this week {5.17 to 5.23}

~ i opened a whole lot of super glue boxes at work ~

~ i took a bubble bath ~

~ i finished reading stuart woods' dark harbor and started reading his short straw ~

~ i got a great deal on diapers at rite aid ($32 for 5 packs of diapers, one pack of little swimmers and two tubs of wipes) ~

~ i had my "annual appointment" - you know the one ~

~ coleman and i had swimming lessons on tuesday; we played hookey on thursday ~

~ i only worked from home one day (tuesday) ~

~ i worked very hard (physically) at work for lowe's employee appreciation day ~

~ matt work nights (tuesday through thursday) and was off over the weekend ~

~ our dishwasher broke ~

~ spencer's travel team had a little celebration and received their championship rings ~

~ coleman had a party at daycare ~

~ i went to bed at 8:00 on friday night (i told you i worked hard) ~

~ spencer went to a birthday party ~

~ spencer cleaned up his room; matt and i cleaned up the rest of the house ~

~ we watched the usc vs florida baseball game ~

~ we visited matt's parents ~

~ i grocery shopped (harris teeter super double coupons) while matt, coleman and spencer went to spencer's baseball practice ~

~ i made some progress in cleaning up my scrapbook room and reorganizing a few things ~

~ i put some junk in the attic (had to buy a new, larger container for my patriotic decorations) ~

~ coleman and i went to giada's first birthday party ~

~ matt and i sat on the front porch and talked to the neighbors ~

~ i barely took any photos ALL week ~

{savings tracker}

spent = $231; saved = $196 (46%)

annual savings = $1,970 (41%)

average spent weekly for family of 3.5 = $139