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December 2 and 3 - getting behind

December 4th, 2005 at 03:10 am

We had my birthday party last night Smile nice time. We had a houseful of people - we were celebrating my birthday, my brother's, and my great aunt's. We always celebrated with my grandmother and her twin, but since my grandmother passed away almost two years ago, we definitely make it a point to still include my great aunt. I can't imagine what it must be like to celebrate your birthday without your twin. But we manage to make it a fun time. We ate some pizza, had some cake, and played a lot of cards. I think we had about 16 people in all, some playing pitch and others playing poker. The kids got to stay up late and trashed the toy room, but isn't that what parties are for? Smile
I am still sick, sore throat and cough. Although the sore throat is easing up, which means I am heading toward recovery. Ds1 has a runny nose too, but I hope that's the extent of it. Tomorrow is my day to sleep in and get some much needed rest. Today I got up with the kids, but took a two hour nap when DH got up. The kids are usually sound sleepers, but they were up a lot last night. I felt like I would just get to sleep and then they would wake up again. ZZZzzzz....
I have some spending to record, but no income yet! I bought another magazine subscription for a gift ($15), a gift on E-bay ($3.29), some movie tickets (4 for my brother's birthday, 2 for DH and I) through my Entertainment trial (total $38.25), and reserved our car for Vegas ($90 for 4 days), although I don't think they charged my card yet, so I am not going to count it in my totals. I also submitted my $25 cash back through Entertainment for making a booking on Expedia. That will take about 4 weeks. Someone posted a neat BYGO offer on DeepdiscountDVD.com - buy one box set, get one free. I found two that I can buy for gifts (once I make sure my brother doesn't already have it). They both cost $32, so the total cost will only be $32 (free shipping). That's an awesome deal and it would cross two people off my list! I have bookmarked the site so I can go back once I determine my brother would need this. I think that's all my spending...although DH might have some of his own. I'll add more later if I remember anything.
December expenses: $56.54 + $109 = 165.54
No income yet.
Saved money by: Making soup out of leftovers (some beans & greens that were oversalted, beans out of the freezer, half a can of tomatoes that I needed to use up or throw out, etc.), ate leftovers for lunch, shopped around for the best deal on car rentals and got an extra $25 back. I noticed an extra charge on my credit card from Winkflash.com for my prints - I have e-mailed them and asked them to remove it. I realize that this is not "saving" money, but it would have cost me if I were less observant.

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