$10 on lunch with a friend today. Worth it.
Total Spent: $282.18
Total Days: 27
29 January 2008
28 January 2008
Coop-ed Up
Something of note - We joined the Park Slope Food Coop. Prices are good. I estimate we'll save $30 - $50 each time we shop.
Okay, so its been a while. But things aren't so bad. I haven't spent that much since my last post. My meal plan kicked in at work and I've been eating lunch with that and Darren and I have been cooking large meals that last the week. So that is good.
Here we go:
Dinner for two at Franny's: $68.98
Dinner for two at Village Yokocho: $50.75
Jack Spade was having a sale and I've been wanting a work bag: $38.02
Misc. Monies on coffee and a book: $30
Total Spent: $272.18
Total Days: 26
Here we go:
Dinner for two at Franny's: $68.98
Dinner for two at Village Yokocho: $50.75
Jack Spade was having a sale and I've been wanting a work bag: $38.02
Misc. Monies on coffee and a book: $30
Total Spent: $272.18
Total Days: 26
When things fail to interest
Self,
I appreciate that you have taken the care and attention to form a thoughtful, well intentioned gift. Your recent absence and lack of contact with the project is understandable; you were out of town and you had a week of low grade internal crisis. But here you are again, having created another still life filled with objets d'ennui. It isn't your fault. Some landscapes orient themselves to consumpterism.
Regards,
dp
P.S. If you have ideas for pushing the boundaries of this project, feel free to share them. I'm not feeling the charge as much right now. Let's call it waning self-importance.
16Jan08
Cooks Illustrated: $7.44
17Jan08
Meal in Atlanta (for 3): $23.31
18Jan08
Meal in W. Village (for 2): $63.02
Strand books: $50.33
22Jan08(posting)
Consignment shoes + pants: $112.00
Beers (for 4): $25.00
Taschen sale books: $24.35
New granny cart: $23.82
Wine: $18.42
25Jan08
More wine: $18.42
27Jan08
Pancakes+waffles (for 2): $20.01
NY Times Home Delivery (sunday only): $8.00
Groups:
3xcoffees@1.25: $3.75
Misc (i.e. cash I wrote down but didn't say what): $47.75
I am a model of restraint.
Total days: 23
Total spent: $573.61
I appreciate that you have taken the care and attention to form a thoughtful, well intentioned gift. Your recent absence and lack of contact with the project is understandable; you were out of town and you had a week of low grade internal crisis. But here you are again, having created another still life filled with objets d'ennui. It isn't your fault. Some landscapes orient themselves to consumpterism.
Regards,
dp
P.S. If you have ideas for pushing the boundaries of this project, feel free to share them. I'm not feeling the charge as much right now. Let's call it waning self-importance.
16Jan08
Cooks Illustrated: $7.44
17Jan08
Meal in Atlanta (for 3): $23.31
18Jan08
Meal in W. Village (for 2): $63.02
Strand books: $50.33
22Jan08(posting)
Consignment shoes + pants: $112.00
Beers (for 4): $25.00
Taschen sale books: $24.35
New granny cart: $23.82
Wine: $18.42
25Jan08
More wine: $18.42
27Jan08
Pancakes+waffles (for 2): $20.01
NY Times Home Delivery (sunday only): $8.00
Groups:
3xcoffees@1.25: $3.75
Misc (i.e. cash I wrote down but didn't say what): $47.75
I am a model of restraint.
Total days: 23
Total spent: $573.61
15 January 2008
Today:
I spent $0.50 on a banana and $3.20 on a latte - it wasn't very good considering its cost (made by a coffee new comer).
This experience has been interesting. Its like if you start drinking more water everyday and at first its kind of strange to be drinking and peeing so much, but then your body starts craving it more and it becomes very natural. The less I spend and the less stuff I buy, has really made me contemplate every single purchase I make. And not its like this annoying, or obsessive experience, it feel very healthy and actually, it has been quite empowering.
Going out to lunch with a friend who I haven't seen in a while tomorrow, and I think dp and I are going out to dinner too. Its going to be an expensive day.
Total Spent: $84.43
Total Days: 14
This experience has been interesting. Its like if you start drinking more water everyday and at first its kind of strange to be drinking and peeing so much, but then your body starts craving it more and it becomes very natural. The less I spend and the less stuff I buy, has really made me contemplate every single purchase I make. And not its like this annoying, or obsessive experience, it feel very healthy and actually, it has been quite empowering.
Going out to lunch with a friend who I haven't seen in a while tomorrow, and I think dp and I are going out to dinner too. Its going to be an expensive day.
Total Spent: $84.43
Total Days: 14
13 January 2008
Sunday.
Spent better part of the day at K-Dog reading.
Lunch + coffee = 6.50
Total Spent: $80.73
Total Days: 12
Lunch + coffee = 6.50
Total Spent: $80.73
Total Days: 12
Saturdays are Glorious.
Okay, so I spent some change yesterday. Here it goes.
Haircut: $30
Lunch (Fried Rice at Rei Rei Ken - arguably the best ramen house in the city. I waited in a line outside for 20 minutes for a stool.): $5
A latte with a pal: $3
Dinner with a friend: $17.61
Here is the best part. After coffee, I went into an eyeglass shop with my friend because he wants new frames - and so do I, but I haven't wanted to spend the money on them - so as he was looking/trying on, I asked one of the guys who work there to take a look at my glasses because one of the lenses has always been kind of messed up and not in the frame entirely - he said sure I can fix them and he put the frames into his hot glass beads machine to heat them up.
I guess the machine was on too high because one half of my frames totally melted. He kinda of freaked out and ran for cold water...he tried to reshape them and he did a pretty good job but since he totally screwed up and felt badly about it, even though I was a good sport and said it was okay, he gave me a completely free pair of really awesome frames and lenses that are of such better quality then the ones he messed up! I'm so excited! I pick them up Tuesday.
I feel as though I have good consumer karma or something.
Total Spent: $ 74.23
Total Days: 11
Haircut: $30
Lunch (Fried Rice at Rei Rei Ken - arguably the best ramen house in the city. I waited in a line outside for 20 minutes for a stool.): $5
A latte with a pal: $3
Dinner with a friend: $17.61
Here is the best part. After coffee, I went into an eyeglass shop with my friend because he wants new frames - and so do I, but I haven't wanted to spend the money on them - so as he was looking/trying on, I asked one of the guys who work there to take a look at my glasses because one of the lenses has always been kind of messed up and not in the frame entirely - he said sure I can fix them and he put the frames into his hot glass beads machine to heat them up.
I guess the machine was on too high because one half of my frames totally melted. He kinda of freaked out and ran for cold water...he tried to reshape them and he did a pretty good job but since he totally screwed up and felt badly about it, even though I was a good sport and said it was okay, he gave me a completely free pair of really awesome frames and lenses that are of such better quality then the ones he messed up! I'm so excited! I pick them up Tuesday.
I feel as though I have good consumer karma or something.
Total Spent: $ 74.23
Total Days: 11
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