We spent us some serious money today; few hundred here, few hundred there, pretty soon you're talking about real money. The day started with me placing a $600 order on Amazon for a little gift for ourselves out of this year's tax refund. I'll be talking more about it when it shows up.
Then we went in for an oil change. That cost us $400. At least they made the oil change complimentary. All basic maintenance; there wasn't anything broken, and we are trying to keep it that way. This in the only money other than gas and oil changes we've put into it since we had all the same sort of stuff done before we left Michigan in October 2006, so it's hard to complain too much. But it was an "Ouch!" The best part was being stuck at the garage for 3 hours while all this stuff was done. They offered to drive us home, until we explained that they would also have to come pick us up when it was done because we only have one vehicle. Fortunately, we had stopped at the library before we went to get an oil change.
Just to top things off, we stopped at Costco and dropped another c-note.
So in the space of eight hours, we dropped over a grand.
Well, I need to make some more notes for my paper. Tomorrow, I'd be surprised if we left the apartment. After today, we can't afford to....
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My rule of thumb is that a trip to either Costco or the WallyMart costs a minimum of $100, usually more. Savings, hah!
We knew Costco was going to be a big hit; we don't bother to drive "all the way out there" unless we have a substantial list. The car bill was somewhat less expected....
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