Saturday:
–$20 to son’s friend’s mom to take them ice skating and…
–to Alice in Wonderland in 3D
–Lunch and coffee at Tutti Baci-$10.75
–My library fine (too embarrassing to disclose)
–So I could rent a movie-$1
Friday:
–Plane ticket to Indianapolis for the Pokemon National Championships-$208.40
–Auto registration renewal-$54.50
–Payment for self-storage unit-$52.43
Cover for a professional networking fuction - $20
Jack and Coke at same function - $12
Dinner for 2 at Keste Pizza and Vino in NYC - $100
An Italian blazer in some store on Bleeker St - $70
Breakfast for 2 at Stacks in Hoboken,NJ - $25
Breakfast in the company cafeteria - $5
Indian lunch buffet near my office - $17
My share of the tab at Belgian beer bar - $20
Check for my share of suite and bottle service at The Palms for a bachelor party in Las Vegas next week - $500
That covers the last 3 days - I don’t rememebr specifics from longer ago, but you can assume it’s much the same. The last time I bought something significantly different from the above was probably some coins I ordered over the internet a couple of weeks ago - $15.00.
My god, where do you live? $15.00 for A pack of cigs? $50 for a carton (I assume of 24 bottles/cans) of beer? $5.00 Red Bull? I thought San Fran was expensive…
I had a hard time with it, but fortunately (?) we’ve spent an unusual amount lately. I didn’t count bill-paying, just things where I was physically present during the transaction. At first I thought it would be 5 weeks long and go: Gas, groceries. Gas, groceries. Gas, groceries. That’s more typical!
$75- Parts for brake job
$750 - new tires + tie rods + alignment
$10 - Cigarettes
$2.50 - Two Dr peppers
$3.60 - Box of Instant noodles
$120 - Cable Bill
$10 - Lunch at Juicy Burger
$40 - Gas
$8 - Netflix bill
$175 - Dinner Out for 2
Pee pee tee pees: a little tee pee for the small wee wee to prevent pee pee from going where it shouldn’t during the diaper change. I’m heading up to visit my 3 year old niece (for whom I bought the fairy wings) and six month old nephews (who are too young for gifts, but whose parents may appreciate the tee pees).
Car payment
Laundry
Wrangler jeans
Haagen Dazs cookie dough ice cream
Curtains
Canned cheese
Unsalted crackers
Tomatoes on the vine
5-hour energy
Walkers shortbread cookies
I paid for only eight items yesterday (Wednesday). I:
Taxi
Visa for Vietnam (for myself; as a Thai national, the wife does not need a visa)
Bus
Mocha coffee
Bottle of Mirinda orange-banana carbonated soft drink
Fried macaroni and chicken
Expressway toll
Taxi
I also took the Skytrain – our elevated mass transit – a couple of times, but I used a stored-value ticket for that. Still, if you can count that, that makes an even 10 for yesterday.
Working backwards:
10. Groceries for the week - $47.62
9. Pharmacy - $81.23
8. Phone bill - $67.00
7. Co-pay at the doctor’s (the flu is no fun ) - $20.00
6. Breakfast @ McD’s drive-thru - $3.25
5. Cup of Earl Grey @ Panera - $1.78 + change in the tip jar
4. Gas fill up in the truck - $37.00
3. 3 packs cigarettes - $16.65
2. Rent - $520.00