I bought stuff to etch my own computer boards

I can write that shit off.

Savings so far = $2105

Today's spend = $56

Total savings so far = $2105

Total spend so far = $139.60

Friends ruin everything. I bought 2 books.

My friend Peter Schilling Jr. keep writing books. Not just any books, but books I genuinely want to read. Today, as a good friend should, I went to his reading and signing and a great independent bookstore, Moon Palace.

I bought Peter's book about Carl Barks' comics and, his talk was so good and since it's a criticism of work with which I am unfamiliar, I bought a collection of the most acclaimed Carl Barks' story.

Oh, let the justifications roll.

Fuck it. I'd do it agin.


Total savings so far = $1986

Today's spend = $45.00
Total spend so far = $103.60

Me and my big mouth.

This shit scorched my mind and my pocketbook. Fuck, I was doing so good.

Better do some reading and get my mind right.

Savings so far = $2001

Today's toll = $15

Total savings so far = $1986

Total Spend so far = $58.60

I bought some rubber bands

Rounded up cost is 60 cents. I'm making some old man tricks for the Pioneer Power Swap Meet. I'll be able to recoup nearly double the expense if I sell just one of the 30 I'll be able to make with these binders and some scrap wood. I hope this investment doesn't bite me in the ass. 

Savings so far = $1256

Minus today's $.60

Total savings so far = $1256

Total Spend so far = $43.60

Today I spent $13

- 1 never used brimmed stocking cap (to stave off sickness costs)
- 1 Minnesota 150 book (150 things that made Minnesota Minnesota in its first 150 years)
- 1 unopened deck of bicycle cards (that I will be putting into a bottle)
- 1 Twin Cities Fishing Guide updated and expanded (will pay for itself in fish dinners)
- 50 match books
- 1 Ghost Towns & Back Roads book (a future gift for my pappy)
- 1 Early Roger Miller LP VG+
- Sounds of Yesteryear (where else can one hear Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace in STEREO!!!!)
- 1 Autographed Hardcover copy of Tales of the Road (Pappy's been very good this year)
- 1 Spike Jones LP
- 1 3m card game, Tryce. (cheeper than a movie)
- 3 6-piece burr puzzles
- 1 twirly folk-art trick
- 1 Golden Guide to Weeds (fills a gap in my collection)
- 1 Golden Guide to The Rocky Mountains (fills a second gap)
- 1 Chromed bicycle puzzle
- 1 mushroom puzzle (soooooo good!)
- 1 His and hers playing cards (Will end up in a wedding gift box this year)
- 1 pair of gaiters


Savings so far = $1269

Minus today's $13

Total savings so far = $1256 

Total Spend so far = $43

I bought some electronic components

I bought $20 worth stuff for a project and a windshield scraper. I'll probably get paid back for some of the electronics. Plus, I bought them at The Shack. Everything was %80. So, shoot. me.

I bought the scraper because it's been shitting ice outside all day. A man's gotta see through his windshield, right?

Savings: $459

minus todays purchases: -$20

Savings to date: $439

I bought candy for my dad and myself

I regret nothing.


Savings to date: $462

Less candy: -$10



Total savings to date $432