$5 - Metro card

$4 - fruit stand plum, bananas and strawberries

$4.68 - breakfast sandwich and coffee from Starbucks (it is hard to motivate back to the office)

$30 - quarters for laundry

$1.35 - diet Coke

$5.50 - ticket to see Away We Go -- such a lovely movie!

$5.50 - popcorn

Total = $56.03

Update: Credit card debt is now in the triple-digits. HA!

(Vacation spending update coming soon.)

V.A.C.A.T.I.O.N.

VT/Boston/IBYC was an absolute blast. Loved it, even though it rained most of the time I was there. I flew to Boston on Saturday (picked up an "O" magazine, a "GQ" and some snacks in the aiport for $13.33) and drove up to VT, spent the night at the Essex Inn with KB and $87 on dinner and drinks (yay steak dinners!), on Sunday dropped $13.62 on gas, $7.71 on Wendy's, $35.96 on wine for to enjoy with dinner with Holli and Joe and as a thank you for letting me stay at their beautiful house, and $1.75 on a diet Coke to keep me awake through the drive back to Boston. Had a lovely dinner with H&J and Ian at their house on Sunday evening, and stayed in their oh-soooo-comfy guest bed with Ian.

And then I got tired of exposition :)

Monday:

$11.95 - gas at the airport

$4.57 - coffee

$10 - Charlie Ticket

$10.49 - Red Sox umbrella (had to spend the extra $3 to show my Boston pride)

$17 - MFA ticket (can't believe it's taken me so long to go to the MFA, but it was awesome and beautiful and I loved the John Singer Sargent paintings)

$5.30 - who knows?

$12.50 - WAMU monthly pledge

$10 - cab to Sacha's after one of the best dinners I have ever had at Eastern Standard with oysters, crab legs, lobster, ceviche, steak tartare, roasted duck, delish cheeses and lemon panacotta and three incredibly delish bottles of wine. Thank you, SACH!

Tuesday:

$9 - myfooddiary.com

$8.35 - coffee and breakfast bagel

$46 - Shay's (Harpoon IPAs, PBRs and tuna melts with Shana, just like the old days at KSG)

$22.97 - Papyrus

Wednesday:

$36 - bus to Lee to meet up with Matt

$14.31 - RiteAid

$47.27 - Baba Louie's -- delish pizza and microbrews with Matt

Thursday - $115.68 - package store purchases for IBYC 2009

Sunday:

$10 - Collin's Diner - very hung-over breakfast post-IBYC

$7 - Vitamin water, water, and a 3 Musketeers

$10 - Chinese food with Lauren & Ben in Boston

Monday:

$9.42 - coffee, breakfast sandwich and brownie from Blunch -- love this place!

$13.10 - New Yorker, diet Coke, fruit Mentos -- airport sustenance

$6 - MARC ticket to Union Station

$18.78 - Boli's order-in -- pretending I am still on vacation and can eat whatever I want

Vacation Total = $614.06

$19 - beers at Galaxy Hut with Maureen (I love that place)

$11.57 - 6-pack and Camel Lights from 7-11

Total = $30.57

$24.50 - dinner at Meskerem with Evelyne (in DC for the summer!)

$6 - added to Metro card

Total = $30.50

$10.02 - salad and a diet Coke from the brown bag

$27.85 - groceries to make delicious Noodles and Mushroom with Ginger Dressing and White Bean Salad -- lunch for the week is taken care of!

Total = $37.87

$56.95 - contacts (I am so tired of being ripped off for contacts from f***ing Sterling Optical. I can get these for $20 less online, but that f***ing store won't confirm my prescription, and I felt totally ripped off when I bought glasses from them last year. AUGH. Rant over.)

$25.10 - delicious, natural soap from Holli's friend Laura

Total = $82.05

Going Local (sort of)

I am starting to see some pay off from the $500+ investment this spring in a summer farm share. Although the rainy spring has put a damper on veggie growth so most things will be a few weeks later than anticipated, I did get mustard greens, spring onions, basil, chives, garlic scapes and fresh eggs this week. For dinner tonight I had the eggs with some shallots, feta, and the local chives along with a salad of local greens, raisins, and pecans. All in all pretty delicious and quite nice looking!

$12 - tip at Vietnamese resturant with Mike Brownell (back from China!), Sam (Mike's little brother) and Megan (Sam's super nice girlfriend)

$5.35 - Rita's with Mike, Sam and Megan

$15.78 - Red Hook IP and Modelo for Lizzy and me

$40 - dinner and drinks at The Heights with Lizzy, Zoe and friend

Total = $73.13

$2.86 - iced coffee from Starbucks (waaaaay too hot and sticky to make coffee this morning)

$1.63 - diet Coke

$23.38 - drinks and nachos at Mackey's with Emma (TGIF)

$51.25 - drinks at Lucky Bar with Emma, Ross, Alexis

$12 - drinks at Marvin with Lizzy and Zoe

$91.12

$7.63 - Acai smoothie and almonds from Juice Zone

$17 - added to Metro card

$59.90 - groceries, some to make Curried Couscous and Garbanzo Bean Salad - SO delicious and super easy!

Total = $84.53

Debt Update

I am really excited. As of June 15 I will be down to $1,637 of credit card debt. I should get my $700 security deposit back from my D.C. apartment no later than mid-July, which will take me below $1,000, which means that I can 100% absolutely without a doubt pay off ALL of my credit card debt in July! Holy crap! I can't believe this is actually so close to really happening . . .

$11.75 - sandwich and gazpacho from Pret for lunch

$8.29 - diet Coke, Dove cucumber lotion and a card

$6.77 - wine and string cheese from 7-11

Total = $26.81

$18.50 - Car Talk mug for my Dad's birthday

$14.35 - birthday card for Dad, John Frieda shampoo and conditioner (it's been so long since I indulged . . . ) and a diet Coke

$5.76 - Barefoot Pinot Grigio (it was a long day)

Total = $38.61

$62.69 - groceries to make dinner along with my first farm share veggies! Delish!

$9.44 - Netflix (I dropped my subscription to one-at-a-time, because Emma has Netflix too, and cable, and there's just no reason for me to have two at a time any more!) Evidence of this - last month I watched one DVD - Flight of the Conchords, and I still haven't returned it. This my favorite song of theirs - please check it out, it will make your day!

$26.82 - pots for the free seedlings we got from Bull Run Mountain Farm (where I have my summer farm share)

$21 - drinks for Emily's b-day

Total = $47.68

$10 - lunch and a diet Coke at SoHo

$50 - first monthly donation to Beyond Borders (Emma and I volunteered at an event for them and I figured I should use some of my extra $$ for someone besides myself. It was a really powerful night.)

$8.16 - Camel Lights and water

$51.50 - drinks and dinner at Galaxy Hut for me and Emma

Total = $119.66

$6.98 - Snapfish -- pictures from my b-day at Stetson's

$84.70 - moving van charge from Monday's move to VA

Total = $91.68

$9.79 - lunch and a diet Coke from Soho

$20 - added to Metro card 

$131.09 - groceries, and cat stuff (including a $35 water filter fountain thing that will hopefully get Jack to start drinking water again - she is missing the bathroom sink in our old apartment.)

Total = $160.87

i have got problems

after calculating that without any extra effort on my part I will be debt-free by mid-July I promptly went online and spend $400 on clothes.  idiotic.  

$.75 - Washington Post

$100 - cavity fillings at the dentist office (yech)

$5.45 - ACAI energy smoothie

$3.05 - diet Ginger Ale

Total = $109.25