Spending Spike

Punchy's moving-up ceremony was today! It's been a mini whirlwind. We went out for lunch with some of her friends and their parents to a Japanese place in town. Dan had to scurry back to work at the library on his deadline but Fig and her dear friend Boaty 🛶 joined us.

Even though the students "moved up" and brought their books home from their lockers, the last day of school isn't until Wednesday, June 26. Dan, P and I are driving up to Maine tomorrow for our nephew's high school graduation celebration. We will be there four nights, driving back on Tuesday so that Punch can attend the last day of school....momentous. Dan found a great AIRBNB, an apartment in an historic 1840s house that is a walk from downtown Belfast. And it has A.C.! Fig is staying behind with Sug, and working over the weekend.

I love getting a blowout before we go to Maine but the weather is just plain swampy. I cancelled the 9 a.m. appt. I had for this morning.

$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET

Wednesday, June 19

• Punchy got off the schoolbus at 4 and asked if she could please get acrylic nails for her graduation. She has never gotten them before, nor have I. But her birth mom has--and they look pretty. Punch enlisted the bus aide, Miss Chrissy, to tell me about the wish for acrylics. I said ok. But I had no idea it would take so long and cost so much. This won't be an ongoing occurrence, especially not with gymnastics and soccer, etc. But Punch feels like a princess. Cost was $50 plus $10 for gel? Punch added--I said she would have to give me cash from her pink jewelry box for that, and she did. With tip, I spent $61. Happy graduation, Punchy.
• Uber to 8 a.m. yoga class. So glad I made it. $10.30.
• Uber back home, $10.07.
• Cold brew, sandwich and ciabatta loaf from Montclair Bread Co., $17.
• Uber from home to ATM [to deposit checks] and then nail salon, plus tip, $14.18.
• Uber home from nail salon, $9.30.
• La Couronne, this fabulous old-school Italian restaurant I have never tried. The chicken and the pasta were soooo good, $45.96 plus $2 tip at pickup, $47.96. It was after 7 and I was too hot and tired to cook.

Thursday, June 20

• Uber to school with tip [our car was in shop, again], $10.83.
• Uber from school to town, $9.44.
• Uber from town to home, $9.36.
• Dai-Kichi, Japanese lunch, soup, salad and drinks for Punch, Fig, Boaty and me, with tip and 10 percent discount for paying cash, $60.
• Howell, a beautiful, oversized pink gingham kitchen towel with lime trim [I've eyed it forever] and a grad card for Punch, $38.85.
• Saunders Hardware, rose dust and Woolite, $18.
• Joyist, cold brew and one serving healthy/alternative blueberry cobbler, $9.
• Villa Victoria delivery, pizza [half plain, half with ricotta and mushrooms] and pasta puttanesca for Fig, her friend, Punch, Dan and me, $43.

TOTAL SPEND FOR TWO DAYS: $368.29.

RUNNING TOTAL FOR MONTH AS OF JUNE 20: $3,222.25.

AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $161.11.

MONEY THOUGHTS: Big June spends include LillyPulitzer.com dress, tech sleeve 
for laptop, market tote, $154; Vamp salon cut, color and shampoo product, $271; 

gift, $80; Ubers while our only car was in shop for 4 days; 

Joyist, school morning, $37; teachers' toasts tickets, $74; 

teachers' gift contribution, $40; Aerin sale at Williams-Sonoma, $78; blowout 

June 14, $45; 15-class yoga pass, $285; Maggie's Organics, 3 items clothing plus Dan,

$107; Local Coffee, beans plus etc., $31; CVS good sunscreen sale plus, $79; Aveda

lipstick, $24; taking Sis to lunch in NYC June 17, $75; Cornerstone General Store,

graduation gifts for Punch plus more, $136; Punch acrylic mani for grad gift plus tip, $61; La Couronne Italian dinner, $48; Villa Victoria delivery plus tip, $43.

KEEPING AN EYE ON PAST MONTHS

MAY TOTAL SPEND: $2,348.24.

MAY AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $75.75. 

APRIL TOTAL SPEND: $3,634.28.

APRIL AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $121.14.