February 23, 2013

February 23, 2013

13 gallons of gas: $55.98.  It's back up to $4.29 a gallon.

Haircut with scissor-happy stylist: $55.00.  My hair grows like kudzu, so it won't make any difference by the end of next month.

Parking garage in Hollywood: $12.00

Daily total: $122.98

February 22, 2013

Postage: $1.69

Return postage for ring that didn't fit: $6.95

Turkey and roast beef spinach wrap: $4.99

Pizza from Little Caesar's: $5.45

Daily total: $19.08

February 21, 2013

Microsoft Zune from Ebay: $51.00.  I had one of these in 2007 and loved it, but it got broken.  Microsoft discontinued the Zune altogether last year, but I think this is the best MP3 player I have ever owned.  It's a toss-up between this and the Creative Zen 6GB; I absolutely hated the Ipod function on the Iphone that I used to own.

Chicken stir fry: $4.99.  It's kind of hard to mess up stir fry, but the cafeteria at work managed to do it anyway.  Would you like some grease to go with your chicken and vegetables?

Daily total: $55.99

February 21, 2013

Turkey sandwich and bag of Cheetos: $3.28

Groceries from Food 4 Less: $13.39

Daily total: $16.67

February 19, 2013

Postage for job application: $5.05

Fish tacos from Bajamar: $5.50

Daily total: $10.55

February 18, 2013

Chick Fil A combo meal: $6.92

One load of laundry: $2.75

Daily total: $9.67

February 17

No spending:-)

February 16, 2013

Return postage for jacket that didn't fit: $6.95

Groceries from Trader Joe's: $75.33.  I haven't been here for a few months.  Two Buck Chuck, the $1.99 store brand wine, is technically no longer two bucks.  The price has gone up to $2.49.

Stuff from 99cents Only store: $23.91

Daily total: $106.19

February 15, 2013

February 15, 2013

Biscuit and gravy breakfast at work cafeteria: $1.69.

Lunch: $6.68.  $3.49 for the lentil chips and $3.19 for the Kraft Lunchable.  Both items equally tasteless.

McDonald's filet-o-fish combo: $5.88.  I could care less that's it's Lent, but you would think they would maybe do a special on this because so much of the world is doing meatless Fridays for the next 6 weeks.  No price break, though.

Daily total: $14.25

February 14, 2013

Return postage for 2 pairs of shoes that didn't fit: $8.95

Turkey burger combo: $6.97

My headlight burned out on the way to work.  Replacement bulb: $11.98.  Honda needs to get a clue: no one should have to remove the air intake in order to reach the headlight and change the bulb.

Daily total: $27.90

February 13, 2013

Little Debbie peanut butter bar: $0.50.  Generic Zyrtec allergy medication:$4.29.  The allergy meds had the most wasteful packaging ever.  Thirty tablets in a gigantic bottle that could have held 250, and the paper box it came in was three times the size of the bottle.

Twiggy of London Union Jack jewelry: $69.70

Daily total: $74.49

February 12, 2013

Fish tacos from Bajamar food truck: $5.50

Groceries from Smart & Final: $29.27

Daily total: $34.77

February 11, 2013

12 gallons of gas from Mobil: $50.83.  It's back up to $4.15 a gallon, and the price has increased more than 50 cents in less than month.

YBF makeup: $37.10

Daily total: $87.93

February 10, 2013

February 10, 2013

Gluttony at Pink's Hot Dogs: $11.90

Stuff from Target: $55.39.  I returned one of the ankle braces that I purchased earlier this month and purchased a different brand that fit better.  The envelopes are to ship 2 of the 15 items that I sold on Ebay today.

Daily total: $67.29

February 09, 2013

4 loads of laundry: $12.50

Korres shower gels and lotions: $37.10.  Incredibly expensive compared to what I could buy at a drug store, but this brand simply works better for my dry skin.

Money well spent a long time ago: about $7 for the socks and $20 for the yoga pants.  The socks have stretched to the point where they slide into my shoes and rotate around the soles of my feet.  I think I purchased them in early 2009.  I bought the yoga pants while living in New Zealand in 2007; the drawstring finally broke.

Money not well spent: the giant bottle of Miracle Whip.  I ended up throwing half of it out.  The large bottle cost $2.93, versus the $4.53 that I would have paid for a smaller bottle that would have been completely used up.

Milk that never got opened before it went bad: $1.62

Daily total: $49.60
Total wasted:$3.44

February 08, 2013

Chicken adobo tacos from White Rabbit food truck: $7.00

February 07, 2013

Taco salad and water: $5.99

February 06, 2013

Fish sandwich combo: $5.68

Groceries from H&K market: $15.62

Daily total: $21.30

February 05, 2013

Roast beef lunch from work cafeteria: $5.99.  It was a bad flashback to the school lunch program.

Daily total: $5.99

February 4, 2013

February 4, 2013

Meatless Monday is an international public health initiative that encourages people to eat vegetarian on Monday, to both improve their own health and the health of the environment.  I had tofu yesterday, and tofu for lunch today.  Dinner was the KFC Monday special: $4.34.  So much for meatless Monday this week.

Daily total: $4.34

February 3, 2013

Super Bowl Sunday. I ordered Thai food times two; the second one is tomorrow's lunch.  $18.00.

Daily total: $18.00

February 2, 2013

Decided to visit the Ontario Mills Outlet Mall.

Breakfast at Chik Fil A: $5.71

Patterns from Joann Frabrics: $17.19.  I really don't know how to sew, so my projects are probably already doomed.

Rocky Mountain Chocolate Company cookie: $2.00

MAC lipgloss: $11.88

Swimsuit from JC Penney: $26.99

Champion sports bras: $36.70.  The purple one doesn't fit, and there's no way I'm going back to return it.  So it's going to be listed for sale on Ebay.

Clarks shoes: $172.72.  They will probably all have the heels worn off before the end of the year.  Have had foot issues over the years; my shoes just don't last very long.

Miscellaneous stuff from Target, including ankle braces for unhappy feet: $34.61

Moving Comfort sports bra from Dick's Sporting Goods: free:-)  It was technically $28.99 but I had a $30 rebate voucher.

Late lunch at IKEA on the way home.  Swedish meatball combo: $5.64

The printer ink I ordered on Ebay was in my mailbox when I got home.  Just in time to do taxes this weekend. $14.99.

3 loads of laundry: $9.75.  I had to change laundromats because the one in my Koreatown neighborhood was packed to capacity.  So I went about a mile in the opposite direction and found one in Little Armenia.

Daily total: $ 338.18

February 1, 2013

Fish dinner of questionable quality from cafeteria at work: $5.99

Daily total: $5.99

September 22, 2012

September 22

Sally Beauty Supply: $42.53

Unknown beauty supply store: $10.48.  Sometimes, Sally just doesn't carry the items that I'm looking for.

WalMart: $42.51.  I've never lost or broken a pair of prescription eyeglasses in my entire life, but since moving to California I keep losing my sunglasses.  The replacements were $24.00.

Clothes from TJ Maxx: $162.41.

Clothes from Sears: $57.04.  The Kardashian tunic was on clearance for 9.99, and I can understand why.  Although it happens to be one of the few things in the line that is non-hoochy, the designer must be smoking crack.  I was able to buy it in extra small and it fit over the clothes I was already wearing.  But a dress from the same dress that I tried on in size large wouldn't even zip.

Lunch from Wienerschnitzel: $4.71.  This is a SoCal chain, and I've never eaten there before.  It was OK, but nothing to get excited about.

Dollar store: $5.48.  The trash cans that I purchased here 3 years ago died last night.  I accidentally punched holes in them while replacing the trash bags.  So I had to replace them today.

Daily total: $325.16

September 21

Turkey Lunchable: $3.19

12.5 gallons of gas: $51.66

Groceries from Ralph's: $31.25

Daily total: $86.10

September 20

Thai takeout: $18.00

September 19

Veggie burger combo: $5.89

Produce from farmers market: $8.00

Scarf: $31.29

Daily total: 45.18

September 18

Food 4 Less: $8.38

Lunchable and cookies: $3.28

Daily total: $11.66

September 17

Chick Fil A: $6.87

September 16

One load of laundry: $2.75

September 15

Groceries from Trader Joe's: $46.47

September 14

Lunch at Hawaii Ono: $9.38

Korres body washes from HSN: $41.29

Daily total: $50.67

September 13

Breakfast; egg, turkey sausage, biscuit, and OceanSpray cranberry: $4.47.

Groceries from Smart & Final: $22.19

Daily spending: $26.66

More dead fruits and vegetables:

Daily spending: $26.66
Total wasted:

September 12

Sandwich and chips: $3.28

Produce from farmer's market: $6.00

Daily total: $9.28

September 11

Groceries from H&K Market: $15.21

September 10

Salad: $4.69

McDonald's filet o fish combo: $5.75

Daily total: $10.44

September 9

Laundry, 2 loads: $6.00

September 8

Stuff, mostly food, from 99 Cents store: $10.28

Groceries from Food 4 Less: $39.11

Gas, 12.8 gallons: $54.40

Refrigerator casualties:

Daily total: $103.79

Total wasted:

September 7

No spending:-)

September 6

Taco salad and water: $5.99

September 5

Church's Chicken dinner: $8.43

Black leather boots from Zappos: $165.00

Daily total: $173.43

September 4

Wen conditioner: $117.03.  I purchased 2.  Was kind of skeptical about this product but it does actually work; it is way overpriced.

MAC volcanic ash exfoliator and Eartshine skinfinish: $92.48

Reinforcements for my sagging couch: $13.99

Chips and dip: $2.38

Daily total: $225.88

September 3

Groceries from Smart & Final: $39.18

September 2

Bridal shower dinner at Chart House: $42.00
Parking: $5.00

The bride now has a toaster that costs 10 times as much as the one I actually own.

Daily total: 47.00

September 1

Leather trench coat: $169.99

Turtleneck sweater: $41.24

Daily total: 211.23