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Week Three:
Indie Scenester Husband- and Wife-to-Be get sick. Zero dollars.
Week Three Total: $0.00
Total to Date: $381.96
Granola Sunshine spends her third week in a sexually challenging situation: on a bike. "I went on a bicycle touring trip with that cute boy I've been mentioning, from Vancouver to Vancouver Island and over to the Sunshine Coast, then back to the North Shore. It took four days with a few long stopovers, and was about 300 kilometers of cycling. Hypo-allergenic non-latex condoms: $15. One trip to the rec-center sauna to clean up: $10. Baby wipes: $5."
Week Three Total: $30.00
Total to Date: $242.00
Coffee Yupster reports $30 on drinks at a friend's going-away party. Result: "Took someone home." The next day, zero dollars reported for a beach trip, ostensibly to scope babes. Says Coffee, "I love that the beach is free!" In the following days there are two more coffees ($4 and $4), and $20 for beers ("Went to a house party. All married or taken.") Coffee says, "I'm regretting the Lavalife thing. I shouldn't have paid for three months in advance. It's been fun but the novelty is wearing off with little real success."
Week Three Total: $58.00
Total to Date: $437.00
Back at the gym, Biology Babe spends another $9 on a workout. "Wanted to cancel laser-hair removal appointment, but needed timely removal of hair." The procedure cost $239. Biology says, "Bought a top in anticipation for get-together for following week." $45. "Left him two messages and called back for a ten-minute conversation." $0.42. Back for another workout, Biology drops $9 on an "emergency session at the gym as the weekend draws closer." An "at-home facial to continue good work on giant pores" costs $10 for ingredients.
Week Three Total: $312.42
Total to Date: $389.85
I Love the Nightlife says, "I haven't been doing anything other than working for the last week and a half! Last weekend I spent $15 on a tab of ecstasy (lame, I know. It was a high school throw-back party), $20 on drinks and $8 on a cab home (the next morning, wink). And during the week I bought a bottle of lube for $9.99."
Week Three Total: $52.99
Total to Date: $382.99
Long-Distance Cougar reports $115 on a hotel room. Her man bought the condoms. Still, she notes, "I am now noticing that the contraception [planning] — and even the whole logistics of copulation — is often relegated to my realm of responsibility. I am not sure if it's an age issue, as my guy is a good eight years younger, but he seems turned off by the details. Ironic, because on more than one occasion this has meant losing out on some much needed S-E-X."
Week Three Total: $115.00
Total to Date: $115.00
The Dude has a "slow week" and reports zero dollars.
Week Three Total: $0.00
Total to Date: $150.94
Mom of Two says, "Our eight-year wedding anniversary was [this week], but we had a funeral to go to that day, so we ended up eating $50 of sushi takeout and calling it a night." Later that week, Mom of Two spent $85 "getting my hair did. It's pretty short so reactions were mixed."
Week Three Total: $135.00
Total to Date: $400.00
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