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The TV is fixed!

June 15th, 2005 at 03:42 am

Unfortunately, it cost me $150. At least the parts were covered ($60). I also went to the post office to mail the third book I sold on half.com (yippee), and the dry cleaner. It's been so hot here that they actually let the grammar school out after a half-day. Only the Kindergarten wing has Air Conditioning and it was just unbearable for the rest of the kids. The last day of school is Monday, with half-days on Friday and Monday, so I guess there's not a lot being done these days anyway.

I listed the rest of the books lying around my house on half.com. I think I'm up to about 65 books. None of them is really expensive, but I figure every little bit helps, especially because they wouldn't be missed. I have a bunch of miscellaneous finance stuff to take care of tomorrow. I think I mentioned that I got an offer from Chase to open up a savings account to link to my checking, and they'll give me either a $25, $50, or $75 bonus depending upon which type of account I open, so I want to take care of that tomorrow. I also got a $6 rebate from Coca-Cola. Listen to what a great deal this was: I bought 8 bottles of Coke products at the A&P for $.75 each, with a mail-in rebate for $6. So the soda was free! We don't even drink that much soda here, but I couldn't pass it up, so I'll bring it on vacation with us.

I'm still discouraged about the whole grocery shopping thing. I forget whose journal I just read tonight, but they're reading a book that basically says to do something because if you try 10 things, maybe 7 will fail, but that means 3 will succeed. I definitely think most attempts I've made to bring down the grocery bill have failed. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. The first thing I'm going to try is to not go to the store before I leave on vactaion (June 25), except for a gallon of milk. I still have a ton of fruit, vegetables, and meat from this weekend's excursion, and that should be enough. We'll see how it goes.

Tomorrow should be another steamy day...

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