Monday, November 21, 2016

Weekly spending roundup (11/14-11/20/16)

Another expensive week, but I'm expecting a refund of one night's hotel stay in Hawaii + reducing the rental car one night. That should drop the cost by $600. Details on that in my next frugal post. Woohoo!

Note that I ran *a lot* of errands over the weekend, in anticipation of our trip!


  • Monday (11/14) - no spend day
  • Tuesday (11/15) no spend day
  • Wednesday (11/16)
    • $300 - donation to school science camp overnight trip
    • $506.51 - registration & uniform fees for flag football for two kids
    • $97.50 - registration for futsal
  • Thursday (11/17)
  • Friday (11/18)
  • Saturday (11/19)
    • $23.21 - pool ball for Hawaii
    • $58.22 - Christmas gifts for the kids. Four soccer balls, & origami paper. I had a $50 gift card to offset the cost for the rest. I bought nicer soccer balls this time around, as we're going through at least two a season. Hopefully these will last longer?
    • $50 - gift cards for my aunt. She's disabled & I know that she's struggled financially since my grandmother passed away. She works as a dishwasher, but her hours vary. I'm going to try & ramp up my gifting to her. 
    • $36 - a pedicure for Hawaii
    • $53.73 - a ski jacket for Nick, and socks for M
    • $15.99 - two giant rolls of foil (Costco)
    • $27.22 - Crocs for Sam
    • $19.23 - Rite Aid. This was Dryel, a small mouthwash for our trip, and something else that fails my memory.
    • $8.67 - Lucky, for a small container of olive oil (for Hawaii) + risotto
    • $.69 - Lucky, to use a $10 coupon. I stocked up on macaroni & cheese, this was the difference.
    • $4.42 - cucumbers & lavosh at the produce stand
    • $63.97 - groceries at Costco
    • $35.98 - wine at Costco
    • $32.72 - dinner delivery. Frugal fail. I'll include details in my frugal round up :-) 
  • Sunday (11/20)
    • $21.74 - two sports umbrellas for watching rainy soccer games
    • $19.17 - Round Table pizza (Nick's soccer pizza party)
    • $7.61 - In & Out - lunch for Sam & Michael
    • $18.98 - coffee & cucumbers from Costco

Total spend = $1401.53. $900 of that to kid stuff (school field trip + futsal + flag football). What about you? How did you do with your weekly spending? 

6 comments:

  1. You definitely deserve your Hawaii break, I hope you guys have a wonderful time! Nothing like getting the toes in the sand (except it might damage your pedicure lol)

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    1. Always a risk! ;-) Can't wait. So very excited to spend time together & relax. Perfect way to be thankful for my family.

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  2. The kid stuff is what always gets us too. Every week YaYu comes home with some form, etc. that seems to require money for something she's involved in. $$$ every month.

    The weather looks OK here this week - hope it's the same for you all on Maui! Happy Thanksgiving.

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    1. Oh my goodness, I know! The kids didn't have school today or yesterday, & I'm working. So, that was expensive for camp. We have a few days like that in December. I tend to block out all of those days when there is no school & I have to pay for camps.

      Can't wait! Thanks - hope the weather is fabulous & that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.

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  3. Have a wonderful Hawaiian adventure and understand a lot of us are jealous!

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    1. Thank you! :-) It's the one week where I'm not on call between now & mid-January, so I plan to live it up & relax fully. Looking very forward to it.

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