I walked out of work yesterday and went home, without stopping at the bookstore to pick up the books. Completely and totally forgot until I was about 10 minutes from home. No biggie, hopefully they'll still be there the next time I'm at work in NYC...

I was on the brink of being really non-frugal yesterday...I was surfing around the net, and found a few things at a store in California that my kids would ABSOLUTELY LOVE and that I can't find anywhere else! It said on their website that you could ship overnight guaranteed if you could get the order in by 2:00PST, for a minimum of $25-$30 perhaps more, depending on the weight of the package. (The total order was about $80). I don't know what came over me, but I actually considered doing this, despite the fact that I finished my Christmas shopping a while back, the kids have more stuff then they possibly need, and the shipping was exorbinant!! I checked it out with hubby, who didn't care (he rarely cares about stuff like this). I tried calling the place at least 6 times between 12:30 and 2:00 PST, but luckily only got an answering machine. So I left work knowing that I wouldn't be able to place the order and have it arrive by Christmas. I decided to forget it, and order it sometime next year with regular shipping. I'm so glad I couldn't place the order, because I would be having serious buyer's remorse right about now...

I'm working until 2 today, and friends are coming over tonight (probably order pizza). Hubby and the kids are home cleaning the house , and I need to do some grocery shopping tomorrow. Then it's on to Christmas Eve!!!

Two more 2006 category goals:

Phone: $50/mo I really need to analyze my bills and see if other calling plans would save me more. I also need to use my cell phone on nights and weekends.

Cell Phone: $65/mo I need to avoid 411 calls ($1.50 ea), get better about collecting $10 from MIL for her line, and get better about having hubby get reimbursed from work for any of his work calls that aren't covered.