Spending:

$184.00 haircut and colour (I know, that's obscene! Even with french-press coffee, tip and a foot massage. I look like Candice Olson from HGTV now.)

$??? emergency dental work

Both service providers discussed their respective interest in making me look good and not hurting me so I'd help them bring in new customers and come back. We've never had these kinds of conversations before: sure there's always some billing and payment going on but never before the blatant "I can always use some more customers!" I've never heard them open up about their political stripes before either, but they sure did today. It's not as if I sit down in their chairs where they're at liberty to hurt me and make me look like a dork and open with the salvo: "Who ya votin' for?" Hair will always need to be cut (maybe not professionally coloured) and teeth will always need maintenance.

I did make a point of visiting these service providers within 1.2 miles of my house though: gotta keep the local economy going. They're interested in doing the same.