My best friend became a grandmother yesterday. She is lucky that her granddaughter was born right here in town -- lucky for me, too, because I got to share in the fun.

My spending yesterday: I spent $10 on a baby gift -- sunglasses and headbands, and $9.53 on photo development. I also made a run to Target, where I spent $15.89 on a throw rug for the kitchen, $13.67 on groceries, and $1.90 on paper towels, and 3.28 on padded mailing envelopes.

I also got my oil changed ($26.26), ordered a tool set from Amazon for my son's birthday ($3.50 after coupon), and also got him the Collector's Edition of Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest at Border's ($26.49). I got a pet hair brush at Walgreens ($4.23) when I was picking up the photos.

In the evening, I bought a $7 box of peanut brittle from a little girl who came to my door.

On the income side, I found a nickel, and my son bought me lunch at Culver's.

Analysis: I was pleased with the baby gift. I had already given her a nice shower gift, but I wanted a token gift to take to the hospital. I looked at a lot of things that cost more, but settled on the sunglasses and headbands for their "cute" factor, and the fact that they would fit in a small bag, saving .50 right there. The baby's parents loved them.

The photo development was a bit of splurge. I usually pay .19 a print by going online. Yesterday I took my memory stick to Walgreens and paid .29 a print to have them done right away. I wanted to be able to just hand my friend the prints, and she was delighted.

The package of padded envelopes has a coupon inside for $5 in tape products. Haven't investigated it yet, but I think that will make it a good buy.

I used a .50 coupon for the groceries. Something I rarely do, I'm not a coupon queen. Would have been more effective if the item had been on sale, but, on the other hand, it was something I needed.

The tool set, obviously, was a great deal. I had a $25 Amazon coupon from Chase. I also got free shipping, so I got a $28.50 set for $3.50.

The DVD, on the other hand, was a savings attempt that failed. My son had the title on his Amazon wish list. I had a 25% off Border's coupon, so I thought I'd be smart and get it at Border's. Well, the DVD was "on sale" so the coupon wasn't accepted. When I checked later on the Amazon site I saw that their price was about $5 lower. Don't know if I would have had to pay shipping -- that would have made it a wash.

The pet brush was an impulse buy -- I'm constantly battling pet hair everywhere because my husky/chow mix is a prolific shedder. This was one of those soft rubber brushes, and it does seem to move the hair pretty well. Doesn't really pick it up, though.

Everything else was pretty routine. The rug was not on sale, but moderately priced, and it was the right color and pattern for my kitchen.

Alas, I made the mistake of answering my door, and, of course, it was a child selling candy. I can never say no, so that was $7 out the door.

Today I'm not going out at all, so it will be a no-spend day.

Oh, and, I'm sorry to report, I did not win the Powerball jackpot. Back to the drawing board.