It’s actually a pretty good description of my day, when you line it all up like that. And it sure looks like other people have far more exciting lives than I do. But I think I knew that.
Um…literally? Ok, going backwards over the day…
3 pound roast for tomorrow
Two cans of beans for same <I don’t like frozen ones, but like canned ones; go figure>
2 bowls of instant garlic noodle soup-stuff
One pint of caramel ice cream <DAMN ALTON BROWN!!>
One Big Gulp
One 99 cent bag of Ruffles <yay lunch!>
One Diet Pepsi
Another Diet Pepsi
One Coffee, Circle K
One Chapstick
Yeah…that’s exciting…
In the past 5 days or so -
A can of iced tea - 75 cents
A 2 night camping reservation for an upcoming weekend getaway on the coast - $50
A pair of jeans, a pair of black high heels, and a black shirt at Macy*s - $160
2 cases of wine - $120
2 vials of yeast and a mead making book - $24
2 super carnitas burritos - $20
Hairspray, shampoo, and misc. toiletries at CVS - $60
A tank of gas - $40
Chiropractor co-pay - $15
A case for my cell phone - $28
Damn you get REAL hungry when you smoke Hash…don’t you?
$115.50 (AUD) for a new electric element for our stove.
$55.00 for some groceries from the supermarket…meat, milk, salad vegies, wine.
$24.00 to fill up the car with gas.
$56.00 " " " " " " petrol.
$15 at the Op Shop for some jeans and shirts for The Bloke
$40 for some groceries from the supermarket…as above, plus some coffee and rice.
$10 for two take-away coffees and a couple of potato cakes and dimmies.
$1.50 for the newspaper
$7.20 for a lottery ticket
$32.00 to fill up the car with gas.
All in AUD, and does not include the bills I paid yesterday (mortgage, credit card, phone bill, internet bill and electricity bill).
Geez, any wonder I’m broke all the time! 
(These are in yen!)
Today:
Income tax payment ¥25,000 ($278.66)
Extra payment on house loan ¥20,000 ($222.92)
Postage on three packages ¥2830 ($31.54)
Regular savings payment ¥40,000 ($445.85)(Yes, it was a business-ey day today!)
Lunch (Bibimbap, yum!) ¥550 ($6.13)
Haircut ¥3000 ($33.43)
First son’s contribution to 3rd graders graduation flowers ¥750 ($8.36)
Second son’s contribution to curry rice making at school ¥100 ($1.11)
Yesterday
Piano lesson fees ¥8000 ($89.17)
Wedding present money for husband’s colleague ¥20,000 ($222.92) (ouch)
7-11 snacks with second son ¥450 ($5.01)
That’s 11 items. And FAR TOO MUCH MONEY GONE!!! At least some of it was savings or for the house which is sort of savings. Sigh.
My last ten purchases, starting with my most recent one:
Today
Yesterday
3) 3 albums on iTunes - £24.97
4) waterbill (March '10 to April '11) - £157.63
5) bus ticket to work - £5
6) 5 lunches for the workweek - £12
7) large caramel latte - £2.80
Sunday
8) Sunday roast lunch for 4 in the pub - £52.05
9) 4 icecreams before our hike - £7.20
10) venti hazelnut latte and venti regular latte - £5.40
Dinner at Wendy’s (for two) - $15.20
Gas - $22
Coffee - $2
Target (light bulbs, cloth bins, bandaids) - $40
Coffee pot - $84
Visa bill - $120
Verizon bill - $99
Groceries - $60
That’s as far as I can remember, and it covers the weekend. I’m boring and responsible. I’d rather be shopping.
Let’s see, in no particular order:
Pepsi Throwback $1.25
Generic charcoal lighter fluid $3
100 pack blank dvd $24.97
320gb sata drive $42.99
3 pair of jeans $4.50 each
2 Harry Turtledove books $8 each
1 route 44 lemon limeaide $2.29
Epsom Salts x2
Tooth pastex2
Nail File
Ricola drops: $12 and some change. (Buy one/get one sale)
Tropical Smooth: Rockin’ Raspberry with soy protein boost: $5.something. I am addicted to these.
most recent first…
today - shit day at work:
4 Bottles of Wild Turkey and cola
today - petrol day:
35 litres of 91 Octane
2 Sanitarium Up & Go (to get 4c off the 91 Octane)
today - shopping on the way home from work:
4 skinless chicken thighs
2 packs low salt Primo ham
3 bananas
1 bottle Diet Coke
day before yesterday - out to a movie with my son:
2 banana smoothies (after the movie)
2 Bondi burgers (for lunch before the movie)
2 movie tickets
In order.
At the pub:
Bottle of root beer
Glass of Pepsi
Pint of Strongbow
Glass of Pepsi
In Sainsbury’s:
Pizza
Garlic bread
Burgers
Burger buns
Mint and choc chip ice cream
On the way to catch the bus home:
Telly licence
Day pass to the dog park- $8
Picked up dry cleaning- $5.60
Picked up husband’s pants from alterations shop- $11
Charcoal for the grill- $10
Week’s worth of groceries- approximately $175
Two large pizzas- $21
Pool shoes for husband- $15
Down comforter- $100 (Score!)
Socks, undershirts, belt for husband- ?
Dog biscuits- approximately $6
This goes back about ten days.
Campion: Pee pee tee pees?
Latte: $3.73
Bagel w/cream cheese: $2.05
Paperback book: $1.00
2 Beers: $13.00
Milk: $1.50
Sandwich: $3.95
Chips: $1.00
Latte: $3.73
Bagel w/cream cheese: $2.05
Grocery delivery: $93.73
$133.74 in groceries last night. It was more than ten items.
Is anyone actually reading other people’s lists?
I spent 20 this morning on gas.
Yesterday I bought a foccacia round for the boys and two yogurts for the girls.
Day before that I went to Aldi for my cheap meats, at least a half dozen packages.
That wasn’t what the assignment was, silenus. 
rushgeekgirl: I have, out of idle curiosity. It explains why people are divided into the ‘carry cash/don’t carry cash’ camps. It’s a lifestyle thing. 