DH and I went to a pinochle party tonight. My uncle puts them on twice a year. $10 to play, chance to win $25, $20, $15, or $10 in prize money. I would say we have a decent shot at getting something back - I think we did okay. We'll see - final scores have not been tallied yet. We spent $12 on the babysitter tonight, and will spend another $15 to go bowling tomorrow. Oh well - a night out with my honey is worth it
DH spent some cash getting a haircut today - $14 with a $2 tip. Does that seem high for a men's haircut?? I need to find him a cheap barber to go to (he went to a Haircrafters). It's not like cutting his hair is difficult. If I wasn't such a wimp, I would buy a set of clippers and do it myself. I want to learn how to cut my boys hair, but I am so scared of screwing it up royally. I need to take a lesson from Cercis (cutting her own hair) and Princess Perky (cutting her kids' hair) and just do it. It's not like it won't grow back...I do like the sound of cercis' method of cutting hair - pulling it into a ponytail and cutting across for layers - might work up the nerve to try that one on myself.
Also spent $1.40 on library fines. The public library is the absolutely best value around. Now that I am back in a small town, it's even cheaper as the fines are smaller here. I would write checks to my old library for $20 and up sometimes (I was really bad at returning things on time), but I have never had to pay more than $1 or $2 here for fines. Of course, paying at all is REALLY stupid as I can renew online, or have DH drop off the books on his way to school. The library is only 5 minutes away anyway. So I will have to work on that...but at least I don't feel bad about giving money to the library because of the great service they provide.
No other money spent today.