Loved but Denied

I manged to pass these beauties by...

 Puma Boutique on RueLaLa - $35 from $60

 Puma Boutique on RueLaLa - $25 from $40

 Picnic Time Boutique on RueLaLa - $79 from $149.99 (The perfect tailgating grill!)

Picnic Time Boutique on RueLaLa. $69 from $109 (The perfect picnic basket! Yes, I realize that it's completely unnecessary, which is why I didn't buy it)

Tuesday & Wednesday Daily Damages (4/28 - 4/29)

First of all...

Happy Birthday to Aaron! 

He does not have a bulldog, but is mildly obsessed with them...so I thought the bulldog would be appropriate. Sadly this is just a picture of a random bulldog that I pulled off some website, she's pretty adorable though.

Tuesday

• $38.54 - Johnny Foodmasters

Wednesday

• $56.56 - Target 

So I went into Target to get a couple of things, among them was a couple of sympathy cards I need to send out this week and I ended up leaving with $18 worth of sympathy cards. They're so hard to find when you need them! So when you find good ones that aren't religious and such, it's imperative to buy multiples.  Imperative. 

Monday's Daily Damages (4/26)

Monday

• $46.88 - Banana Republic
• $79.69 - Mother's Day Present (can't say where I bought it yet...she'll know what it is if I do)

So a couple of things, I locked myself out of Aaron's today b/c I had to leave my car and my keys at Nissan so they could fix a warranty issue with the dumb little gas popper thing. The guy that I was dealing with did not really impress me so much. Talk about leaving something to be desired in the customer service department and the brains department for that matter.  I was so annoyed with the whole issue that I didn't think about the fact that my apartment keys and the key to Aaron's were on my keychain. In fact I didn't realize it until I pulled up in front of Aaron's. Amazing.

So since he wasn't home, I headed over to the Natick Collection (AKA large a** mall) instead of just sitting and waiting, which I am not good at these days...I feel like if I'm not going a mile a minute, juggling 20-25 things in the air, then I'm not working hard enough. So anyways, I bought my mom her mother's day present, which I will be hounding my brother for his contribution for shortly...so really I only spend half of what I reported. Of course I wasn't able to get out of the mall completely unscathed...I feel victim to the sale rack at Banana. I am weak. I purchased two tops, both of which I can wear to work...my work clothes are a sad state of affairs these days. Sad indeed. At least this is how I justified my purchases to myself at the time.

I should note that I was able to bypass a number of my usual pitfalls however. Anthropology, Nordstrom, Lululemon, The Body Shop, Bare Essentials....not today my friends. Not today.

It's Official People

I got my official welcoming from Farmer Dave today for my latest endeaver of a CSA share with the Kik-ster. It's going to be a good summer...most delicious money ever spent.  

Thank you for choosing to join us for the 2010 Community Supported Agriculture at Farmer Dave's. We have received your application for membership and are excited to welcome you as a CSA member!  Thank you for choosing to support us, your local farm, as your source for high quality, fresh vegetables. We look forward to a season full of fresh vegetables and full bellies!

Check out our website for more information about our CSA

See you in the summer!

Farmer Dave and the farm crew

Weekend Damage (4/24 - 4/25)

Saturday

• $5.03 - Dunks 
• $36.61 - Roche Brothers
• $20.23 - CVS

So once again I walked out of CVS with a pile of greeting cards. I went in to buy wrapping paper and a card for Aaron's birthday, but am incapable of only buying one card at a time. Instead, I bought five. Maybe I should work for a greeting card company? Court and I had once dreamed of opening up our own greeting card business, sadly it never got off the ground.

Here's a taste of what we had to offer....

Front:
A picture of a girl eating a candy bar

Inside:
Congratulations on beating anorexia.

Impressive, I know. Not sure our style is really for everyone, but I think we could have found a niche market.

Sunday

• $10 - Roche Brothers 
• food coloring (which I already had but forgot)
• cookie batter (pre-made, I know...lame...just not feeling making batter from scratch, no time these days, or motivation for that matter)
• organic vanilla extract
• $26.51 - Bed Bath and Beyond 
• random baking accouterments (I'm going to make some sweet sugar cookies decorated with corporate logos on them for my presentation on Corporate Accountability International on Thursday...I find that my grades increases dramatically when I provide tasty snacks)
• $26.43 - Home Depot
• hardwood floor cleaner (Aaron had to get some underlay stuff for the new hardwoods that are going in next weekend...WOOHOO...and I decided we should probably have some way to clean said hardwoods)

Side note on the hardwoods: I was able to convince Aaron that he should purchase his new hardwood floors from somewhere local, instead of fueling the beast that is Home Depot. It took some research, field trips and whining but he agreed. I have to say though, it was the biggest pain ever. The first place we went came back at damn near triple the price of Home Depot and the woman took FOREVER to get a price and get back to us. So we found another local joint, which was far more responsive but still far from perfect. But all is said and done now, the floors are being delivered on Monday and will be installed by Aaron, his step-dad and one of his little brothers next weekend. Considering they do cost quite a bit more than the Home Depot floors I will be paying for a portion of the floors. It's only fair.

Other weekend news...I managed to break my vacuum. I have no idea how I managed it. I just pulled it around the corner and it got stuck, so I gave it a yank like I always do and crack, snapple, pop....the thing busted. So irritating. Luckily it was given to me by my grandmother, so I mean at least I didn't pay for it, but still now I suppose I need to get a new one.

While I would love to be able to buy one of the coveted Dyson dream machines, I just don't really see this fitting into my budget. Sad.

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Daily Damages

Wednesday

• $56.87 - Dillon's on Boylston (drinks with an old friend)

Thursday

• $27.91 - Irving

Friday

• $60 - Cab, Tavern on the Water, The Greatest Bar (couldn't tell you how much I spent where though)

Tuesday's Daily Damages (4/20)

• $5.93 - Russo's Market (totally walked out of my apartment this morning without my lunch, bummer)
• $225 - CSA Share (split with Kiki)

I'm SUPER excited about my new CSA share! For those of you out there that don't know what a CSA is, it stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It's a way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. Find a CSA in your area!

The Kik-ster and I are splitting a share, which will provide us with a plethora of delicious goodies once a week from June to October. Splitting the share made it much more affordable (when you think about it $225 for fresh, local produce for 5 months really isn't bad!) and also makes me feel better about the amount of food I'll be getting. You see, I was worried about the food going to waste if I was left to my own devises to eat it on my own (even with Aaron's help). Also, I don't so much cook...meaning my mother will be getting many a phone calls and will need to talk me through cooking 101.