The Annual Event

Today was The Big Day. I had fairly high hopes for this year, but those expectations were exceeded. We did it while the kids had their morning nap, and got most of it done; we just had the odd bits left over to finish after Edie woke up.

It took me a while to open the big money box. As Little Sister will tell you, I have a really crappy can opener. I had it when we lived together, and I've still not replaced it. So the big tin money box looks as though it's been chewed open, and I dipped my hand into it very gingerly to avoid the savage edges.

I only started the big money box in April, around the time of the kids' birthday. I tried to average around $2 per day, but did slip the odd big note in. I was hoping for around $700, but conceded that it could have been considerably less.

I had started it as a holiday fund, but as the total climbed I found myself less and less inclined to fritter it away on day trips and fun park entries. I didn't want to open it, but curiosity got the better of me. I was just bursting to know how much was in there. So we cracked it, and counted it.

$863.65. What a fun summer we're going to have this year. Happy Christmas to you and yours. Thank you so much for reading along with Suburban Safari. Let's do it again in 2009. xx