A few expenditures to report -- I subscribed to PBS Masterpiece for $6 -- that will not come out of my pocket until January, however.  I also spent $12 on a Christmas gift for a friend -- a little late, but I didn't expect that she would send me a gift.  It was a surprise that arrived on Christmas Eve.  Variables are now at 87%, with only four more days in the month.

Tomorrow I'm going to return a gift I received to Amazon.  It was a pair of slippers that seemed very comfortable at first, but after wearing them for a while I realized that they chafed the back of my ankle.  When I am reimbursed, I will pick out a pair of slide-on slippers that won't touch my ankle.

I brought home a bag of leftovers from the Christmas meal, and I've been working on ways to use them up.  I made an omelet today.  I think I'll be making potato soup tomorrow!