Where It All Went: July 2012

July 20

Carl's Jr on the way to the airport: $6.49. There is a Carl's Jr inside LAX, but this meal would have cost twice as much there.

Tabloid to read while waiting: $3.49

Daily total: $9.98

July 19

There was a death in the family. $775 for last minute plan ticket to attend funeral.

Flowers: $85.99

Clothing from Ross: $64.13

Daily spending: $925.12

July 18

Medical copay: $20

July 17

Sandwich and chips: $4.57

Groceries from Smart & Final: $12.83

Daily spending: $17.40

July 16

KFC: $2.18

Ferrero Rond chocolates: $3.99

Daily spending: $6.17

July 15

3 loads of laundry: $7.50

July 14

12.5 gallons of gas: $46.43. The price is inching back up again.

Gluttony at an all you can eat buffet: $22.95

Daily spending: $69.38

July 13

12.5 gallons of gas: $45.96

I went and relived the 80's at Howard Jones concert with a bunch of other 40ish people in the valley.

Human's Lib tshirt: $25.00

Remastered CD's, Dream Into Action/Human's Lib: $25.00

Daily spending: $95.96

July 12

Tye die dress: $64.90

Suede jacket: $44.90

Sweater: $55.60

Electrostim unit: $89.90. It works about as well as what I can get at the physical therapist, so this is actually a worthwhile investment.

Daily spending: $255.30

July 11

The safety regulations at work got changed, so I'm no longer allowed to have the electric tea kettle in my office. So now if I want tea at work, I have to buy it. Another $1.85 gone.

Salad for lunch. Inflation has set in on this one too; it's still $4.68 but now they only give us half an egg instead of a whole one.

Daily total: $6.53

July 10

Kraft Lunchable: $3.19

July 9

Tea: $1.85

Orange chicken and broccoli beef: $5.40

One load of laundry: $3.25

Daily total: $10.50

July 8

No spending:-)

July 7

Peach Perfection Jamba Juice: $4.30

Hair cut: $75.00

Groceries from Trader Joe's: $76.15. I have a love/hate relationship with this store. I spend a lot of money for food that I like, but don't get very much.

Daily total: $155.45

July 6

Ocean Spray grapefruit juice: $2.00

Fish sandwich combo: $6.08. It used to cost $5.69.

Daily total: $8.08

July 5

Tea: $1.85

Pizza Hut breadsticks: $2.48

Stuff from Target: $54.89

Daily total: $59.22

July 4

Freedom from spending!

July 3

Produce from farmer's market: $9.00

Dinner from KFC: $3.24. Same as yesterday.

July 2

12.5 gallons of gas: $45.74. It's finally gone back down to $3.65 a gallon.

Groceries from Ralph's: $8.06

KFC: $3.24

Business cards from Vista Print: $22.99

Medical copay: $20.00

Daily total: $100.57

July 1

Didn't buy anything, but sold nine unnecessary/unused items on Ebay.

June 30

Two loads of laundry: $6.00

Papaya, oranges, and pears gone bad: $4.00

Daily spending: $6.00
Total wasted: $4.00
June 29

Ritz peanut butter crackers: $0.49

Groceries from Food 4 Less: $47.70

Moldy avocados: $0.80 wasted. The farmers market bags all of its stuff up near the end of the day, and you have to buy the entire bag or nothing at all. I only wanted 2-3 , but ended up with 7 or 8.