Whoops!

So, yesterday, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 10 p.m., I spent nearly my entire budget for this week. Whoops. However, the good thing is that I still have $24, and $7 in my "bonus", and I don't have any plans this weekend for spending.

What, did I spend all my money on exactly? Well, I will tell you!

K met me for lunch and we trodded off to Earl's for lunch. My absoluate favorite dish at Earl's is:

Penne Alfredo simmered with fresh cream, garlic and nutmeg and topped with grated grana padano parmesan **Add pan fried chicken or sauted shrimp $4.00

Yum yum! I do add the chicken for a bit of protein, and I also aske for a side of hot-sauce for some spice. The only downer is that it costs $16.50 (with the chicken). So, add an iced tea ($2.50) and tip, that meal ran me $23.00 - a bit high for lunch, but damn! It was a good meal!

After work I trodded over to the Alberta College of Art and Design's spring art show. I love these shows, they really have all sorts of things created by the art students: photography, clothes, glassware, painting, pottery, anything! I found a lovely scarf that was a light teal with a silk screened peacock feathers on it. I love it. I would've bought more than one if they hadn't been so damn expensive! The scarf costs me $85. Yeesh. Usually I wouldn't spend that much on a scarf, but I instantly fell in love with it, and given the hand-made aspect and the fact that I'm supporting just one guy, not a company, makes me feel better. That is usually my only complain with ACAD Show & Sale, that things seem to be so overpriced. I really don't know how to properly "price" art, but everything just seems so expensive.

After that, I wandered downtown for a bit, wasting time (I had an hour or so until I had to meet friends for dinner), where I found an adorable necklace for $25. I don't wear a lot of jewelry, but this just stuck with me, I'm even wearing it right now. I'll take a picture of it later, since I can't seem to find a picture of something similar online.

After that, I met up for a friend's birthday dinner at a bistro downtown, where I had a nice steak and caesar salad, which ran me $28. It was a ver nice meal, but very expensive again.

All in all, I spent $145.83! Yikes! It's overwhelming as I haven't shopped like this in a long time, but at the same time, it's awfully relieving to know that I had the money to spend. I had budgetted it, and know that I had to make sacrifices (such as no more eating out until Monday) to purchase what I wanted. I did have to shuffle the money around the coin purses, but so far I think this system is working for me! Yay!