So much for that

Quote from Debbie  " Hey- it's your birthday money- go ahead!".  Thanks Deb.  Well, official spending total for the day is $24.35.  Started out OK- lunch $2.95 at Taco Bell.  Then to Marc's (deep discount), where I put together what I think is a great birthday present for a four year old girl:  for $9 I got a big Care Bear drawing tablet, Crayola crayons, two sets of watercolor paints (brights and glitter), a neon ruler, a pack of construction paper, cute scissors and matching glue stick, a little green purse, kitten pen set, nice kiddie sunglasses and three little girl type flavored lip glosses.  I like presents that are made up of a lot of cool little things.  Debbie helped a lot in putting this together.

Got a few  other misc. fun things at Marcs, including cute notebook for MIL for 50 cents.  Resisted A LOT of stuff that I liked for gifts but did not need to get today.  Total at Marc's $16.92

Went to craft store Pat Catan because Deb had to check out something.  Ended up spending $4.48 on totally unnecessary totally cute Harvest door hanger thingy and a bag of tiny fake gourds for my tiny basket. 

Well, $10 was a bit unrealistic.  And I have not been driving around at all for the past week, and only drove to meet Debbie (she drove to stores because I have no a/c and it was hot today) and home. I have confirmed that the way to save money on gratuitous purchases is to stay home and out of places where these things are for sale. Which I  will continue to do.

To the good side, I was notified that I got the job I interviewed for last Friday.  Starts Monday 9-11. So that's one day I won't be driving around getting in trouble with "Hey, it's your birthday money" Debbie. 

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Thanks for updating us and keeping it honest and real. It's always those little things that add up and catch us, huh? It sounds like the gift will be a nice one and I think she'll love it.

Congratulations on the new job!
Susan from ThriftyFun

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