What unfrugal thing did you do today or yesterday?

[funnyvalentine]

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bought some very beautiful antique globe ornaments at the New York Public Library for my sweet SO who is laid up with a broken leg and ankle. I figure, he can't get out to spend money, so we're still ahead....

[LuxLiving]

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Goofed this morning on moving CashHappySon's money into a 9 month CD. It will mature about 30 days late. This is for his car tag that is due in May '07. Was miscounting I suppose - it was about 3:00 a.m. so understandable I guess. At any rate he has several months that will have extra paydays in them between now and then and we've already scheduled enough monthly contributions to make up for it beforehand. I guess I should rename the CD to CashHappySonCarTag'08! No loss really, but I hate making screw-ups!!

[Ima saver]

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Ordered some goofy stuff from Miles Kimball catalog! I can use some of it for christmas!

[BCHGRL]

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This weekend was really bad. Monday is my mom's 50th bd so we've been celebrating all weekend. I bought her flowers, a new bicycle, lunch out yesterday, and I bought some new boots for myself and two frames when we were shopping on Friday. I bought them at Ross though so I only paid $40 total.

Also, since my dad is such a handy man and I have to get use of his services when he is at my home, I bought the new sink I've wanted and new faucets on sale. The sink was full price unfortunately. Fortunately, it is sooo much nicer than the sink we had that it is adding value to our home. He also put up a new outdoor light fixture that I bought at Lowe's last week on sale for $17. He had installed a light in my pantry on his last visit but the switch was faulty so he installed a new switch on this visit. I love to upgrade my home!

Since my dad is an electrician, he brings home spools for cable. My mom and I are going to paint them today to use them as tables. We bought some ivy stencils to decorate them once they are painted.

[funnyvalentine]

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Hey,you're only 50 once (I was, last may!) and I can tell you that it's a hard birthday for a woman. What you did was priceless.

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This weekend was really bad. Monday is my mom's 50th bd so we've been celebrating all weekend. I bought her flowers, a new bicycle, lunch out yesterday, and I bought some new boots for myself and two frames when we were shopping on Friday. I bought them at Ross though so I only paid $40 total.

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[funnyvalentine]

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I went in last night and visited all my affinity programs; my points, timespoints, buzzagent, and did some "free" shopping for the boyfriends birthday and Christmas.

[Ima saver]

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Dinner out, but I enjoyed myself!!

[lrjohnson]

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I put 2 loads in the dryer!

[getforfree]

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Once I put 2 large loads in the dryer too to save money. That was when I lived in the appartment and had to use quarters to pay for each wash or dry. Everything came out wrinkled and some items were still half wet. That's something I will never do again unless those loads are small and most items are fast-drying.

[sakigt]

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Took my best friend to a Hookah bar for her birthday...

Unfortuantly 4 of us turned into 8 of us (all her friends). When the bill showed up the hookahs were all on my tab and no one offered to help pay for their share. I didnt want to make a scene on her birthday so I just paid the tab myself.

Next time we'll just have a personal night out

[Ima saver]

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What is a hookah? (country girl here)

[sakigt]

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A hookah is a Middle Eastern device that uses heat from coals to burn moistened flavored tobacco, which is filtered through water.

Its usually a social thing, which Ive only done a few other times before...and my friend wanted me to take her so she could try it. Apparently because of the way it is prepared and burned it is less harmful than normal smoking, but I limit my intake, regardless

[Ima saver]

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Around here they just chew tobacco (bakky) and spit in on the ground. For unfrugal, i bought another copy of the magazine that my husband has a house in. I have now purchased 3!

[lrjohnson]

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Once I put 2 large loads in the dryer too to save money.

No, no....I was posting an UNfrugal thing. I didn't put them in the dryer at the same time. I actually used the dryer twice, a very unfrugal thing for me. But I had a bag full of crud from vacation.....

I agree that overstuffed dryers are bad news.

[Reldon]

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I had lunch with my boss and I didn't have dinner. 0 dollars spent on food today!