Dan left for Maine in our old blue Toyota today. He has about an hour to go en route [as of 10 pm real time now]. He was booked to write 60-Second Novels at an event midday this Saturday and we felt we couldn't turn down the income. We are digging out of household debt.
So he has to drive back Friday.
Punchy, Figgy and I are leaving tomorrow in a rental car, after P. gets off the schoolbus after her Thanksgiving feast with classmates. I'm sending in 2 loaves of pumpkin bread, one of her favorites. She should be back home by about 1ish. Figgy got off work, is excited, and we are returning Sunday.
The rental car companies were such a rip-off. I didn't call til today, but our local Upper Montclair Avis had no more cars; they've got 40 booked to leave the lot tomorrow. I called another Avis location and Enterprise; I could not believe they were quoting me rates of $680 to $740 just to have a compact car from tomorrow until Monday morning. Fortunately, Dan knows an Enterprise location in Paterson, and that rate was $458.85, including $64.84 in taxes and fees, and that is from tomorrow til Tuesday evening. I have a coupon that should bring the $$ down a bit more.
We’re traveling with a peach pie I made from the fruit of Dan's tree this summer--LOL, that sounds biblical--and a vegan chocolate pecan pie made with fine quality Guittard bars [my friend Rach gave me the recipe]
I have to go to bed now. Good night.
TCOY
So he has to drive back Friday.
Punchy, Figgy and I are leaving tomorrow in a rental car, after P. gets off the schoolbus after her Thanksgiving feast with classmates. I'm sending in 2 loaves of pumpkin bread, one of her favorites. She should be back home by about 1ish. Figgy got off work, is excited, and we are returning Sunday.
The rental car companies were such a rip-off. I didn't call til today, but our local Upper Montclair Avis had no more cars; they've got 40 booked to leave the lot tomorrow. I called another Avis location and Enterprise; I could not believe they were quoting me rates of $680 to $740 just to have a compact car from tomorrow until Monday morning. Fortunately, Dan knows an Enterprise location in Paterson, and that rate was $458.85, including $64.84 in taxes and fees, and that is from tomorrow til Tuesday evening. I have a coupon that should bring the $$ down a bit more.
We’re traveling with a peach pie I made from the fruit of Dan's tree this summer--LOL, that sounds biblical--and a vegan chocolate pecan pie made with fine quality Guittard bars [my friend Rach gave me the recipe]
I have to go to bed now. Good night.
TCOY
- Baked apple.
- Water.
- Private Benjamin appt!
$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET
- Yesterday, cab fare at lunch time to and from important funeral service, $40.80 round trip [it was MUCH cheaper than Uber]. And I had to go uptown almost 40 blocks and across the park to Amsterdam Avenue, so would have involved subway and bus, from what I could see. Money well spent.
- Yesterday, Macaron, a darling place I discovered more than 10 years ago, for a gift of 12 macarons [gluten-free and kosher, for shiva] and, for our home, a bag of coffee beans tied with pink satin ribbon, plus tip, $46.73. So pretty, the colors. So delicious, too. I remember.
- Yesterday, lunch, Japanese place, with tip, $19.
- Yesterday, Duane Reade, organic half and half, $3.49.
- Yesterday, ATM bank fees, $4.25.
- Yesterday, 2 stamps, $1.10.
- Today, Kings, groceries, including Guittard chocolate and pure maple syrup for vegan pie, plus a few ingredients for 2 pumpkin breads to send to Punchy's school feast, $102.37.
TOTAL SPEND FOR TWO DAYS: $217.74.
[not counting rental car tomorrow or therapy cost]
ongoing spend for month as of November 26: $2,726.40.
average daily spend: $104.86.
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