Determination.

Thursday, April 6th, 2006

Union Pool (2 vodkas) $12.00
Photo Booth pictures $3.00
Pete's Candy Store (2 vodkas) $11.00

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

Aids Awareness ribbon $1.00
2 Coffee's Landscape Cafe $4.00
Sunac Food Market $17.46
Laundry Pick-up $15.00
ATM Fee $1.50

Monday and Tuesday

Tuesday, April 4th, 2006

Coffee Settepani Bakery .75
Gristede's (goat cheese, Finn Crisps) $8.78
American Spirit Cigs $7.35

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Coffee- Landscape cafe $1.25
Rent/Bills for April $692.00
Credit Card payment $49.00
Green Forest Toilet Paper(4 pack) $2.00
ATM FEE $1.75

So did everyone hear? New York State drops sales tax on all clothes under $110.00! Pretty much all the clothes I buy are under $110.00, so this is great news for me, and a lot of ladies I know...Usually New York would do this for 2 weeks out of the year, "Tax Free Week", once in Spring and once in Fall...by the time that tax-free week was over I felt as if I never made it to the stores, or if I did I had not even noticed. For now, this looks to be a permanent decision. In the Newsday article I have linked, they say that retail experts think that after a big boost in sales for a few weeks, consumers will spend what they save...So much for saving and not buying, another slimey tactic to get folks out there to spend more money!

My Weekend Update:

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Iced Coffee (Jesse's Deli) $2.00
Polka-dot sundress (Yard Sale) $4.00
watering can, and Marc Jacobs summer tote bag (Yard Sale) $11.00
American Apparel (yoga pants/tank) $43.00
Tip at Pita place $3.00
Sunac Foods (Groceries) $16.98
Coffee $2.00


Saturday, April 1st, 2006

$0.00


Friday, March 31st, 2006

Coffee Settepani Bakery .75
2 bottles of wine $17.32

One of my favorite things about Spring in any city with changing seasons, not just NYC, is all the things that happen when the season starts to change! People go wild, and break out of their homes in glorious colors, riding bicycles and skateboards, sporting fabulous sunglasses and some even dare to bare legs that have not seen the sun in nearly 6 months...The other thing I love is the Spring cleaning, that encourages folks to have yard/stoop sales where I can score some of my newly most treasured items, like my new Marc Jacobs handbag (yes, a season or 2 old), but a price so low you can't say no. There is more joy in walking and exploring, which equals less time to spend money, more excercise and less drowning of the winter blues in booze and hearty and pricey meals. Along one of our walks this weekend Doug and i discovered that we can possibly take a canoe on to the Gowanus Canal, and we are researching being members of the Gowanus Dredgers. Not only is it a reasonable price to join, but it's being active in and being a member you are part of a volunteer organization that educates the public people, and contributes to enviornmental restoration. The weather changing makes you discover a whole new New York, and as I continue to live here, I see how easy it is as the weather changes to fall in love with NY over and over, again and again. Spring day numero uno, made me start to think, the climate effects our economy, doesn't it? What if I always lived in a consistent climate, then I wouldn't need to buy all the things I buy during the cold seasons, warm seasons, rainy seasons, allergy seasons...Does having seasons cost more money? Or are seasons an excuse to buy more stuff?