Sunday Update – Running Total is $25.69

We’ve managed to spend a few bucks in sales and fuel taxes in the first few days of the new year. We ate out a couple times at some of our favorite restaurants–Café 50s and El Torito. I bought a new swimsuit, goggles, and ear plugs as I’m going to add swimming to my workouts this year. My wife purchased some pants at Banana Republic. Finally, she fueled her car. These few purchases had $25.30 of taxes built in, mostly in the form of the California 9.75% sales tax.

This week will bring my wife’s first paycheck of the year to analyze.