The Dog Ate My Wallet

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Sunday Evening Post: #79

Okay we’re late in the day, but at least it’s still Sunday this time around. It’s been a rather stressful week. The car had to go in for service, and we didn’t get it back until Friday. We also babysat a 4 year old Thursday night and Friday, as well as her little dog. We have learned that 4 dogs are a bit too much for our house- but it’s not us, it’s the dogs. Theyread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #75

Day Amount Place Category Monday $4.00 safeway groceries Tuesday $8.00 lunch allowance $140.25 christmas shopping allowance Wednesday $19.37 CostCo groceries $6.50 parking car $19.50 tax & tip eating out Thursday $55.00 christmas gifts allowance Friday $77.00 saffron eating out Saturday $39.25 christmas gifts allowance $16.25 trading post groceries $8.00 trader joes groceries $23.75 CostCo groceries Sunday $39.50 safeway groceries It was a busy week. Besides shopping for Christmas at home, I had the Christmas party atread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #74

Day Amount Place Category Monday $9.00 dominoes allowance Wednesday $6.00 parking car Thursday $56.25 CostCo groceries $21.75 Trader Joes groceries $50.25 Fred Meyer groceries Friday $8.00 Safeway groceries Saturday $10.75 Movie allowance Sunday $40.00 Gas car Wednesday, we went and saw the King Tut exhibit. Our Living Social deal for it had been expensive, but for some reason, I hadn’t thought that much about it. Well, the reason it was so expensive was that it cameread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #73

Day Amount Place Category Wednesday $49.25 Old Spaghetti Factory Eating Out Thursday $142.75 Condo Water Heater Rental $104.00 CostCo Groceries Friday $83.25 Flogging Molly Allowance Sunday $45.75 Safeway Groceries It has not been an exciting week, and that’s fine with me. At work, we’re all adapting to our new world and just moving along. At home, we’re enjoying some quiet time before my birthday/the end of the world and Christmas. We don’t really do Christmas gifts,read more…

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Sunday Evening Post #71

Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $80.75 CostCo Groceries $12.00 Safeway Groceries Wednesday $23.00 Safeway Groceries $15.75 Qdoba Eating Out Saturday $61.00 Gas Car It was a quiet week, mostly because I was sick and didn’t have the energy to do much this week. Thanksgiving at our house on Thursday went quite well, and Saturkeyday at my friend EB’s house was a lot of fun. C made a creole cornbread stuffing for that (because I volunteered usread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #69

Day Amount Place Category Thursday $28.00 CostCo groceries Friday $100.00 Clothes allowance $46.00 shoes allowance $5.50 safeway groceries Saturday $96.00 safeway groceries $21.00 supercuts allowance Over half of what we spent this week, I spent on a new blazer, earrings, and boots. Then I got my hair cut (happens about once every 6 months). And would you believe, I’ll spend more on this coming Thursday for a manicure. Yes, it’s a lot of money for “oneread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #67 (Monday Evening Edition)

Day Amount Place Category Monday $24.00 movie allowance Tuesday $12.00 petsmart pets Friday $10.00 safeway groceries $46.00 gas car Saturday $33.50 trader joe’s groceries $16.50 WoW allowance Sunday $5.50 Left4Dead2 allowance So having a 4 day weekend meant that I forgot about this post last night, and then almost forgot about it tonight because today is Monday. As the week went, there was not a whole lot of spending, which is good. My weekend has beenread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #65

Day Amount Place Category Monday $23.00 safeway groceries Tuesday $54.75 steam allowance Wednesday $25.00 SODA pets Thursday $32.25 olive garden eating out Saturday $15.00 contest entry allowance Not a whole lot of spending this week. This is our first weekend getting back to the every other week CostCo run, and while there are things we’re low on, we’re definitely fine not having gone. I will be going to Safeway every Monday for the little things thatread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #64

Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $19.81 safeway Groceries Wednesday $52.00 safeway Groceries Friday $39.50 costco Groceries So I have to say, I was happily surprised when putting together this week’s spending report. I felt like we were spending more because I was at the grocery store last Sunday, and again on Tuesday and Wednesday, but aside from grocery shopping, we didn’t actually spend any money this week. The trip Wednesday was also not because we forgotread more…

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Sunday Evening Post #63

Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $14.50 safeway Groceries Wednesday $27.25 teriyaki Eating Out Thursday $8.25 safeway Groceries Friday $200.00 APICS allowance $80.25 Frys allowance $19.50 terrible beauty Eating Out Saturday $60.75 costco Groceries sunday $8.50 parking car $12.00 ice cream Eating Out $27.25 safeway Groceries Crazy at work led to a pretty relaxed weekend. On Friday, I finally paid the membership fee to join APICS, one of the professional societies for Operations managers. After work, weread more…