So, how’s day 9 of the no spend week going?  Total FAIL.

You see, I’ve discovered that I can get half of Mr R’s school supply list for nickels and dimes if I hit Office Max before they sell out.  Those savings are just too good to pass up in the name of blogging.  Sorry, peeps.  I’ve been lured by the siren song of five cent rulers and ten cent pencils.  Staples has $1 packs of dry erase markers, one of our biggest schooling expenses because I use page protectors.

Also, Miss E dropped our only working phone into a pan of water.  While it’s been peaceful without the phone ringing, I’ve started getting panicked emails from relatives asking if we’ve all died since we’re not answering the phone.  And I cannot forward phone calls to my cell phone unless I arrange it from my home phone.

On Sunday I went shopping and got almost only WIC items, but husband dear begged for mercy and I bought him some diet Dr. Pepper.  And a chocolate Coke from Sonic’s happy hour, because it was so hot yesterday that the AC didn’t start blowing cold air until 10 minutes into my trip.  Sigh.

If you were looking for perfection, well, that’s a different blog.

If you’re looking for me, I’ll be at Office Max and Staples.