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Week 2 Gas

June 11th, 2011 at 03:41 am

This week has been HARD. I’ve wanted to spend almost every day. It’s been a tiring week between work (deadlines), puppy (who’s still sick and just got put on more meds), and husband (who’s also sick). The place I’ve wanted to spend the most was for lunches. I go home every lunch to take the pup out, but then I just don’t know what to eat (since I don’t typically get to get the groceries). It’d be so much easier to go out to eat and have someone make the food for me. Well, that is, until I remember my food intolerances. Then it’s not so easy. And then tonight we went into a fabric store, and I’m a sucker for craft supplies. Not that I ever finish any of my projects, but that’s not the point. I managed to walk out without buying a cross stitch I fell in love with. *pat self on back*

Today I filled up on gas. Despite running to the other side of town, twice, I didn’t do too badly. 8.414 gallons at $3.739/gallon for a total of $31.46. I only got 33.5 mpg this time, but that doesn’t surprise me with the two extra long stop and go trips.

$66.26 – Opening Balance
-$20.00 – Week 1 Savings
-$26.33 – Week 1 Gas
+$65.00 – Week 2 Allowance
-$40.00 – Week 2 Savings
-$31.46 – Week 2 Gas
=$13.47 – Available for gas with remainder going to savings

Total amount saved so far: $60 out of $150


*About my personal account: Every Monday I get $65 to purchase gas and my personal splurges. In June, anything not spent on gas will be sent to savings for my trip this fall.

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3 Responses to “Week 2 Gas”

  1. snafu Says:
    June 11th, 2011 at 04:48 am 1307767703
    1307767703

    Vitamin D needs attention. Would you consider writing a list of lunch possibilities? Chocolate flavor soy milk tastes great. Regular soy milk makes terrific Smoothies by adding a banana & a handful of ice. Frozen orange juice, banana & ice is another vesion.

    Any fish you're willing to eat like shrimp, crab, salmon, trout is easily added to bagged salad for lunch faster and healthier than take-out. Any oatmeal based muffin is easy to make and travels well for breakfast, lunch or to support dinner.

    All the cooked pudding like tapioca, custard can be made the night before. Add a piece of plastic wrap directly on top to keep them from crusting.

  2. ylibrarylady Says:
    June 11th, 2011 at 02:31 pm 1307802678
    1307802678

    What kind of car do you have?

  3. TarWalker Says:
    June 11th, 2011 at 10:49 pm 1307832556
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    @snafu: I really need to sit down and do a planned lunch menu. The problem is that we are “sharing” a kitchen with my family, and I use the term “share” loosely, so I don’t have much say or space in that room. I need to figure out what I can stash at work.

    @ylibrarylady: I have a 2009 Toyota Yaris 4-door hatchback that I absolutely love. It’s small, but my 6’3 husband fits in it a lot better than 80% of the cars out there. :-D

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