I sold another book today for $10, which made me happy. I love those "You've made a sale!" emails from half.com.

We've spent about $84 this month so far on food - groceries, dining, everything. I'm still not 100% over whatever was troubling my stomach/GI tract last week, which is a bummer but does lend itself well to frugality where food is concerned.

DD goes out tomorrow to spend half a day with one of the classes at the school we're looking at. We'll see how it goes. We'll make it work if that's the route we go, but it sure is a big chunk of change.

Returned a huge pile of library books today, save for 5 that DD wanted to renew. They were due today, and I'm glad we didn't forget and wind up paying fines on 13 or so books.

The guest bathroom is essentially done - we want to replace the toilet, but that's about the last thing to do in there. I bought a few extra things at Target when I went there for a new curtain rod and shower curtain - little things like a new soap dispenser, soap dish for the shower, a white toilet bowl brush/holder. It looks really nice in there, and I am looking forward to the time when we redo our own bathroom. That was sort of our practice area, figuring if we made mistakes here and there at least we wouldn't be looking at them several times a day, every day.

Next to do is start stripping paint from the cabinets in the kitchen. My dad gets here this Friday with our new doors!! We still need to figure out new fronts for the drawers, but I know my dad will make it work. He's pretty crafty.

DD's dance recital is this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it.