Time to Catch a Paper Tiger [Money $$] by the Tail--Before I Burn Down the Jungle

I picked up my paycheck yesterday and was able to get things I had been wanting. Expenses for Friday and Saturday [today] include:

• Little Daisy Bake Shop, small coffee with soy milk to bring to Figgy at work, plus tip, $3.
• Williams-Sonoma, 20 percent off holiday sale prices, beautiful forest pine-scented candles, winter berry dish soap/cleaning spray/liquid hand soap set, Bar Keeper's Friend soft cleanser [$3.96] and Jacobsen Salt Co. [from Oregon] set of eight vials of precious salts for baking and finishing foods, from Pink Himalayan to Hawaiian Sea Salt, $79.75 total bill. Oh, and I forgot--that spend included a jar of Organic Turkey Gravy Base--originally $14.95, now $6.99. I figure I can make turkey breast and mashed potatoes for Punch and me......
• Parking meter, 75 cents.
• High-end dry cleaner/tailor, got my old Burberry jacket fixed up, $65.
• Pret a Manger, $2.06.
• Junior's, $8.75.
• MetroCard refill, $6.
• Clean Market, soft, reusable, washable black cotton tote that grants me 10 percent off all purchases. I.love.it. I was on the waiting list to get one. Discount applies to Goop beauty products, foods and beverages, etc. The bag, with tax, was $21.78. I then used my discount to get Figgy two good-helping-sized Daily Dose Chocolate Avocado Mousse cups, one very thin tahini chocolate chunk cookie, plus tip, $25. Then for Goop silky Body Luminizer, Hu cacao almonds, Sweet Laurel cookbook, a Keep Cup to reuse for coffee and a healthy salad with chicken to bring home, $118.92. 
• Just Salad, yay me, $11.52.
• CVS, 4 boxes cereal on sale, with $3 coupon, $10.22.
• Matcha drink for Punch, $3.
• Whole Foods, big bill. Brought Punch with me, innocently enough, to get breakfast sandwiches, which were not very good--I hate those fluffy precut eggs, and the roll and cheese were bad, too. Ugh. Punch liked hers okay but $3.99 each. I want to outline my purchases, which totaled $201.22, because I got a lot of good proteins, etc:

1. Local coffee, Fair Mountain Coffee Roasters organic Mocha Java beans from Atlantic Highlands, NJ, but expensive, $13.99.
2. 1.03 lb. wild caught salmon fillet, $16.47.
3. 2 amply sized containers of shrimp with cocktail sauce, $20.
4. 1 lb. smoked salmon, $20.
5. Large container sea salt crackers, $4.99.
6. Bob's Red Mill organic coconut flour, sale, $4.49. [Bought this and almond flour, coconut milk yogurt and pink salts, above, to try a healthy recipe soon from Sweet Laurel cookbook, also above.]
7. Bob's Red Mill almond flour, $3 off, so $8.99.
8. Coconut milk yogurt, large-ish size, $10.99.
9. Hu no refined sugar dark mint bar, $6.99.
10. Grey Poupon coarse country mustard, $3.99.
11. Container Callebaut dark chocolate chips, $7.19.
12. 6-pack brioche rolls for Punch, $4.99.
13. Luxury, .33 lb. wedge Humboldt Fog cheese from California, $9.24.
14. Spicy tuna bowl for Punch and me to share, $11.99.
15. Healthy breakfast sausage links x 2, $10.
16. Dozen organic eggs in brown shells, $3.99.
17. Pint half and half, $2.29.
18. 2 packs vegan sausages, the kind Dan and Fig like, $10.
19. 4 small Nounos Greek yogurts at $2.39 each, so $9.56.
20. 1/2 lb. ball local smoked mozzarella, $5.19.
21. Large container fresh fruit, $6.23.

I have highlighted in yellow the things that were an out-and-out overpriced waste of money. Hindsight, as they say.

TOTAL SPEND FRI & SAT: $556.97 [including book, a lot of groceries, $65 jacket repair bill]
ongoing monthly spend as of Jan 4: $614.23.
avg daily spend: $153.56.

TCOY

1. Morning support group and talk with my wise friends after.
2. Nap.
3. Picking up repaired jacket.
4. Burning pretty candles.