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12/12/2003 Archived Entry: "all alone"

I'm currently sitting here by my lonesome. Chris is at work and Tabitha has gone with my in-laws to a dinner show. It's their annual Christmas show and is really cute for the kids. I could have gone too, but decided to stay home and let it be a special thing for Tabitha with her grandparents.

Wednesday we had our Christmas party at Mommy and Me. It was also our last class until Jan. I took a tortellini salad for the adults and chunks of cheese for the kids. We gave out candy to some of the moms and Tabitha had a couple of small items for her friends. We gave those out after class since we only brought stuff for Tabitha's immediate circle of friends.

Yesterday we spent the whole day touring LA County for an extra-credit project for Chris's sociology class. It was very interesting but we were all very worn out by the time we got home. One great stop was a fabulous vegan restaurant in Westwood. We had tried to go there before, but the line was insane. Yesterday we went at an off-peak time and were the only ones there. We are definitely going to go back.

Today we made the decision not to put up the outside lights. Rather than spend the extra $50- $100 on the electric bill, we'll just put that money into our Disney World fund. Now that we're getting to the point of going in just a little over a year, we need to get a bit more serious in saving money. We haven't really quit going out to eat and that's one of the things we need to cut waaaay back on. If we had put all the money we spent going out to eat in the last 30 days into our account it would have $275 more in it. That's double what is actually in it right now. I have to admit, I didn't expect that number to be so high, I just added it up right now from the transactions in my checkbook. That's a lot. And I wonder why we're always broke. Maybe now that I've seen it in print I'll think twice before suggesting we go out to lunch from now on.