Costco

I love Costco! Sometimes too much, I could spend a lot of time there, but shouldn't. Anyhow, I went there today with my mom and left with bananas, cheese, a pineapple, napkins and one of those small fire extinguishers for my car and/or camping.

The fire extingusher is something I have wanted for a while now and when I saw the price of $19.99 less a $7 coupon, I had to have it...for safety. My mom paid for the other one. We also split a package of napkins, those lovely Vanity Fair ones. Yes, I know, I'm trying getting out of debt and maybe shouldn't be spending money on nicer napkins, but paid about $4 for 3 packages, of nice ones. Not too bad.

Also, the cheese, I wouldn't normally buy this, but $9 for a 2 lb block of my BF's favorite kind, I did. Normally I would ask him to pay for the whole thing, but he didn't ask me to buy it so I'll pay half...and eat about a third.

I really need to get better at keeping track of my spending and which categories to put things in. I need a category in my budget for household / non-grocery items such as napkins, drano (which we need), etc.

How do all you internet people (as if I had a group of people I'm talking to) do it? Carry a small notebook and write in it -- save daily receipts and log them daily -- any suggestions?