I logged and categorized every authorized expense.

I scrolled past the homeowner’s insurance renewal and the county property tax assessment.

The last big invoice on file was the receipt for the bathroom tile repair we’d ordered the summer before.

I’d signed off on that contractor’s estimate myself.

We’d agreed on a strict financial plan for this deployment to build up our savings cushion.

Oak Ridge Prime Grill wasn’t part of that plan.

I went back through the previous month’s statements.