Melos, holey moley! $20 to cover diapers, milk, and food...what, did he expect you to eat dirty diapers or something?

Before I had kids, it was manicures.  Now that I have two toddlers running around it's more like an occassional Frappuccino from Starbucks.

I grew up quite poor, so even though I do okay now I'm always scared that I'm going to wind up eating Ramen noodles and oatmeal every day like I used to.

I guess I have had different experiences because the couple of times I have tried store brand sodas they tasted awful.  I don't drink soda all that much but when I do I always buy name brands.

Loaves of bread as gifts is a great idea! I usually do up cookies but maybe next time I'll hook up some banana bread or something.

I have tried, but most of them around here are just kind of thrown together, with no rhyme or reason when it comes to sizes and such for clothes.  With two toddlers, I can't spend the time sifting through stuff like that.

I usually buy more expensive clothes, but only when they're on ridiculous sales.  I don't care so much about what designer it is or whatnot, but rather that it's good quality.  Today I wore a skirt to church that I purchased seven years ago.  Now that's quality!