Monday

TCOY

1. Read "A White Heron," a beautifully crafted short story by Mainer Sarah Orne Jewett. First published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company in 1886. Also: "Taking the Veil," by Katherine Mansfield. Delicious reading on bus to NYC. My phone had lost its charge. When it's charged, I check emails, instagram etc. I think I like this reading time and will plan for it.
2. Walked over an hour, NYC.
3. Ate some vegs: raw spinach, roasted vegs Dan made, mushrooms.

$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET

• MetroCard refill, $6.
• Iced coffee from street cart plus tip, $3.
• Cafeteria lunch, $7.90.
• Duane Reade, don't ask. I dashed out without my makeup bag--to catch 7:29 am bus. So bought replacement mascara and brow pencil plus a banana and Lindt dark chocolate bar, about $28. From now on, I'm keeping extras of everything in my handbag.
• One dollar pizza place, $1.

TOTAL DAILY SPEND: $45.90.

RUNNING MONTHLY SPEND AS OF OCT. 28: $2,315.22. Finally added up all of October so far.

AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $82.68. 
Well, I'm still under August, vacation month, but higher than I expected. Nordstrom purchases, class reunion ticket and commuter bus tickets have driven the price up.

COMPARE TO TWO PRIOR MONTHS:

TOTAL SPEND FOR SEPTEMBER (30 DAYS): $2,214.43.🍎⬇️

AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $73.81.🍎⬇️

TOTAL SPEND FOR AUGUST (31 DAYS): $2,895.06. ⬆️

AUGUST AVERAGE DAILY SPEND: $93.39.  ⬆️