Eager to Write but It’s Late

Patsy and Andy here from Colorado! Arin hosted a gathering and it was a gift to see everyone.
TCOY

1. Mass.
2. Short walk w Sug.
3. Seeing dear friends.

$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET FRIDAY/SATURDAY/SUNDAY. This is after my paycheck cleared and I paid $900 to the heating oil company to get our oil tank filled and pay more owed.
HAVE TO GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS, BUT THIS US PRETTY MUCH WHAT I SPENT SINCE FRIDAY ON LIFE AND CHRISTMAS-ING:

• Round trip bus, $15.30.
• Pret-a-Manger on Third Avenue, instead of baking, and being up to my elbows in sugar, went and got many dense, rich square individually wrapped BROWNIE BITES, $1.75 each, to pile on a platter. Co-workers loved. $32. Put next to plate piled w clementines.
• Gift cards for 4 people on my list, $130.
• Cash gifts, $100.
• QuickChek, milk and candy, $7.
• Bus drivers, didn’t have $10 each when Punch left 7 am, so cute cookie plus $5 each, $10.
• Blowout plus tips, $45.
• VESTA Chocolate, new shop in Montclair, vegan hot chocolate to bring Figgy and bag of granola for family [with cacao nibs], $22.80.
• The General Store at Cornerstone Montclair, great gifts, stocking stuffers, candle, cards, $126.35.
• Nordstrom gifts, $174.21.
• Nordstrom, Commando Eclipse black tights, $40.
• Whole Foods, co-worker foodie gifts, clementines, baking chocolate, sustainable plates, cards, gift bags, half and half, $89.50.
• Little Daisy Bake Shop, fancy holiday treats for two parties plus tip plus blondie for Punch, $57.
• Joyist, natural cleaning spray in blue glass bottle plus gift, $32.
• Williams-Sonoma, Housewarming/holiday gift for party,$25.50.
• Kings, mocha cheesecake ingredients, fancy cheese to bring to a party, milk, etc, $55.
• CVS, holidays tissue boxes, Vaseline, bubble bath, men"s shave gift, Palmolive, $58.
• Bagel shop plus tip, $10.92.
• Pizza place w Punch, $9.
• ShopRite, lox, crackers, etc,$26.93.

MONDAY MORNING ADDING UP NUMBERS:
total spend for Friday/Saturday/Sunday:  $1,066.51.
ongoing monthly spend as of Dec. 22: $3,412.92.
avg daily spend, folding in Christmas and commuting/work costs: $155.13.