How to: fix a bad day during a recession

1. Cheap red wine, like Yellow Tail, $7 a bottle

2. CVS brand lavender epsom salt, $3

3. Johnson's lavender bath, $4

4. Delicious homemade mac and cheese, which cost me a total of $4.

5. Whole Foods strawberry shortcake, $3

5. Clean, matching Garnet Hill pjs, gift.

It doesn't exactly fix everything, but it's not bad.