance in a World of Excuses

Category Archive: Sunday Evening Post

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Sunday Evening Post #34

Day  Amount Place Category Wednesday  $    7.94 Cafeteria Allowance  $  13.84 Safeway Groceries Thursday  $    7.69 Teriyaki Allowance Friday  $  24.08 AutoZone Car  $    8.94 Safeway Groceries Saturday  $  67.73 CostCo Groceries  $  41.97 Safeway Groceries Sunday  $260.00 Fryes Allowance I think this is accurate. This week has been a little off. I spent some cash on other days as I was running around, but I normally don’t count cash I have on hand. Tuesday nightread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #33

Day  Amount Place Category Tuesday  $    6.50 Cafeteria Allowance Thursday  $  10.50 McDonalds Eating Out Friday  $  13.50 Subway Eating Out  $  51.00 Gas Car Saturday  $  70.00 Saffron Eating Out Sunday  $  55.00 CostCo Groceries Just over $200 this week. Considering that we got back $230+ from CostCo, returning things we had bought for the MIL, we’re actually at a net positive for the week on this kind of spending. Obviously the big news ofread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #32

Day Amount Place Category Monday  $  50.00 Gas Car Wednesday  $    5.00 Cafeteria Allowance  $  32.00 Old Spaghetting Factory Eating Out Friday  $    6.50 Cafeteria Allowance Saturday  $  25.00 CostCo Groceries Sunday  $  26.00 Qdoba Eating Out Under $150 this week. That seems really nice, though it is a little deceptive, since we got our CostCo refund check (of over $100) and used that this weekend. Still, a week of not too much spending, even thoughread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #31

Day  Amount Place Category Monday  $  70.00 Massage Allowance Friday  $300.00 Adoption Agency Child Saturday  $  80.00 Safeway Groceries Sunday  $    2.00 Starbucks Allowance  $  50.00 Gas Car This was a good week, spending wise. Yes, I got myself a massage on Monday. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have been able to turn my head the entire week. I put that expense under allowance, but on some level, it is medical. I have a very messedread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #30

Day  Amount Place Category Tuesday  $     3.52 Cafeteria Allowance  $     9.28 Safeway Groceries Wednesday  $   10.00 Dentist Medical  $   23.07 Qdoba Eating Out Friday  $   42.48 Gas Car Saturday  $   60.00 Saffron Eating Out Sunday  $ 107.66 CostCo Groceries  $   23.76 Target House Under $300 this week, which isn’t bad. I now have some file boxes that will help me sort paperwork tomorrow when I spend some quality time working on de-cluttering our office (and perhapsread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #29

Day Amount Place Category Monday $150.00 Car Service Car Thursday $80.00 Gas Car Friday $275.00 CostCo Groceries Sunday $7.00 Starbucks Allowance $90.00 Fred Meyer Groceries $12.50 Safeway Groceries A little over $600 this week. The car service will come out of the car account, and the gas wasn’t just filling up the car but also three of our reserve tanks as well. $110 of the CostCo spending was renewing our membership. In a few weeks we’llread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #28

Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $46.12 Gas Car Thursday $42.20 Seafood City Groceries $19.38 Dinner Eating Out $5.92 Petsmart Pets Saturday ~$45.00 Safeway Groceries Sunday $19.56 Safeway Groceries $30.61 Mud Bay Pets Finally, down to under $200 spent this week. I’m not certain about how much I spend on Saturday because I seem to have lost the receipt and the debit hasn’t posted online yet, but I’m pretty certain I estimated high. It’s been a nice,read more…

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Sunday Evening Post #27

Day Amount Place Category Monday $274.85 Plumber House Tuesday $7.69 Lunch Groceries Wednesday $10.98 Lunch Eating Out $14.24 Papa Murphys Eating Out $111.75 FinCon12 Allowance Thursday $21.79 Gas Car $500.00 Ins Deductible Car Friday $29.60 Old Spaghetti Factory Eating Out $7.64 Half Price Books Allowance $30.43 Target School Saturday $28.01 Target Allowance $35.53 Bed Bath & Beyond House Sunday $5.00 Starbucks Allowance $30 Gas Car 77.18 CostCo Groceries $25.00 Gift Allowance Over $1,200 in spending thisread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #26

Day Amount Place Category Monday $52.00 Pedicures Allowance $32.52 Lunch Allowance $118.95 Shoes Allowance Friday $151.71 CostCo House Saturday $27.02 Safeway Groceries $131.40 Shoes Allowance   We only spent money three days this last week, and yet, we spent over $500. *sigh* I knew Monday was going to be a spend day for me. Every MLK day, I take one of my oldest friends out for her birthday- pedicures and lunch is our tradition. Back inread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #25

Day Amount Place Category Monday $21.98 Albertsons Groceries Wednesday $4.39 Lunch Groceries Friday $17.00 Olive Garden Eating Out Sunday $4.00 Starbucks Allowance $41.00 Gas Car $560.00 Vet Pets   Spending this week is kind of illusory. We went to CostCo on Monday and Friday, but used our gift cards, so we didn’t spend any money out of the account. On Tuesday, while on his way to class, C was in a car accident. A woman pulledread more…