Another Saturday Night

I heard a man joking with the cashier at the hardware store today.

He was buying a few packs of brown paper lawn & leaf bags and a tank of propane, I guess for a big BBQ grill.

There's nothing else to do, he said, so I might as well do this. We're all going to have the cleanest houses. This is the biggest spring clean ever.

We all got a good laugh. Sports events for kids cancelled/postponed, movies in question [sit three seats apart], fitness classes off. I got some leaf bags, too, and Dan and I did a lot of cleanup in our backyard. It feels good.

Need to take a bath.

Good night, be well.

TCOY

1. Support group. But that meeting will be going onto Zoom now, so this group of five of us was probably last face to face for a while. Many other members were on Zoom.
2. Talked to my good friend from above [who had done Zoom call].
3. Nap.
4. Bought beautiful deep purple hyacinths in clay pot, will plant outside in week or two, so they return next year.
5. Cleaning up our yard and garden felt great.
6. Talked to Sis.
7. Doing delicate wash.
8. Healthy dinner--broiled salmon, sweet potato, asparagus.
9. Dan just started playing "Strangers on a Train," an old black and white Hitchcock movie.

$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET

I spent a lot.

• Kings, ongoing toilet paper frenzy, even flour and sugar sold out. Crazy. I got paper products, dish soap, cornmeal, sugar, Five Acre Farms local buttermilk [I plan to make low-sugar cornbread], hyacinth plant, macadamia nuts for treat, large container shelled walnuts, 3 yogurts in glass jars, Crest toothpaste, Viva two-pack paper towels, $61.87.
• Hardware store, 4-pack AA batteries, $4.15.
• Ditto, 5-pack leaf bags, $3.19.
• Joyist, smoothie to bring Figgy at work, $12.
• The General Store at Cornerstone Montclair, cute honeybee lights on a string to add warmth and glow to the dining room in this trying time, $14.93.
• Vesta Chocolate, I really wanted to lay in an emergency supply of dark chocolate but I am doing my best to not partake. Large latte plus tip, $6.06. [Vesta has gift cards now, yay, nice gifts.]
• Bagel shop on Bellevue, indulged in everything bagel with lox, scallion cream cheese, red onion, tomato and capers, $10.45.

Total daily spend: $112.65.

Ongoing monthly spend as of March 14: $1,175.04.

avg daily spend: $83.93.