Paid some bills today, including car insurance for 6 months. That was over $600. I need to call about our second car. It's 11 years old and barely driven once a week. I suspect we're insuring it for more than it's worth.

Tomorrow and Sunday dinner is already taken care of. Tomorrow night the in-laws are coming over and we're having homemade pesto over spaghetti, and salad. My MIL is bringing dessert. Sunday, we're going to a potluck/Halloween party. And then Monday is Halloween, so we'll do something easy for dinner here that night. And that gets us through October, about as close to the dining out budget and grocery budget as we've been. Knock on wood that I haven't counted our chickens too early...

I decided to use last year's costume, rather than make myself a new one for this year. My mom made DD's costume - Tinnkerbell - so that's taken care of as well.

I'm almost done with a sweater I've been working on. The front, back and sleeves are all finished; now it needs to be blocked and assembled, and to have the neckband knitted. I hope when it's all done that it fits, and that I like it. It looks pretty so far. I started a poncho tonight out of cheap Red Heart yarn, just to play around with a new pattern.

10/1 - 10/28:
Groceries: $300.48 (goal: $295 or less)