MAY we interest you in a month of No Buy???

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $749.34
$0 Days:7/14

Groceries ($186-$6/day)- $89.63
Eating Out ($217-$7/day)- $70.15
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($713-$23/day) 1st Month Tuition for preschool $429
Gas $300- $42.07 (5/3-$4.44/gal), $7.07 (5/8-$4.59/gal), $68.58 (5/10-$4.33/gal), $42.84 (5/12-$4.39/gal)= $160.56

1- $22.82 (Walgreens-Groceries), $15.03 (Dominick's-Groceries), (Meijer-Groceries), $8.18 (Meijer- Groceries), $100 (Fry's Electronics-Hubby's Birthday)
2- $0
3- $0
4- $2.03 (Meijer-Groceries), $10.96 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3.82 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $.57 (Wal-Mart-Groceries)
5- $0
6- $0
7- $4.10 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $2.37 (Walgreens-Groceries), $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $30 (Lou Malnati's-Eating Out), $10 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
8- $8 (Parking), $1 (Puppetbikeshow-tip), $19 (Superdawg-Eating Out), $5 (Starbucks-1/2 price fraps-Eating Out), $318 (Broadway in Chicago Tickets- this is for 12 tickets (6 shows x2)...we will probably be selling our tickets to see the Osmond's too, so we will make some of this back)
9- $0
10- $6.15 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $5.46 (Target-Groceries), $14.29 (Jewel-Groceries)
11- $0
12- $0


Budget: $1416....53%
Month: 12/31: 39%
No Buy: 7/14: 50%

My savings from coupons and sales: $433.89

August: $300 Hotel Room for Cedar Point
October: ~$250 Rental Car

 

[bigmama67]

Going for 9 no-buy days this month...fell off the wagon BIG TIME in April and didn't even track the last 11 days, UGH!

Happily, I'm able to lower the utility bill allotment this month but it will be most likely eaten up by the gas increases...


5/1: $25.96 Petco (more stuff for DS' "free" fish); $7.46 CVS; $33.81 Home Depot (new grill cover and play sand).

5/2: $139.36 groceries (aggregate from the weekend but don't know what was when); $5 gas; $12 doctor (but they should have charged $15 so I'm sure that will be resolved); $9.58 for potty training DVD and VHS for DD (Craig's List); $5 overdue fines at library (still owe $9, ugh!).

5/3: $0!
Paid bills and spent $26.65 on groceries/$433.99 left for the month and I don't need too much more meat!

5/4: $0!
$108.26 groceries (stocked up on a LOT, decent coupon/sale day too!)/$325.73 left for the month
(Edited upwards - we were at dinner when I realized the kids were out of milk boxes, which involved another grocery store run!)

5/5: Paid a few bills; $10.78 Post Office to mail Mother's Day cards and gifts; $33.90 for pet food and a few other groceries/$291.83 left for the month! At least I got a deal on the pet food; spent about $28 and got $20 in coupons to use on future Purina purchases which means, between what I bought today and those coupons, we won't have to pay for pet food again for several months.

EDITED TO ADD: we'll have to pony up $1 for the Tooth Fairy - DS lost #7 today! ;o)

5/6: DS school lunch $4.65; Dunkin' Donuts iced mocha $3.52; homebrew ingredients $48.95; CVS $10 (prescription)

5/7: Groceries $77.07/$214.76 left for month (HARDLY NEED ANYTHING ELSE; got some great deals!); DH gas $41.47; $17.10 AC Moore (DS wanted to make a gift for me and got a T-shirt and some Dollar section stuff); $4 snacks at DS' B-ball game; $10.99 McDonalds.

5/8: Well, I wanted to go out to lunch so we spent $$$ today. $45 on lunch, $6.41 on wine, $8 on bowling, $12.03 on ices for dessert after a yummy grilled dinner, $12-something at Bed Bath & Beyond, and $10.09 on groceries today/$204.67 left for the month. I really had fun and enjoyed everything I ate today though...I do think it's important to do this once in a while but I am feeling a bit guilty about it too!

After I pay the tuition for my second summer class we will only have about $300 left in Savings. I am hoping that the class gets cancelled again (I was supposed to take it this spring but it was called off due to low enrollment)...if that happens I can make a strong case for getting them to let me take it as an independent study in the fall when my tuition is cheaper, and I will be taking out loans this year.

5/9: $20 gas, $24.23 in groceries/$180.44 left for the month....and ANOTHER $1 for the Tooth Fairy! (Twice in one week! ) $162 for Extended Care for DS for the month.

5/10: $0 (REAL $0, no groceries either!)

5/11: $6.35 groceries, $7.49 Staples (used a gift card though!), $121 shoes at JCPenney.com (got 2 pairs of boots and a pair of sneakers for me and 3 pairs for the kids, so I was very pleased about that!)

5/12: Definitely NOT a No-Buy day as I went into the city with a friend to see a movie - so tolls, parking, snacks, and then lunch at McDonald's with DD...but I took this out of a different account so I am not adding it up. Ridiculous amount of library fines I was ashamed about and will NOT mention the amount! $6.53 groceries/$167.56 left for the month; $10 gas (just to get us through till tomorrow when DH gets paid); $14.99 sports equipment for DS.

5/13: Getting oil change and tuneup on one car (should be about $60, I hope no more!); $5 DS school lunch.

5/14: Going to Great Adventure for the first time this season! I've already told DS we will NOT be buying meals there if he wants to go more than once a month (season passes).

5/15:

5/16:

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5/23:

5/24:

5/25:

5/26:

5/27:

5/28: Going to Six Flags New England - definitely not a no-buy day!

5/29: Coming home from Massachusetts.

5/30:

5/31:




No-buy days: 3/9

 

[charming23]

Meet a friend for happy hour at starbucks this afternoon. I used a giftcard I have had for awhile, so no money out of pocket

May 2011 Budget

Groceries/household- $300/ $95.13 Left
Car/Gas- $50/$23.17 left
Cat Supplies-$50/ $44.31 Left
Eating Out- $50/$37.82 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/ $85.32 left

Total Budget $450/ $184.95 Left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

Week One
4/30- $99.35 Groceries/Household and $5.69 Cat Supplies
5/1- $0
5/2- $0
5/3- $0
5/4- $22.73 Groceries/Household, $26.83 Gas, and $5.07 Eating Out
5/5- $0
5/6- $0

Week Two
5/7- $27.58 Groceries
5/8- $0
5/9- $7.11 Lunch at the Zoo
5/10- $0
5/11- $56.21 Groceries/houshold
5/12- $14.68 at Ulta
5/13- $0

Week Three
5/14
5/15
5/16
5/17
5/18
5/19
5/20

8/15 No Buy Days

Store/Coupon Savings- $49.50

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I have been doing the $400 for the month as a whole, and I'm going to try something different this month just to see how it works. I'm going to try a limit of $40 for each 3 day period. $400/30 days is the same amount as $40/3 days over the month, but mentally it's a very different approach. I only have $40 to spend, but I only have to make it last 3 days! I have no idea if this will work or not, but it's worth a try.

I'm tracking groceries, eating out, and miscellaneous only in this top part.

CASH:
1: $0!

2: $0!
3: $23.50 Winn-Dixie
4: $0!
Subtotal: $23.50
$40-$23.50= $16.50 left

5: $11.27 McDonald's
6: $0!
7: $0!
Subtotal: $11.27
$40-$11.27= $28.73 left

8: $84.45 Walgreens, Starbucks, McDonald's, Rouses
9: $0!
10: $0!
Subtotal: 84.45
$40-$40=$0 left
$45.23-$44.45=$0.78 overage left

11: $5.81 McDonald's
12: $7.75 snowballs & misc
13: $0!
Subtotal: $13.56
$40-$13.56=$26.44 left

CASH $0 Days: 8

GAS:
2 - $21.00 (3.68/gallon)
8 - $13.75 ($3.59/gallon)
Gas Subtotal: $34.75

TOTAL: $167.53

 

[wlake]

Thanks Virgerdon!

Today might have been a no buy, but I'm making lists for all of tomorrow's buys! I had no idea how much of our OTC meds had expired -- until someone needed them!


5/1: $110 for DS6's birthday party (so worth it!)
5/2:
5/3:
5/4: $30 dinner out
5/5: $15 jacket for DS (I just realized how small the one he's wearing is. I can't believe I let him out of the house in it.), $50 water shoes for DS and pants for me, $30 for field trips
5/6:
5/7: $84 Target, ? potting soil, ? lunch out, and ??? (the other three went out to buy a Mother's Day gift, so I wasn't with them! Guess I'll find out tomorrow! )
5/8: $18 Target (a case for my Mother's Day iPhone!!), ? groceries
5/9:
5/10: $35 dinner out
5/11:
5/12: $12 ice cream out to celebrate DS8's concert
5/13:

no buy days: 6/10
longest no buy streak: 3 days
meals out: 2/5
days since our last meal out: 3
longest no meals out streak: 10

 

[ronnmel]

Our wedding week was so amazing and fun and relaxing, but ever since we came back it's been one crap after another. I feel like someone out there is making us pay for having such a great time, like there is some karmic rule saying I can't just be happy for a while, that it has to be balanced out by negativity.

First it was (still is) my mom being very sick (doctors say she's getting better, but I find her breathing has gotten worse. Also, she's been transferred back to the hospital that treats her cancer because the closest one couldn't do anything for her anymore).

Around the same time was the toilet being broken (it's fixed), then the garage door being broken (not ours, the landlord's, but our locker is inside there), and now an oil leak on my car that has cost me 300$ to fix (well, oil change plus fixing oil leak).

And to top it all off, I'm so exhausted once I get home that I can't even come here on the Dis and enjoy relaxing while reading some posts.

Ugh! Sorry for venting. It needed to get off my chest.

No Buy Days : 1/9
Gas : 0$ (max 120$)
Car : 300$ (oil change + oil leak)
Groceries : 30$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 21$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 98$ (max 200$)

05/08 : 44$ (dinner + flowers)
05/09 : 5$ (parking)
05/10 : 0$
05/11 : 78$
05/12 : 172$ (oil change & other small fixes, books)
05/13 : 150$ (fixing oil leak)

 

[Virgderon]

Ronmel, I'm so sorry for all your stress. I think that your moms illness is probably affecting your ability to handle the other things that go wrong. I hope it will get better.

Went to the indoor football game. We have season tickets, so just spent money on food.

Running Total: Spent $254
$948 budget... $694 left
$0 Days: 5
Goal is 9 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 24

Groceries budget- $250 -18-28-39= 165 left

May 1 : 76 (Mothers day gift , card & misc.)
May 2 : 0
May 3 : 18 ( groceries, misc)
May 4: 0
May 5: 0
May 6 : 28
May 7: 37 ( garage sale finds)
May 8: 55 ( movie, groceries)
May 9: 8 (Walgreens)
May 10: 0
May 11: 0
May 12 : 29 ( red robin dinner, magazine)
May 13: 21 ( Wendys and food at the game)

 

[bigmama67]

Ronmel, I wanted to give you lots of hugs. Here:



That's all...I know life is full of these ups and downs but it's SO hard to keep our spirits up sometimes when things really seem to be conspiring...I know it is...

That's all I got.

 

[bigmama67]

Going for 9 no-buy days this month...fell off the wagon BIG TIME in April and didn't even track the last 11 days, UGH!

Happily, I'm able to lower the utility bill allotment this month but it will be most likely eaten up by the gas increases...


5/1: $25.96 Petco (more stuff for DS' "free" fish); $7.46 CVS; $33.81 Home Depot (new grill cover and play sand).

5/2: $139.36 groceries (aggregate from the weekend but don't know what was when); $5 gas; $12 doctor (but they should have charged $15 so I'm sure that will be resolved); $9.58 for potty training DVD and VHS for DD (Craig's List); $5 overdue fines at library (still owe $9, ugh!).

5/3: $0!
Paid bills and spent $26.65 on groceries/$433.99 left for the month and I don't need too much more meat!

5/4: $0!
$108.26 groceries (stocked up on a LOT, decent coupon/sale day too!)/$325.73 left for the month
(Edited upwards - we were at dinner when I realized the kids were out of milk boxes, which involved another grocery store run!)

5/5: Paid a few bills; $10.78 Post Office to mail Mother's Day cards and gifts; $33.90 for pet food and a few other groceries/$291.83 left for the month! At least I got a deal on the pet food; spent about $28 and got $20 in coupons to use on future Purina purchases which means, between what I bought today and those coupons, we won't have to pay for pet food again for several months.

EDITED TO ADD: we'll have to pony up $1 for the Tooth Fairy - DS lost #7 today! ;o)

5/6: DS school lunch $4.65; Dunkin' Donuts iced mocha $3.52; homebrew ingredients $48.95; CVS $10 (prescription)

5/7: Groceries $77.07/$214.76 left for month (HARDLY NEED ANYTHING ELSE; got some great deals!); DH gas $41.47; $17.10 AC Moore (DS wanted to make a gift for me and got a T-shirt and some Dollar section stuff); $4 snacks at DS' B-ball game; $10.99 McDonalds.

5/8: Well, I wanted to go out to lunch so we spent $$$ today. $45 on lunch, $6.41 on wine, $8 on bowling, $12.03 on ices for dessert after a yummy grilled dinner, $12-something at Bed Bath & Beyond, and $10.09 on groceries today/$204.67 left for the month. I really had fun and enjoyed everything I ate today though...I do think it's important to do this once in a while but I am feeling a bit guilty about it too!

After I pay the tuition for my second summer class we will only have about $300 left in Savings. I am hoping that the class gets cancelled again (I was supposed to take it this spring but it was called off due to low enrollment)...if that happens I can make a strong case for getting them to let me take it as an independent study in the fall when my tuition is cheaper, and I will be taking out loans this year.

5/9: $20 gas, $24.23 in groceries/$180.44 left for the month....and ANOTHER $1 for the Tooth Fairy! (Twice in one week! ) $162 for Extended Care for DS for the month.

5/10: $0 (REAL $0, no groceries either!)

5/11: $6.35 groceries, $7.49 Staples (used a gift card though!), $121 shoes at JCPenney.com (got 2 pairs of boots and a pair of sneakers for me and 3 pairs for the kids, so I was very pleased about that!)

5/12: Definitely NOT a No-Buy day as I went into the city with a friend to see a movie - so tolls, parking, snacks, and then lunch at McDonald's with DD...but I took all of this $ out of a separate account so I am not adding it up. Ridiculous amount of library fines I was ashamed about and will NOT mention the amount! $6.53 groceries/$167.56 left for the month; $10 gas (just to get us through till tomorrow when DH gets paid); $14.99 sports equipment for DS.

5/13: $109 for tuneup and oil change (naturally it needed a bit more work than that); $5 DS school lunch; $4 snacks at baseball game; $7.99 swim shoes for DD (after a $5 coupon, yeah! ); 2 weeks at DD's daycare ($???); $72 for pet medicine (Frontline for both dogs - DH remembered to use a coupon, YEAH!); $25 on Amazon for a new plug for my laptop (DD broke the other one - this is my NEW laptop...)...$24 for training pants; $24.86 groceries/$142.70 left for the month. Also paid our mortgage, cell phone and DH's student loan...so already half the paycheck DH got today is gone plus our car loan payment will come out Monday.

One thing I did today which I feel great about is that I noticed the bank where I have an account to use for mortgage payments, was offering a 6-year CD at 3%. I realize that's not great but these days, it's something. I rolled most of the kids' savings accounts at this bank into a CD in my name which they will be beneficiaries of if anything should happen to me before it matures. Anything helps, right?

5/14: Great Adventure - bringing lunch, will probably get 2 souvenir cups to use all season and maybe a popcorn bucket.

5/15: Hoping for no-buy #4

5/16:

5/17: Hoping for no-buy #5

5/18:

5/19:

5/20:

5/21:

5/22:

5/23:

5/24:

5/25:

5/26:

5/27:

5/28: Going to Six Flags New England - definitely not a no-buy day!

5/29: Coming home from Massachusetts.

5/30:

5/31:




No-buy days: 3/9

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Ronnmel. That is a lot to deal with at one time.

 

[A.Mickey]

Running Total: Spent $763.61
$0 Days:7/14

Groceries ($186-$6/day)- $95.95
Eating Out ($217-$7/day)- $78.10
Misc. (Shopping/Entertainment) ($713-$23/day) 1st Month Tuition for preschool $429
Gas $300- $42.07 (5/3-$4.44/gal), $7.07 (5/8-$4.59/gal), $68.58 (5/10-$4.33/gal), $42.84 (5/12-$4.39/gal)= $160.56

1- $22.82 (Walgreens-Groceries), $15.03 (Dominick's-Groceries), (Meijer-Groceries), $8.18 (Meijer- Groceries), $100 (Fry's Electronics-Hubby's Birthday)
2- $0
3- $0
4- $2.03 (Meijer-Groceries), $10.96 (Walgreens-Groceries), $3.82 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $.57 (Wal-Mart-Groceries)
5- $0
6- $0
7- $4.10 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries), $2.37 (Walgreens-Groceries), $2 (Dollar Tree-Papers), $30 (Lou Malnati's-Eating Out), $10 (McDonald's-Eating Out)
8- $8 (Parking), $1 (Puppetbikeshow-tip), $19 (Superdawg-Eating Out), $5 (Starbucks-1/2 price fraps-Eating Out), $318 (Broadway in Chicago Tickets- this is for 12 tickets (6 shows x2)...we will probably be selling our tickets to see the Osmond's too, so we will make some of this back)
9- $0
10- $6.15 (Wendy's-Eating Out), $5.46 (Target-Groceries), $14.29 (Jewel-Groceries)
11- $0
12- $0
13- $7.95 (McDonald's-Eating Out), $6.32 (Jewel-Osco-Groceries)


Budget: $1416....54%
Month: 13/31: 42%
No Buy: 7/14: 50%

My savings from coupons and sales: $459.65

August: $300 Hotel Room for Cedar Point
October: ~$250 Rental Car

 

[charming23]

ronnmel, I hope things start to get better soon. We are here if you need us.

 

[Debbie]

Got some really good news at work today. It's still tentative, but !

Today might have been a no buy, but I'm making lists for all of tomorrow's buys! I had no idea how much of our OTC meds had expired -- until someone needed them!

Hope things work out at work, wlake! And those OTC meds are $$$$$.

Today was DH's bd. We went to Red Robin and I gave him the hockey tickets that I bought with the last of my unemployment money. It felt good to celebrate his birthday and be done with the whole unemployment experience.

to your DH! It was a day for celebrating at your house!

Meet a friend for happy hour at starbucks this afternoon. I used a giftcard I have had for awhile, so no money out of pocket

That's the way! No money, but good company!

Ugh! Sorry for venting. It needed to get off my chest.

That's one of the reasons we're here.

EDITED TO ADD: we'll have to pony up $1 for the Tooth Fairy - DS lost #7 today! ;o)

Kids love to wiggle those things right out!

DS is gone for his 'extended vacation', so his GF isn't here either. That should help both the gas and the food bills. DH shops Saturdays and Tuesdays by appointment and all other days "just because". We heard on the news that shopping every day extends your life, so DH should live forever.

There's a big 'teacher's store sale' today, and I didn't go (well, yet), so saving myself some money on that front! That's my strategy at all times: Stay out of the store, and you don't spend!

 

[Virgderon]

We are in for the day. I'm so happy because I found a true baragain. I went to a little beach shop in Tarpon Springs, and they had a rack of $20 bathing suits. Found an adorable one piece that actually flatters me. When I got home I looked up "Gottex" cause that is what the label says. Turns out these suits sell for $78 up to about $128 at Nordstroms, so I got a great deal!

Running Total: Spent $308
$948 budget... $640 left
$0 Days: 5
Goal is 9 or more!
coupon/sale savings : 24

Groceries budget- $250 -18-28-39= 165 left

May 1 : 76 (Mothers day gift , card & misc.)
May 2 : 0
May 3 : 18 ( groceries, misc)
May 4: 0
May 5: 0
May 6 : 28
May 7: 37 ( garage sale finds)
May 8: 55 ( movie, groceries)
May 9: 8 (Walgreens)
May 10: 0
May 11: 0
May 12 : 29 ( red robin dinner, magazine)
May 13: 21 ( Wendys and food at the game)
May 14 : 54 ( 21 lunch, 21 bathing suit, 12 soap)

 

[Debbie]

There's a big 'teacher's store sale' today, and I didn't go (well, yet), so saving myself some money on that front! That's my strategy at all times: Stay out of the store, and you don't spend!

Well, so much for that strategy. The car drove itself right past the sale! I'll update later, but I got a head start on some Christmas gifts, fall birthday gifts, and a few stocking stuffers.

 

[ronnmel]

Thanks guys. And I think you're right Virgderon, my mom's illness is making all the other little problems seem worse than they are.

Today I've been focusing a lot on uploading my Cuba pictures to help "forget" about the crapiness for a little while. Here's one of them for you guys. I'll soon be starting to write up a mini trip report in my Disneymoon PTR, so you can check out the link in my signature.

At least today was a no-buy.

No Buy Days : 2/9
Gas : 0$ (max 120$)
Car : 300$ (oil change + oil leak)
Groceries : 30$ (max 200$)
Eating out (and snacks) : 21$ (max 100$)
Non-necessities : 98$ (max 200$)

05/08 : 44$ (dinner + flowers)
05/09 : 5$ (parking)
05/10 : 0$
05/11 : 78$
05/12 : 172$ (oil change & other small fixes, books)
05/13 : 150$ (fixing oil leak)
05/14 : 0$

We are in for the day. I'm so happy because I found a true baragain. I went to a little beach shop in Tarpon Springs, and they had a rack of $20 bathing suits. Found an adorable one piece that actually flatters me. When I got home I looked up "Gottex" cause that is what the label says. Turns out these suits sell for $78 up to about $128 at Nordstroms, so I got a great deal!

Good job on finding that deal!

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

ronnmel - I love it! What a beautiful picture!

Virgderon - That is a great deal!

 

[charming23]

ronnmel, you look beautiful in your dress. I will be heading over to your PTR to read all about it.

Today was a rainy day so I stayed in and worked on job applications and laundry. Plan on watching movies tonight.

May 2011 Budget

Groceries/household- $300/ $95.13 Left
Car/Gas- $50/$23.17 left
Cat Supplies-$50/ $44.31 Left
Eating Out- $50/$37.82 left
Entertainment/Misc- $100/ $85.32 left

Total Budget $450/ $184.95 Left

Goal of 15 No Buy Days

Week One
4/30- $99.35 Groceries/Household and $5.69 Cat Supplies
5/1- $0
5/2- $0
5/3- $0
5/4- $22.73 Groceries/Household, $26.83 Gas, and $5.07 Eating Out
5/5- $0
5/6- $0

Week Two
5/7- $27.58 Groceries
5/8- $0
5/9- $7.11 Lunch at the Zoo
5/10- $0
5/11- $56.21 Groceries/houshold
5/12- $14.68 at Ulta
5/13- $0

Week Three
5/14- $0
5/15
5/16
5/17
5/18
5/19
5/20

9/15 No Buy Days

Store/Coupon Savings- $49.50[/QUOTE]

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I have been doing the $400 for the month as a whole, and I'm going to try something different this month just to see how it works. I'm going to try a limit of $40 for each 3 day period. $400/30 days is the same amount as $40/3 days over the month, but mentally it's a very different approach. I only have $40 to spend, but I only have to make it last 3 days! I have no idea if this will work or not, but it's worth a try.

I'm tracking groceries, eating out, and miscellaneous only in this top part.

CASH:
1: $0!

2: $0!
3: $23.50 Winn-Dixie
4: $0!
Subtotal: $23.50
$40-$23.50= $16.50 left

5: $11.27 McDonald's
6: $0!
7: $0!
Subtotal: $11.27
$40-$11.27= $28.73 left

8: $84.45 Walgreens, Starbucks, McDonald's, Rouses
9: $0!
10: $0!
Subtotal: 84.45
$40-$40=$0 left
$45.23-$44.45=$0.78 overage left

11: $5.81 McDonald's
12: $7.75 snowballs & misc
13: $0!
Subtotal: $13.56
$40-$13.56=$26.44 left

14: $0!
15:
16:
$40-$0=$40 left

CASH $0 Days: 9

GAS:
2 - $21.00 (3.68/gallon)
8 - $13.75 ($3.59/gallon)
Gas Subtotal: $34.75

TOTAL: $167.53

They started opening the Morganza Spillway today to relieve pressure on the levees through Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Since I have a Mississippi River levee outside my window, you'd think I'd be thrilled that they are doing this, but it's going to flood many people outside of the metropolitan areas. I find the whole situation very sobering that it had to come to this.

 

[Debbie]

They started opening the Morganza Spillway today to relieve pressure on the levees through Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Since I have a Mississippi River levee outside my window, you'd think I'd be thrilled that they are doing this, but it's going to flood many people outside of the metropolitan areas. I find the whole situation very sobering that it had to come to this.

Very sad thing happening both in Canada and United States. A lot of loss of crops and property.

ronmel, what a beautiful picture! Take care!