Dear Drivers, Early Christmas

Please stay in your lanes. I watched an SUV swerve into my lane several times this evening. I suspect, the driver had been to happy hour, or else was totally clueless about the size of his vehicle. If you think I’m slamming SUV’s, guess again. That silver Mitsubishi Eclipse got me on the 495-Port of Wilmington split today. I was passing on the right (I know, that’s bad, but the lane was totally free and clear!!!) between the middle lane and the Jersey wall. For some reason, Mr. Sport Car Idiot swerves into my lane without turning his head to check to see if I am there. I nearly crash into the wall! Thanks bub.

At any rate dear drivers, today was an Almost No Spend Day. I only bought gas this morning and spent money on tolls. Gas at the local independent retailer in VA was $2.98 this week. I got gas on Tuesday morning. I stopped in again today to fill up and it was $3.01. The Citgo was $3.08. The DE rest stop I like was $2.99 STILL!!! However, I’ll fill up on the way back. Mom let me fill up tonight for free, otherwise it costs $3.13 at her station, per the nightly news, that’s about the norm here in PA.

The luggage I bought for Mom went over well. It was a $220 Samsonite 26" spinner bag in light blue. The link is for the “Aspire Lite”, but it was marked “Silhouette 8″ at the store. (It appears I could gave gotten a better deal on Amazon, however, I didn’t know what I wanted till I was at the store getting it. Bummer, but there is time-value to factor in. She needed the bag before our trip to CA for Christmas.)

Mom was very happy with the lighter color. She hates confusing black bags on the luggage belt at the airport, so blue suits her just fine. I think the bag is from a discontinued line from the outlet store. Along with the bag, there was a special deal on a huge sturdy tote bag for one penny so I got one for myself. However, I gave mom the penny tote too since she seemed to like it. I told her the roof was a no-go next year and that it’s very possible I won’t be getting any bonus since I haven’t heard from my director if the numbers look good. I will assume the near worst for now. (Worst being a RIF, but no word on that either and I’d be the last to go. Someone has to shut the servers down.)

Please expect light posting since I’m actually going to have some no spend days or almost no spend days this weekend.

CELEBRATE BUY NOTHING DAY THIS FRIDAY!

And with all that, please have a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday weekend!

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This entry (permalink) was posted on Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 at 9:16 PM by mapgirl and categorized in Automobiles, Family, Gifting, No Spend Day.

Comments (4) left to “Dear Drivers, Early Christmas”

  1. Brian A wrote:

    The driver in the SUV was probably just on their cell phone trying to lower their credit card rate ;)

    Glad to see the plug for Buy Nothing Day. I’ve been celebrating that for 4-5 years. Buy Nothing Christmas too, although that was a tougher nut to crack with the family.

    Posted on 21-Nov-07 at 10:52 pm | Permalink

  2. Money Blue Book wrote:

    I’ll be at Best Buy on Black Friday waiting for my $399 Sony laptop…cross my fingers and toes!

    Posted on 22-Nov-07 at 12:53 pm | Permalink

  3. frugal zeitgeist wrote:

    Yippee for Buy Nothing Day!

    Posted on 23-Nov-07 at 12:55 pm | Permalink

  4. Bro wrote:

    I am doing all my shopping online, people are just too crazy this time of the year. I am observing buy nothing day! Happy Thanksgiving

    Posted on 23-Nov-07 at 4:44 pm | Permalink

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