Money Matters
MommyLiberty5013
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How MM was your Memorial Day Weekend?
I know Monday isn't over yet, but here's a jumpstart for those who are "done" spending for the long weekend.
On Saturday we spent $44.78 on dinner at Olive Garden.
On Sunday we got lunches at Subway totaling: $18.43.
Monday we spent $2.95 on two sodas while at a Memorial Day picnic.
TOTAL: $66.16
Re: How MM was your Memorial Day Weekend?
We spent 39.99 (weird) on groceries over a couple different trips. I also gave two dollars to one of the regular homeless guys in our neighborhood. So that is 41.99 total.
We went to the Pacific Science Center today and watched an IMAX documentary about the Hubble and a Justin Beiber laser show. It would have cost us $54 for today but we pay $100 a year for our membership so it cost us nothing today.
Tonight I am teaching my 13 year old how to make spaghetti sauce from scratch. Then she'll be able to make it on her own when I work late. She is already really good at cooking pasta.
We spent $20 for a tip at a restaurant Saturday night (the meal was a gift card.)
Sunday we spent $21 on lunch and a hair trimmer thing H needed to replace.
Monday, we spent about $10 on food.
So, about $50 for the weekend. Everything else we did we used gift cards!
Ours was not very good. Went to the grocery store twice to take advantage of a meat sale (stocking up our deep freezer) and spent about $150 between the two trips.
Went garage sale shopping for baby on Saturday and got some of the bigger things that we were missing for $36 total. While we were out stopped into BK to get their $1 frozen lemonades- so that was $2. Also stopped at the maternity clothing store to get me some summer stuff. Got to use a coupon but still spent $110 on some summer stuff to get me through another month and a half. (at least I will hopefully be able to use this as we want 2 or more kids)
Today I ran to Target to buy some closet organizers and spent $25.
Total was an expensive weekend of over $300. However, hopefully our baby spending will slow down- and now the deep freezer is stocked again!
Hosted high school graduation party Saturday $250.00 or so....
Family dinner Sunday for 20 guests $75.00
Pedicure: $38.00
Haircut- $30
New Outfit- $15 (score! I had some Kohl's cash to spend!)
Movie & popcorn-$25.00
Lunch at Chipoltle-$15
Gas for car-$45
Total= $493.00
Gasp! That is awful, but at least it was fun!
It is a rare occasion for us to spend more then $40 on a weekend.....
My birthday is today so this weekend was so much fun. Friday night we went to a baseball game and spent $25 in food. MIL bought our tickets. Saturday we went to an amusement park with my parents and DD. They bought the tickets. We spent about $25 for dinner there. Today we bought a couple small patio end tables that were $30 total. I did a little retail shopping: dress - $45 shoes - $35 top and shorts - $40. A few things at ulta - $18. Dinner tonight - $35. Every single thing I bought today I had a coupon for:) I also used all my bday money and gift card.
Saturday:
Nails - $30
Movies - $24
Sunday:
Eye Brows - $12
Frozen yogurt - $5.50
Wine - $20
Monday:
Mattress Cover - $90
Grocery Store $35
Total is about $220. Not too bad.
Not too bad: Spent most of the weekend at my parents- had relatives in town
Friday- $0
Saturday- $36 Gas
$84 Kohls (2 pairs of sneakers with coupon)
Sunday- $ 37 Paint at Home Dept (will cover both bathrooms-$5 rebate)
$ 43 Grocery store (picnic food)
Monday- $ 0
Total- $200
Friday night: $57 at Costco (bread, water, fruits, veggies, and a small donation to Children's Miracle Network).
Saturday: $70-ish at Walmart for groceries and some household things (smapoo, toothpaste, etc).
Sunday: $29 for dinner at Outback. Then on the way home DH stopped by the store and got us dessert (ice cream and gummy worms) and a movie to watch; that was about $7
Monday: $10 for pork chops and bread rolls for dinner.
Total: $173 (but 137 was budgeted for groceries)
We had another un-MM weekend again, but we went to visit some friends 8 hours away this weekend. This trip was also factored into our budget.
Friday - $16 on BK, $4 on Starbucks, $22 on Tolls, $60 in gas
Saturday - Lunch $25, $53 on Mani-Pedi,
Sunday - Lunch $31, Movie tickets $20, Steaks for grill $21
Monday - Breakfast $24, Lunch $11, Dinner $24, Tolls $20.45, Gas $68
Total: $399.45. We budgeted $500 for this trip, so not too bad.
TTC since 1/13 DX:PCOS 5/13 (long, anovulatory cycles)
Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
TTC 2.0 6/15
Chemical Pregnancy 9/15
Chemical Pregnancy 6/16
BFP 9/16 EDD 6/3/17
Beta #1: 145 Beta #2: 376 Beta #3: 2,225 Beta #4: 4,548
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Friday:
Walmart run for yarn and random food items: $14
Saturday:
H got Hardee's: $3
Phillies Jersey and hat: $100
Date Night dinner: $37
Sunday:
Cracker Barrel: $27
Groceries and started to stock up when the stepkids visit: $80
Total: $261
This is my first MM! I need to be more accountable so I'm hoping this helps
Saturday: $10 breakfast and lunch in cafeteria at work; $13 dry cleaning; $51 CVS (contact solution etc); $31 gas
Sunday: $120 wedding gift
Monday: $10 breakfast & lunch at cafeteria at work
$235 total
I volunteered to work the holiday for time and a half so that helps too