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Monday 20th
$4.42 Starbucks

Tuesday 21st
$6.81 Subway (forgot my lunch. again.)

Wednesday 22nd
$7.50 deli
$8.85 dessert (for BF and I)
$16.69 groceries
$61.44 Christmas gifts

Thursday 23rd
$27.68 dinner & 2 drinks (10 year reunion dinner)
$11.00 pub (2 drinks)

Friday 24th
+ $60 sister (owed from her half of a couple Christmas gifts)
+ $199.52 freelance/side income
$8.53 breakfast (for BF and I)

Saturday 25th
No Spend Day!

Sunday 26th
$8.40 Starbucks (for sister and I)
$4.97 RW&Co. (leggings, on sale from $18)
$16.78 Calvin Klein (2 bras $7.49 each, on sale from $24.99 each)
+ $15 casino :)

TOTAL: + $91.45

Well, I offset a lot of my spending by being able to bring in extra income, making this week cash-positive. Plus it helped that I spent half of the week in my hometown over the holidays, which meant minimal spending.

My shopping ban is officially over for a week so I went Boxing Day shopping. As you can see, I went completely crazy and spent over $20! :) While there were a lot of great things on sale, there wasn’t anything I really needed. On Wednesday I’m going to go shopping across the border. I really want to make it my mission to find a great pair of boots (because I’ve wanted a pair for almost 10 years and because of my upcoming trip to Toronto in a few weeks). I also want to check out a few other things from my wish list.

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10 Responses to “Spending Recap: December 20-26, 2010”

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  1. SaaRa says:

    You don’t need boots for Toronto. It’s not the prairies!! The streets are completely dry and there is no snow anywhere.

    • gmbmfb says:

      From my experience living in Michigan, and from my friends who live in Toronto, I will need warmer footwear than what I have now (only have a pair of ballet flats to wear). The reason why I'm buying boots is because they are on my wish list. So I kind of kill 2 birds with one stone – I buy the boots I've been coveting for over a decade, and I keep warm in the middle of the winter.

  2. SaaRa says:

    You don’t need boots for Toronto. It’s not the prairies!! The streets are completely dry and there is no snow anywhere.

    • gmbmfb says:

      From my experience living in Michigan, and from my friends who live in Toronto, I will need warmer footwear than what I have now (only have a pair of ballet flats to wear). The reason why I'm buying boots is because they are on my wish list. So I kind of kill 2 birds with one stone – I buy the boots I've been coveting for over a decade, and I keep warm in the middle of the winter.

  3. Maureen says:

    You need boots here in Queensland to keep the rain out. Wellington Boots.
    My recent post Returning to normal- and counting up the costs

  4. Maureen says:

    You need boots here in Queensland to keep the rain out. Wellington Boots.
    My recent post Returning to normal- and counting up the costs

  5. Ryan says:

    This is my first time on your site, but I like how you track your finances daily/weekly, rather than monthly. Makes it feel a lot more tangible and real.
    My recent post Start 2011 off Right by Taking Action

  6. Ryan says:

    This is my first time on your site, but I like how you track your finances daily/weekly, rather than monthly. Makes it feel a lot more tangible and real.
    My recent post Start 2011 off Right by Taking Action

  7. Sweet! Positive weekly spend this week! My resolution is to
    track my money weekly like you (but for myself initially, maybe I
    might share it later on) to keep track of things more :) Like not
    spending $25 on a Vancouver Groupon for American Apparel just
    because it was 50% off. Oh dear. :)

  8. Sweet! Positive weekly spend this week! My resolution is to
    track my money weekly like you (but for myself initially, maybe I
    might share it later on) to keep track of things more :) Like not
    spending $25 on a Vancouver Groupon for American Apparel just
    because it was 50% off. Oh dear. :)

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