May 2009 Spending
5/1/09 $24.47 groceries at Fresh & easy
5/2/09 $20 entry fee for fundraiser party for Brent & I
5/2/09 $20 to buy raffle tickets for fundraiser
5/2/09 $1.00 gas at Shell
5/3/09 $36.05 dinner for Brent, Jerry, Emy, Scotty and I at Pho Ca Dao
5/4/09 $6.58 groceries at Fresh & Easy
5/5/09 $3.68 bagels + toblerone at Trader Joe’s
5/6/09 $0.76 bbq supplies + drinks at Fresh & Easy ($36.76 – $30 LCDR Roth gave me – $6 coupon)
5/7/09 $7.00 sandwich for Zuzana since it’s her birthday at Con Pane Rustic Breads & Cafe
5/9/09 $2.00 tip for water at Hooters with Andy and Barry since I didn’t eat
5/10/09 $1.25 gas at Arco
5/11/09 $4.59 sandwiches and water from Fresh & Easy
5/11/09 $7.91 groceries from Fresh & Easy
5/12/09 $3.99 sandwich and lettuce from Fresh & Easy
5/13/09 $8.09 pizzas, sandwich and water from Fresh & Easy
5/14/09 $14 vitamin D drops from Mike Stelmach
5/14/09 $10.99 groceries at Fresh & Easy
5/17/09 $5.72 In-N-Out with Jesse
Vegas Interop Conference
5/20/09 +$45 (won $50 tipped $5 at roulette)
5/20/09 +$100 spending money from Dan
5/20/09 $2 tips for drinks with Tim Altbaum at Interop
5/21/09 $7.53 lunch at Panda Express
5/21/09 $4.51 22 ounce Blue Moon at 7-Eleven
5/21/09 $2.10 ice-cream cookie sandwich at M&M World
5/21/09 $100 ticket to Cirque du Soleil
5/21/09 $16 drinks for Joe Altbaum & I on the strip
5/21/09 $7 cab from downtown back to hotel
5/21/09 +$66 (won $71 tipped $5 at roulette)
5/22/09 $1 room tip
5/22/09 $18.23 breakfast buffet + tip Mandalay Bay
5/22/09 $10 treated Andrea to Extraordinary Desserts
5/23/09 $15.05 birthday lunch at Fuddruckers
5/23/09 $17 flipflops x 2 and belt at Old Navy
5/24/09 $9.21 groceries at Fresh & Easy
5/24/09 $15 dinner with Brent, Emy & Scottie at Golden State
5/25/09 $2 gasoline at Shell
5/26/09 $4.99 grill pack at Fresh & Easy
5/26/09 $3 to rent skates to skate with Emy & Scotty
5/26/09 $23.03 treating the girls to dinner at some Pho place
5/26/09 $10.50 treating the girls to boba tea
5/26/09 $1.50 premium gasoline at an Arco
5/27/09 $8.49 lunch with Joe at the cafeteria
5/28/09 $3.71 screws at Home Depot for bike
5/28/09 $12 dinner with Melissa at Antique Thai
5/28/09 $3 gas for using Brent’s car to take Melissa to Antique Thai
5/28/09 $3.69 groceries at Fresh & Easy
5/29/09 $14 lunch at Hudson Bay
5/29/09 $1 parking at Hudson Bay (Sharon drove)
5/30/09 $4 gummy lifesavers at Target
5/30/09 $7 Portugal Fest food tickets
5/30/09 $2 gas for scooter at Arco
5/30/09 $1.09 water at Fresh & Easy
5/31/09 $5 gas for Brent’s car
5/31/09 $40 party bus fee for Eliza’s Crohns and Colitus
5/31/09 $3 tips at Stone Brewery
5/31/09 $3.91 pizza at Little Caesar’s with Melissa ($6.91 – $3)
5/31/09 $20 gas money for Sahar since she helped me move my bed
Total Normal Spending: $421.25
Total Vegas Spending: $168.37
Total Gains in Vegas: $211 ($111 myself, $100 Dan gave me to spend)
Net Gain from Vegas: $42.63
Total Normal Spending less trip gain = $368.62
Verdict: Decisive Victory
I think that this was a pretty good month. I got in under my goal of spending less than $400 but I lucked out because of my disciplined gambling at Vegas. I was actually up several hundred but my friend Joe Altbaum left and he had kept betting on his late-father’s number so since I was drunk instead of betting disciplined I started throwing all my money at the number and broke even one night instead of being up huge. Anyways, I need to be careful of my spending but I’m having tons of fun and I would say this was a pretty decent month because it includes moving costs as well.
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