Economic Realities

What 700 Dollars Can Buy

1. 70 lunch dates for Larry and me
   
2. A fun week at the beach for our family in the off-season
3. Over a year of YMCA membership for Larry (forget about me, I gave up exercise for the year)
   
4. Many, many fun books
5. One year of the accredited homeschool curriculum we use for the high schoolers
   
6. Almost a month's worth of food for a family of 8
7. 175 gallons of gas
8. Let's not think about the yarn, okay? Let's just not go there. Ow.
   
9. 8 community college credits, for a hard-working teenage boy
   
10. 2 weeks of High Adventure Boy Scout camp for same

What 700 Dollars Will Be Spent On Instead

1. Repairing the bumper I accidentally scraped (not even dented) on some stranger's hybrid Camry the other day in a parking lot.

We're just made of money...