So while I was on vacation, the backpack fairies were busy:
1. Market Day "Please Buy Brunch Items" was due. Three separate fliers came home about this one, but I previously recorded all of the monthly Market Day fund raisers in the spreadsheet.
2. Tomorrow night is McTeacher's night at McDonald's. This is where we go spend $10 at McDonald's so that the school can get 20 cents. We have always done this one in the past, but I don't know if we will this time or not. Watch the spreadsheet for details.
3. It's yearbook time. We can order a plain one for $10 or a personalized one for $12. This is one I may regret someday, but we're going to decline. We will subsist with just the class photo.
4. Wednesday is "Reading is Fun Night." This event is actually free, but it is accompanied by both...
5. ...A Used Book Sale and...
6. ...A Bookfair. Stay posted to see how much we spend.
7. Wentzville Parks and Recreation has sent two fliers including such scintillating options as: Butterfly Biology - $15; Young Rembrandts - $50; Hapkido - $55; Easter EGGstravaganza - $2 per child; Egg Decorating - $15; Super Saturday - $30; and even a Bone Hunt for the dog - $10. I won't count the $90 spring break camp option. Hopefully Grandma will come through for me on that one!
That's all for now. That will teach me to take a vacation!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Cleaning out Papers
Well, I was cleaning out the big stack of paper that had accumulated over the past couple of months, and I found a few items I had forgotten to record in the spreadsheet.
We are not doing any of these this year:
1. Wentzville parks and recreation activities, including self-defense/hapkido $55, little wizards $15, little chefs $15 and Wentzville Readers' Theatre $80.
2. St. Louis Soccer Club - $140. (We are playing soccer, but for about half that price.)
3. The Green Tree Science Fair - $5 per project board.
Wow - I just saved $310!
We are not doing any of these this year:
1. Wentzville parks and recreation activities, including self-defense/hapkido $55, little wizards $15, little chefs $15 and Wentzville Readers' Theatre $80.
2. St. Louis Soccer Club - $140. (We are playing soccer, but for about half that price.)
3. The Green Tree Science Fair - $5 per project board.
Wow - I just saved $310!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
From Basket Raffles to Laundry Baskets
Not much to tell yet about the upcoming basket raffle...but I have a feeling it's going to cost me something! Especially since one of my neighbors is the co-chair of the fundraiser!
Next Friday night is movie night. AD wants to go, so I suppose I'll shell out $5 for that. It's for a good cause, right? I hope so, because it's a movie he's already seen and grandma is watching him that night anyway, so I won't even get a "night out" out of this deal.
We'll not be signing up for youth football for $65. (We've already signed up for soccer and baseball, which were not included in the spreadsheet, since they were not sent to us in the backpack.)
Oh, and it's Valentine's week. We've picked up a $2.50 box of Valentines, donated all of our old shoeboxes and purchased two bottles of chocolate syrup and a bag of Oreo's for the ice-cream sundae party toppings.
What do you think? Should I include the $15 I spent on jeans this weekend? On one hand, he could have made it without them, but on the other, he barely had enough pants for a whole week, and I suppose I wanted laundry reprieve! I won't include them in the spreadsheet yet...
Next Friday night is movie night. AD wants to go, so I suppose I'll shell out $5 for that. It's for a good cause, right? I hope so, because it's a movie he's already seen and grandma is watching him that night anyway, so I won't even get a "night out" out of this deal.
We'll not be signing up for youth football for $65. (We've already signed up for soccer and baseball, which were not included in the spreadsheet, since they were not sent to us in the backpack.)
Oh, and it's Valentine's week. We've picked up a $2.50 box of Valentines, donated all of our old shoeboxes and purchased two bottles of chocolate syrup and a bag of Oreo's for the ice-cream sundae party toppings.
What do you think? Should I include the $15 I spent on jeans this weekend? On one hand, he could have made it without them, but on the other, he barely had enough pants for a whole week, and I suppose I wanted laundry reprieve! I won't include them in the spreadsheet yet...
Friday, February 1, 2008
Snow Day!
Today is a snow day - no school - fun sledding to abound...
Yesterday in the backpack there was a note for Junior Basketball. Wentzville Parks & Rec. $55 for us. It begins on January 28. Yes...yesterday was January 31. So I guess that means if we sign up we'll have to pay the $10 late fee. If they are sending this home to us just now, I have to assume it is because they didn't have enough interest on Monday. If that is the case, why don't they waive the late registration fee? We'll show them - we just won't sign up! And I had high hopes for Junior's Basketball abilities. *sigh*
It's also time for the PTO fundraiser for Art Supplies. We loved this one last year. They take a piece of your student's artwork and sell all kinds of items emblazoned with the art. Last year we bought two t-shirts, a tote bag, a quilt square, a mug and a notebook. Maybe we won't go quite so crazy this year. But you'll definitely see something in the spreadsheet for this one.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Trivial "Expenses"
Saturday night is Trivia Night. Admission is $5 per person...I'm not sure if that's adults only or if kids are supposed to come along. I'll not be making it to that fund-raiser. $20 into the R column of the spreadsheet. Not sure where the anticipated funds are going. The latest email sounded kind of desperate, though. Chance of cancellation, etc. Fund-Raiser Fatigue, maybe?
It's time for another "Market Day" order. But I think I already posted my whole year's worth of non-participation in that to the spreadsheet. Side note: in the Market Day note there is a heartfelt diatribe on how we need to cook our meals at home instead of eating out all of the time. We are then encouraged to order this "restaurant quality" prepared food from Market Day...I'm confused. So is it cooking at home or not?????
It's time for another "Market Day" order. But I think I already posted my whole year's worth of non-participation in that to the spreadsheet. Side note: in the Market Day note there is a heartfelt diatribe on how we need to cook our meals at home instead of eating out all of the time. We are then encouraged to order this "restaurant quality" prepared food from Market Day...I'm confused. So is it cooking at home or not?????
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Just Paper Towels
I bought three rolls of paper towels - another school supply that had been exhausted in AD's classroom. I got them on clearance because they were "holiday" towels. I found three rolls that had snowmen on them. That'll do.
I'm also sending in a pair of scissors. How, pray tell, does one lose scissors?
I'm not putting those into the spreadsheet, though, because they are just a pair we had lying around the house and I have no idea of a dollar amount. The paper towels are in there, though. At a grand total of $2.25.
I'm also sending in a pair of scissors. How, pray tell, does one lose scissors?
I'm not putting those into the spreadsheet, though, because they are just a pair we had lying around the house and I have no idea of a dollar amount. The paper towels are in there, though. At a grand total of $2.25.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Thankfully, not much to report!
Or maybe I'm just getting complacent. I'm sure there has been some form that I have just ignored and tossed into the recycling bin...
I've contributed a few school supplies because the classroom was running low. A couple of dollars for glue, paper towels and some extra pencils out of our pencil drawer at home!
I also had to send in a new coloring book. AD's book had been stolen by a classmate who didn't do a great job of scratching out our name in the book. At any rate, I ended up promising the kid a book of his own if he would please not steal from us. So both kiddos started January with new coloring books. That was a total of $4.
We also ran out of lunch money, so that account was re-stocked with $70 to hopefully get us through the rest of the year!
Oh - and it's time to sign up for baseball. That will be $70 plus the mandatory $25 fundraising ticket to a Cardinal's game. That's not through the school, it's through the city. But the note came home in the backpack, so it's fair game and part of the clutter.
That's all for now. I'm sure the requests for money will pick up in the springtime.
I'll put all of these into the spreadsheet.
I've contributed a few school supplies because the classroom was running low. A couple of dollars for glue, paper towels and some extra pencils out of our pencil drawer at home!
I also had to send in a new coloring book. AD's book had been stolen by a classmate who didn't do a great job of scratching out our name in the book. At any rate, I ended up promising the kid a book of his own if he would please not steal from us. So both kiddos started January with new coloring books. That was a total of $4.
We also ran out of lunch money, so that account was re-stocked with $70 to hopefully get us through the rest of the year!
Oh - and it's time to sign up for baseball. That will be $70 plus the mandatory $25 fundraising ticket to a Cardinal's game. That's not through the school, it's through the city. But the note came home in the backpack, so it's fair game and part of the clutter.
That's all for now. I'm sure the requests for money will pick up in the springtime.
I'll put all of these into the spreadsheet.
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