Hee haw! Been a spending freakazoid this past week or more -- writing checks all over town, like it's going out of style. Wooh....!
Oh, well. I can't say it's been especially 'frivilous' spending, for the most part at least. I did need to purchase this week the required parphenalia of DS's ballet I'd written about earlier for example (shoes, garb, dance belts, etc. Ca-ching!) -- which was pretty much unavoidable. I bought soccer photos (group and individual) of the kids for $15.00 each (as homeschoolers, we sort of count that toward 'class pictures' ) -- plus other little purchases like that. I've also done several little food shopping side trips, picking up the odd convenience item (or two or three) along the way when I felt just too immersed in our various involvements to properly cook....
Last but not least, today I opened my wallet wide at several different local plant sales, buying all manner of plants and seedlings for our home landscaping projects, to the tune of well over $100 (and I'm not done either). Not exactly 'nth-degree frugality'. Still? By far most of what I bought today consists of hardy native perennials (except for a number of hostas, plus ONE FLAT of showy annuals for my porch flower boxes) -- so really, I'm looking at this as an investment purchase. The new plants will be lovely, and will grow and last from year to year . I have such plans to expand our yard's natural areas this spring. And I want it done right, with enough plants to properly cover the barren spaces here and there that desperately need attention. No more incremental gardening by the inch -- done with that. I'm feeling impatient, and don't want to wait another 4 years of gradually dividing hostas and adding the occasional plant and seedling to have yet another chunk of yard FINALLY look the way I really want.....
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