New expenses

I think part of the meaning of life these days is to spend some money.
As such I have been shopping trader joes with no abandon.
I dont think I have an organic food budget.
Also I like to go the organic fruit and vegetable stands on Saturday.
Probably since I am getting sick of work I dont care anymore about saving money.

I also brought some stuff at lands end sale today- two 5.00 tees and one swimsuit top 18.99 and one polo 8.99 with free S and H.
Added to the dress I got at banana on my birthday last month and the pants
its a lot of money!

I am hesitating to buy stuff at amazon but I need a new sunshade for my stroller, and I wanted to try this mastic gum, raw manuka honey Ive been reading about on amazon.com.
I have horrible reflux and I think its time I invested some alternative meds in myself before I develop cancer. I am also getting some chocolate flavored DGL.
And of course my favorite natures bounty acidophilus yummy chewable tablets. Even my 18 month old baby loves them. They make her poop!
And she gets really constipated but they work really well.
more then 1 a day and she poops.
Other things that work on her include dried cranberries, prunes, yakult- a chinese made in mexico yogurt flavored drink with billions of live bacterial culture. Trust me it has so much sugar its really like mainlining dominos sugar. But its really good.
Im so glad chamomile oil works on eczema.
Its a great thing.

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bargains

Went to Modells today and got 2 pairs of shorts for 5.00 each both Adidas. Awesome.
Also went to Party City and bought Crypt Creature costume for son and Countess of Darkness costume for self - his was 10.00 mine was 5.00. Its a bit big but has all the parts and fits okay and is long and covers everything. So its safe to wear in the office.
Son has a Halloween costume party at camp and needs to wear one. While at Modells I also picked up a headband and wrist bands which he wanted to wear for Olympic day.
I bring the new costume home and he decided after trying on his old Batman costume, that he wants to wear his old costume from last year instead of wearing his new costume I just bought.

Watermelons were on sale at the ethnic grocery so I bought three.
yummy!

Thats it for bargains for right now.
I have been too tired and stressed out over work to freecycle. So that has not happened.

updates!

Ah I went to the party for about almost cost of nothing. I wore my black Ann Taylor dress which I got onsale and some black pumps from ebay for about 15 or so and my old blazer which I got as part of a suit onsale at Century 21- Jones New York for 99.00

I looked okay. My friend wore upscale stuff but she is always like that.
She has a lot of rental income coming in so its different plus she's older and has a lot to spend.

I had a great time. It was very nice in upstate New York.
There was a lot of food and I think I ate about 15 courses including trays and trays of appetizers.
Everything looked and tasted great.

Well I had to give my friend some money for her son's graduation so that ended up being the expense. But it doesnt happen everyday.
And he's a good boy so he deserves it.

Recently I have not spent a lot only on a pair of shoes black penny loafers which fit nicely.
I paid for my kids camp which was a lot but again my husband told me to pay for it.
Its annoying but he really is the spender in this relationship.
He is telling me now to spend on our summer vacation but I really don't want to since we paid for camp already. And that was a lot and painful!

But apparently he will keep hammering at me until I say yes.

I can't seem to save any money at all.
I do however need a haircut and I would really love a massage.
I have never really had one in my whole life and I would rather spend on a massage then on a vacation.

Other than that I have been trying to save and work some overtime not voluntarily but because I really have to, and do some hours on the weekend if not too hectic- wishful thinking. All hours on weekends are hectic!
and plain insane!
It just takes so much out of me though when I work Saturday that I try not to do so anymore. It just leaves me drained for the following week and I can't wake up until the following weekend when I rest.
Then the rest of the week I am semi-crabby due to fatigue. After taxes its not much and not worth it to do overtime sometimes. It ages you so much.

I think some major expenses since last time have been gas and groceries. Mostly snacks or stockpiling on things on sale. I have been trying to eat more steamed fish as I was told to stop eating cold cuts. And that gets expensive.

My child had to go to a birthday party and I had to buy two bionicles- that was about 50.00 or so. One for the kid and one for him= he had to have one of course. Cant buy one for the birthday child and none for your own.

When I went to Chicago on my conference, I bought some books at the Chicago Art Institute and some books on drawing which cost about 50.00 for my kid. Maybe he can be an artist and be happy and creative.
To get in cost about 25.00 or so. I walked there and back so no expenses there and took the bus home from LaGuardia so that was pretty cheap.
I was tempted to buy legos in the Nordstrom mall but didnt ultimately.
They had some nice star wars sets.
I picked up a great skirt at the gap for 15.00 but I really needed this skirt for the summer since I can't fit some of my clothes anymore.It was a great find. Once again I can find stuff in Chicago I can never find in nyc because its mostly sold out at certain sale prices. Whereas in Chicago its still there. This has happened twice already.
Oh yeah and I had to spend on airport food about 30.00 total- which is massive sounding but only like 2 sandwiches and 2 drinks.
Its pricey.


The city is really nice in the summer- in the winter its much colder and windier- and hard to stand still on Michigan Avenue. It was much greener this time around and with the lake melted, the boats were nice to spot, ferrying passengers around.

I still have to get my sister a gift for graduation so we'll see.

expenses of living in nyc- loss of peace of mind and my tendency to spend is gone.

What with me and my husband working we should have enough to survive in nyc
but the cost of our housing terrifies me and suddenly when I am in a department store the idea of spending just 50.00 on a trenchcoat scares me. Which explains why I walked out of Century 21 emptyhanded after 3 hours spent there because I was waiting for my car repair.
I just emailed my sister and asked her if she had a short black one (old) I could borrow and she said yes.
so that saved me 50.00. Yay.


I do however have to get a black bra for this affair I need to go to next weekend and I am going to use my Victorias Secret coupon if I can find it and if it is still valid to get 10.00 off at least.
I forgot to go to Kohls today to look for this bra. Didnt realize this affair black tie was next weekend drat.

Since signing on the contract, I have felt like Lady Macbeth a trapped woman unable to enjoy retail ever again. However I do glimpse my husband still enjoying retail. I think he is more secure with the purchase than I am. I am kinda a worrywart but a careful one.

Initial Entry

I forgot I started this blog what with working full-time and everything.
I've decided to just use this to blog what daily expenses I have and to use it to keep track since its hard for me to remember otherwise.

If I pick up some readers along the way, its great.

So today I spent 45.00 at the ethnic grocery store which is a lot in that store but I still have to do my Pathmark shopping weekly which usually costs more than that.

I use coupons on sale products but if I go with my husband he wants to get doritos chips snack products. Recently he started buying some chocolate wafers Lu which are about 4.00 a pack or so. I can't stand it but what can I do.
I think in every marriage there is a saver and a spender. In this one, he is the spender in most cases.

I went to Macys and walked right out. No sales today and only ugly clothes on sale.
I also went to Modells to find some cheap shorts but there were none.
I got 1.00 worth (3) of panfried dumplings and decided in the afternoon to try Ralphs Italian Ices. I got Mango 3.00 which was pretty good but when my throat gets better I am going to try the creamy ices. They looked great.

I was trying today to make up for the 16.00 I spent yesterday when I thought I lost my LIRR ticket and then I found it again. It made me mad today when I found it but I felt better - I thought my pregnancy was making me lose my mind. But I was ok.

Yesterday I spent a lot of money buying constipation food= like 1 packet blueberries. (2.99) 1 packet blackberries (2.50) 5 apricots (1.99) and 2 portuguese tarts from the deli near my workplace. They were lovely. I should have bought more but the store was closed after work.
I also had Raisin Bran for breakfast. All this and watermelon after dinner did help me get over the constipation at least.

So it was money well spent.

I would have brought some berry smoothies but they are too high carb and the smoothie king low carb smoothies have some grainy texture of the soy protein that tastes a bit artificial to me.

I have also acquired another bad habit- I love the taste of organic fruit. Right now I am eating Stop and Shop organic yellow delicious apples. They taste great.