Not a Penny More!

People at work jokingly call me the millionaire next door (after the book) that drives a nice car, has a nice house, takes European vacations but also uses coupons, books hotels on Priceline and has 4 Entertainment books. I kind of like the dichotomy and distinction. I think it's rather foolish for people to overpay for anything (regardless of how much money they have) and snicker when I know that I paid well below what others are paying. We were once checking in at the 4 star Park Hyatt in Century City. A man came in off the street and inquired about the rate for 3 nights and was told $189 per night and went ahead and booked it. We had paid $69. Oh, it's a wonderful life!

Total spent Monday:
$0 brought lunch and read in the park
$16 takeout Viet food and snacks

Total spent Tuesday:
$0 brought lunch and read in the park
$2 late night snack attack at In-N-Out

Total spent yesterday:
$40 gas
$0 brought lunch
$27 sushi dinner for 2
$40 misc supplies at Lowe's (again!)

Total spent today:
$90 Canon digital camera and printer combo (saved $70 with rebate)
$8 lunch with colleague
$9 coffee and donuts for the office