Receipts Don’t Lie

You can tell a lot from your credit card receipts–where you’ve been, what you bought, what was fun, what was a necessity.

I log all of our receipts into Quicken. Have done that for years.

Sometimes, these records provide a brief glimpse into a painful moment in history. On 9/10/2001, for example, I know Mr. Restaurant Gal and I enjoyed a nice dinner out before I put him on a plane to Europe for what would end up being a business trip lasting a week longer than he had planned. There are no more charges from either of us, until 9/13/2001, when I bought gas, a ton of groceries, and an inordinate amount of dry goods and cat food.

My receipts tell me exactly where our mindset was back then and how scary those days were.

Tonight, I plugged more than three weeks’ worth of receipt numbers into Quicken, cursing my new work hours for being so far behind on this chore.

My charges include hundreds of dollars spent at the dry cleaners and another four figures spent at Ann Taylor and Banana Republic in order to get enough suits at the ready so I don’t have to visit the dry cleaners so often.

Mr. Restaurant Gal’s charges include hit-and-miss $15 to $25 charges at the grocery store, a Chinese carryout, a deli, and the Fedex drop-off to send something to Restaurant Gal Daughter.

I’ve spent more than double my paycheck to dress the part to earn my paycheck.

Mr. Restaurant Gal has spent only what is required to eat by himself and leave me a snack to enjoy at 1 a.m.

We have been together a long, long time. We adore each other more than we can describe.

But we miss each other. It’s all there on paper.

Receipts don’t lie.


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3 responses to “Receipts Don’t Lie”

  1. Natalie Avatar

    Was I to understand from yesterday, that once lunch starts, you’ll have much better hours? Thank goodness. You’ve got to be able to spend time with and enjoy each other.

    We use Microsoft Money. My husband is the numbers person in the family. He’s the one who plugs in all the receipts and keeps track of how he’s doing on his retire by 40 goal. I’ll let you know in 12 years how that turns out. =)

  2. Lisa Avatar
    Lisa

    Sometimes life gets in the way… it’s got to get better. And thankfully you have Mr. Restaurant Gal to lean on.

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