Where it all goes, a spent journal

a young woman's year-long journal of the money she spends.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006



Tuesday,May 2nd,2006


Coffee Settepani Bakery .75
Strand Bookstore:
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami $11.95
Purple Strand bookstore Yak Pak bag $13.95
Sales Tax $2.17
Belly (Bar on Rivington) $24.00
Car Service $7.00

Monday,May 1st,2006

American Spirit Cigs $7.50
Union Pool (drinks & photobooth) $16.00

I was going to borrow The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle from someone and not let myself buy it, it's crazy cus there is Murakami craze, and his books are lying all over our offices right now, and yet nobody had this particular one, the one everyone tells me to start with if you are going to read works by him, so I went to Strand Books and picked it up...I new where it would be sitting, on the best-selling Fiction table, yes, I'm one of those people that reads off the best-sellers list, my roomate has called me out on it, but you know what, there is a reason these books are best-sellers, they are really good! I couldn't stand it any longer, I've been hearing EVERYONE talk about what a good writer this man is, so being the follower that I am, I followed. I can't wait to get hooked on some Murakami, but I will not buy the next one I read, I will borrow it from someone. I should really start a book trading club, though the last time I proposed that idea to my friends they laughed at me. jerks.


Monday, May 01, 2006

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

(Jesse's Deli) Iced Coffee, Lime-Aid, Water $5.25
Sweet Melissa (Quiche, salad, coffee) $10.00
Met Foods (groceries) $26.53
Converse (Yard Sale) $5.00
MTA Train card $20.00
American Spirit Cigs $7.50
The Read-Coffee and a Bagel $3.00

Saturday, April 29th, 2006


Dollar Store (gifts for Steph) $16.10
Seventh Heaven Fashion (lace shirt) $35.00
Tuna Salad (deli on Lorimer St.) $4.25
The book: Holes (yard sale) $5.00
2 T-shirts (yard sale) $3.00
2 throw pillows (yard sale) $8.00
Iced Coffee $2.00
Sushi (on Dekalb in Fort Greene) $30.00