$20 - prescription

$48 - food and drinks with Emma, Maureen, Alexis at Mackey's

$10 - 6-pack for dinner at Lizzy and Zoe's

$12 - drinks at Rock Bottom with Maureen and Emma

$4 - cab home with Emma

Total = $94

$10 - to Emma for loaning me money yesterday to get a metro pass to get to work and buying me lunch. why? because i managed to leave my wallet at Whitlow's on tuesday night. genius. fortunately and wonderfully and oh so amazingly, I got it back the next day completely intact! I love Virginia!

$25.55 - Whole Foods

$37.49 - Harry Potter books 1-6 in paperback. I get sporadic urges to re-read one book or another, and though I've read them all the only one I seem to own any more is book 7, so I figured I'd splurge on the set. I did NOT cave and buy the hardback, 7 book series in its own trunk case for $150, even though I really wanted to. Progress!

$29.99 - 2-pack of Vitality electric/sonic toothbrushes from Woot.com. My dentist said I should invest in one of these, and after having 3 cavities drilled and filled in three months I am thinking it will be worth it.

$3.75 - 12-pack of diet Coke and granola bars (yay CVS extra bucks!)

$18 - cab to VA after work with Emma and Maureen (the trains were backed up)

$22 - pitcher at Galaxy Hut

$12 - fish tacos at Whitlow's

Total = $123.23 (ouch.)

$16.80 - burrata cheese to go with my first farm share tomato & white wine

$92.80 - One more ticket to Kings of Leon in September so my brother can come!

another crazy night in Arlington with Emma :)

$2.15 - Starbucks coffee -- having a slow-moving morning

$21.43 - Elephant and Castle with Emma and Patrick

$5.76- wine from 7-11

$40 - Galaxy Hut

$21 - Ragtime's

$20 - Four Courts

Total = $110.34

$9.44 - 6-pack of Redhook ESB

$178.33 - tickets to see Kings of Leon on September 8 with Emma (for her birthday!), these are front and center, general admission, fight your way to the stage tickets, it is going to be AMAZING!

Total = $187.77

$20 - added to Metro card

$5.76 - Barefoot Pinot Grigio from 7-11

Total = $25.76

$66.54 - 12 pairs of contacts from Vision Direct (hopefully enough to last me for at least the next year)

$7 - beers at The Bottom Line with Emma (why wait for delayed trains on the orange line if you can drink happy hour beers at TBL!)

$34.75 - grilled cheese and pitchers at Galaxy Hut

Total = $108.29

$12.50 - monthly WAMU pledge

$9 - Myfooddiary.com monthly fee

$3.33 - Kiva.com (addition to re-paid funds to send out another $25 loan. I love this site.)

$10.23 - gas for Emma's car

Total = $35.06

$5.28 - In Touch magazine and sunblock (more trashy pool reading; if I keep making the pool a weekend habit I'm going to need to step up the quality of my reading material)

$32.38 - Trader Joe's. I stopped by to pick up a baguette to make Apple Brown Betty (with apples from my farm share!) and a 6-pack and left with those two items plus cereal, coffee, hummus, pretzels, tortellini, and pot stickers. A very clear example of why one shouldn't go grocery shopping while sun-dazed and delirious.

Total = $37.66

i am national news!

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106775679

not really, but I am still happy to be on the radio again!

$8.65 - Details and Life&Style - because trashy magazines are a requirement for poolside reading (and I just discovered the best free pool in DC! Thanks, Lizzy!)

$3.95 - cinnamon cookie dough icecream cone

$11.55 - beer to take to Lizzy's friend's BBQ

$2.79 - cat food

$50 - Beyond Borders donation

Total = $76.94

(perfect summer day -- priceless!)

$4.28 - Pret yogurt/blueberry/granola pot

$2.15 - coffee from Starbucks

$77.11 - groceries at Whole Foods (it's amazing how I can stop in to pick up a few ingredients to make some specific recipes and walk out with those plus 2 lbs of blueberries, a 6-pack of local craft brew and $9 worth of heirloom tomatoes, but I guess that's why it's Whole Foods . . . ah well. All delicious anyways, as were these Spicy, Citrusy Black Beans!)

Total = $83.54

$8.25 - coffee and fruit/cheese plate from Starbucks (I NEED to get to the grocery store to buy some breakfast food and stop dropping $8 a day on overpriced ridiculousness)

$6.59 - Sandella's sandwich

$10 - ticket to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - totally fantastic!

$5 - diet Coke at the movies (I don't know why I do this.)

$4.42 - cat food and Vitamin water at 7-11

Total = $34.26

wow.

Today I am officially credit card debt free. Which I find utterly amazing and shocking and incredible. Now I'm going to start on creating that sizable savings account and figuring out what to do with it :)

$8.45 - Pret yogurt/granola/blueberry pot and smoothie

$36.15 - laundry detergent, contact solution, aluminum foil, dish soap, toilet paper, paper towels, and cat food - all from alice.com, which might just be the best lifestyle convenience website ever.

$6.36 - Sandella's wrap for dinner

$53 - ticket to see Spring Awakening with Lizzy and Zoe

Total = $103.96

$8 - Elephant & Castle

$28.25 - The Bottom Line

(I have so much fun going out after work with Maureen, I don't even care how tired I am the next day)

Total = $36.25

$4.25 - bananas, strawberries and plums from the fruit stand

$6.74 - spinach melt and japchae from Soho for lunch

Total = $10.96

$43.72 - Whole Foods -- to make lunch for my Mom and Henry before they left for Europe for a month (lucky ducks.)

$25.63 - brunch at Matchbox with Alexis, Peter and Katie

$13 - tickets to see "Bruno" with Alexis and Peter (totally, utterly, mind-blowingly shocking and obscene. it was an experience!)

$5 - "medium" diet Coke at the movies

Total = $43.63

$3.23 - grapefruit juice from Pret (I LOVE this stuff)

$6.29 - salad from Lawson's Deli for lunch

$14.10 - two glasses of rose champagne at CORK to start off Alexis' b-day celebration

$50 - my share of an absolutely fantastically delicious and fun dinner at CORK, one of those great eating/wine-drinking experiences that goes on for hours with lots of fun people, dynamic conversation and peals of laughter

$46.50 - a round of oatmeal cookie shots (Alexis and my favorite) and beer at Stetson's

$15 - cab home

$3.73 - dark chocolate M&Ms and smoked almonds at 7-11 (I love bizarre late-night snack buying)

Total = $138.85 (and all totally worth it)

$3.42 - grilled chicken from SoHo for lunch to go with leftover Cabbage-Radish Slaw from last night

$13.67 - white wine and camel lights from 7-11

Total = $17.09

$10.50 - "I Bet You Can't" floral mug on e-bay. Inspired by Ben's recent find of another "IBYC" over-size beer glass, I went on my own hunt and found this sort of hilarious antique. I think the best part is that the "I Bet You Can't" doesn't really make any sense on this mug. I mean, is the mug betting that you can't drink really hot tea? Either way this is clearly family heirloom material.

$9.44 - Netflix (watched in last month: Body of Lies and first two episodes of the True Blood series)

$8.73 - Cajun Cobb Salad from the brown bag

Total = $18.17

$7.92 - 12-pack of diet Coke and sugar-free peppermint patties from CVS (I avoided buying over $40 in hair products though, even though I REALLY WANTED TO!)

$28.42 - groceries to make Greek Zucchini and Herb Pie and Cabbage Radish Slaw with Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette for dinner with my Mom tomorrow (and I'm so happy to say that over half of the ingredients for both of these (and all of the main ones) come from my farm share or my back porch!!

Total = $36.34

$4.98 - coffee and breakfast sandwich from Starbucks -- it was HARD to get up this morning

$10.75 - ticket to see The Proposal with Lizzie (super fun and I now have a very large crush on Ryan Reynolds)

$40.55 - dinner at Matchbox with Lizzie and Zoe (after many beers at Rocket Bar with Lizzie - fun!)

Total = $51.30

It's a holiday

$24 - cupcakes

$10 - beer

$7.40 - cigarettes

$8.50 - cab

$50 - Beyond Borders monthly pledge

Total = $97.90

I was going to explain some of the above, but this might just be my favorite blog post ever, so I'm not going to.

$24.22 - brunch with Emma at Ragtime's

$2.98 - diet Coke and Whoppers for the movies

$10.75 - ticket to see Public Enemies (okay) and Up (soooo sweet!)

Total = $37.95

$27 - donation to Center on Race, Poverty & Environment for Jenny's b-day

$55 - drinks and dinner at The Big Hunt with Emma, Maureen and friends

$32.30 - snacks at Whole Foods (had to get some tomato and mozz to go with the fresh basil I got from my boss and picked from our porch garden!)

Total = $114.30

$27.33 - prescription and Aleve (hello, PMS, my old friend)