We decided to take the kids to a fall fair yesterday. We got there and it was 12 bucks to get in and then all the activities inside cost money. We decided to forgo the fair and we went for a little hike in a park nearby instead. We stopped at a warehouse store on the way home and spent $25.00 there and then went to Red Robin's for lunch/dinner and spent 45 dollars. I was okay with that...we could have come home and made something but dh had already told the kids we were going out to eat. My kids love to eat out!

I won a $100.00 gift certificate to Future Shop through my work. Last winter we bought a dvd player that didn't work. I had taken it back and got the money back but never bought another one, so we used the gift certificate plus $120.00 of our money to buy a dvd/vcr/mp3 combo. We certainly didn't need anything quite this fancy, but dh really wanted it. I would have bought the cheaper model if it had been up to just me, but he usually doesn't give an opinion on major purchases, so I didn't argue with him. Well, I did give my opinion, but he chose to not take my advice, and I didn't care enough to push the point.

Today at work I bought breakfast. With my meal and tip I only spent $4.00. Shoot! I could have brought something from home and had a no spend day--just realized that!