Money Diary - SF 1 Parent, 1 Kid, 2 dogs

[pinkdutchtulips]

i'm 45 mins due east of San Francisco .. close enough for it to be handy, far enough where i can afford the SF/Bay Area

I work in-house in claims litigation for a regional insurance carrier that comes w/ some fantastic discounts. DD is in public school.

its a week or so old ...

Sunday
Stop by Dicks for new softball pants for dd, a yoga mat carrier for me and a giants shirt for dd for Team Spirit Day for spring break daycare = $56
Yoga class - FREE !!!
DD is feeling restless so we go to a indoor trampoline place  $16 ($14 for 1 hr of jump time, $2 special socks) plus $4 for 2 waters and $2 for the massage chair
Stop for a late lunch - 2 slices of pizza and 2 waters $11
Grocery Store - $123

Monday
Monthly Daycare withdrawal - $585 (before/after school care)
Lunch - $9 (sandwich + salad, save 1/2 of sandwich for tomorrow's lunch)
Dinner - CFA for dd $5
Gym then my dinner of leftover chicken stirfry

Tuesday
Lunch - Free - other half of yesterday's sandwich
Dinner - CFA for dd $5
Gym

Wednesday
Bills - YUCK !! $265 (Cable/Internet), $100 (cell), $75 (PG&E)
Lunch - Sandwich, Chips, tea $9
Dinner - Old Spaghetti Factory w/ dd $30 (including tip)
Target - $117 (spring clothes for dd and snacks for softball later that week)

Thursday
Lunch - leftover OSF
Gym
Dinner - CFA $17
Target - $87 (BOGO 1/2 shoe sale, DD's easter shoes, summer shoes for me; workout clothes, 2 new umbrellas)

Friday
Lunch - $11 LaSalsa Burrito
Gas - $10
Gym
Dinner - CFA dd $5
Dinner - me finish off last of chicken stirfry

Saturday
Barre Class - FREE
Returned Target items - $40
Lunch - Panera $25
Ulta - $40 (clinque starter kit, bare minerals mini lipglosses, headbands and hairties for dd)
ON - $80 (more spring clothes for dd (BOGO Free shorts), spring clothes for me)
Gas - $25 (scored 40 cents off/gal thx to 3 people using the same discount card)
Groceries - $133 (mostly easter dinner fixins)
Dinner - quesadillas (cheese for dd, chicken & cheese for me) $0

sadly we eat on the go - ALOT as we go daycare pickup at 6p to gym 6:15-30p to home by 7:30p. I skip the gym on days when i've got some sort of GS thing (troop meeting, leader meeting, SUT meeting), PTA meeting, or book club (PTA meets monthly, book club every other month)

[ellipses84]

Thanks for sharing! We have been eating out way too much but it's because, like you, we are so busy and on the go all the time. I was curious to see this item in all the diary posts.

[incognitony]

Can I ask what is CFA?

[stretchad]

Apr 16, 2017 6:44:03 GMT -5 incognitony said:

Can I ask what is CFA?

I think it's chick-fil-a

[incognitony]

Oh ok! I live in NY we don't have that chain here but I've heard of it!

[pinkdutchtulips]

Apr 16, 2017 6:44:03 GMT -5 incognitony said:

Can I ask what is CFA?

Chik-Fil-A located next to my gym. at 6:15-30 dd is raveneous, i can wait. i don't want to subject the gym's child care folks to my hangry 7 yo.

[pinkdutchtulips]

Apr 16, 2017 22:30:09 GMT -5 farmvillelover said:

Seems like a typical week, I'm impressed you keep it so reasonable in such a HCOL/VHCOL!

Also, I want to add that you are an amazing mom. All these years we've been posting together and I've always thought you were one of the main ones who really holds it down and takes care of business for you and your daughter even without a partner's help.

thanks ... and thanks !  it's not easy at times and i have my moments where i want to literally tear.my.hair.out then i think of the alternative and nope !