Money, Honey

Update on spending for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday [Christmas Day], Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, in no particular order:

• Beauty salon, Christmas Eve morning, single process color plus highlights, which I like [but which bring up the price], plus blowout, $195 plus tips for two, including holiday, $248.
• Christmas Day, Sunoco gas station store with Mimi, Sis and Punch, after Mass, for bag of ice, whipped cream and half and half, $9.17.
• Kings, tulips in planter [gift] and eggnog, $17.50.
• Kings, Grape-nuts and half and half, about $8.
• Joyist, cup of coffee with "I'm stressed" adaptogens, $8.
• Balance bar at gym after I took the 30-minute spin class Mimi teaches, Dec. 26, $3.
• Florist, holiday flowers for friend/sitter Elaine and for friends, $89.50.
• Whole Foods, orchid plant, about $21.
• Williams-Sonoma, half-price holiday candle and very good Spanish olive oil for gift, $34.63.
• Little Daisy Bake Shop, cup of coffee plus tip, $3.80.
• Sandwich Theory, black bean burger on roll plus tip, $9.33.
• Post Office, mail two envelopes with Italian Torrone bars to my two brothers in NYC, $8.78.
• Kings, milk, lox, more, about $40.

total spend for Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday: $500.71.
ongoing monthly spend as of Dec. 30: $3,913.63.
avg daily spend, folding in Christmas and commuting/work costs: $130.45.