Good Day

I had errands to run today and my DIL, Brenda, agreed to go with me.  Some of the errands involved coupons so her assistance was greatly appreciated.  We saved $50+ today on groceries!  Every little bit I save helps.

In an effort to feel better about myself, I got my nails done today.  It's been so long since I did that with the intention of going for regular fill-ins.  The nails were $20 and fill-ins are $12.  I'm hoping I can keep them done this time.  It's been so long since I wanted to do anything for myself.  As a treat to Brenda, I had hers done as well.

Yankee Candle had a 75% off sale, so I splurged and bought 3 candles.  I enjoy burning candles and with dogs in the house, it can't hurt to have a pleasant scent around.

Michaels had some yarn on sale for $1.00, so I bought 3 of them to crochet into something - probably dish rags.

If you notice, there's a pattern here to my shopping trip...coupons and sales.  The sales have to be really good to get my money and it must be something I really need or want.  There's not much I want which is a good thing, because I can't afford to buy many wants.  I don't mind.  I have everything I need, but every now and then it feels good to go spend a little on a want (candles and yarn).  I'm over the years of "I like that, I want it".  I've found that wants tend to clutter a house or get stuck in a closet somewhere and even if I had the money, I can't justify spending it on something that I don't need.  It's amazing how I consider every purchase I make now.  Hitting rock bottom financially gave me a good old slap in the face and a wake-up call.

Jon and Brenda had supper with us tonight and they are spending the night here.  I love it when they're able to do that.  Greg hung with us until 10 and then headed off to bed.  He has to work tomorrow, of course, and is very careful to make sure he gets to bed before late.  I love my family.

I'm hoping tomorrow will be a rather slow day for me.  With fibro, it doesn't take much to wear me out and normally after a day like today, I won't feel like doing anything at all tomorrow.

All in all, today has  been a good day and Lord knows I needed a good one.  We had tornado warnings while we were out and about, but it didn't slow us down.  We were safe inside Walmart!  Thank God for safety  Once the storms blew through, cold weather blew in.

That's about it for today.  Hope your day was lovely.

Be safe~!

The Weekend

My little man, Andrew, just left.  Boo hoo.  My weekend has consisted of playing with Andrew.  Yesterday, he played outside for a few minutes and decided it was too cold.  It didn't matter that Nana and Pa said it was too cold, HE had to find out for himself.  Two year olds (almost three) have to find things out for themselves a lot.

Today, Andrew and I went to visit Jon and Brenda.  Andrew loves going to see them and asks about them every day he's here.  He loves his Bubba and Bren.

As I type, I have my oven preheating to make that Pineapple Cake.  Can't wait to taste it.  I just know it's going to be delish.

My coupon purchase today was two Colgate toothbrushes for $.22 each.  Walmart had them for .97 and I had two .75 coupons.  I purchased another couple of newspapers, so later tonight I'll be clipping coupons.  Love it!

I decided today that I'm going to re-learn to crochet, if it kills me.  There's no reason I shouldn't be making afghans.  Once I get good at that, I may attempt to crochet a bedspread or comforter.  We'll see.

I don't have a bucket list yet, but my goal for this month was to make one.  I'll share it when it's done and hope to be able to mark off a few things as the year progresses.

That's enough blogging for today, I think.  Enjoy the rest of the weekend and...

Be Safe~!

Money - Or The Lack Thereof...

I'm excited!  My daughter-in-law, Brenda, has gotten me on the couponing train.  She went with me today to Walgreens and CVS to purchase three specific items that I had coupons for.  (She had already made a trip for herself.)  Since I haven't quite comprehended the knack for getting the most of our using coupons, she had to teach Nana!  Thank you, sweet Brenda!  I purchased $75 worth of products for $25.  The $50 I saved paid for my visit to the doctor's office this morning!  WOOT WOOT

In years past, I was blessed to not have to worry too much about buying food and necessities.  Due to bad luck and other problems, I've had about 4 years of worrying non-stop.  I worry from hubby's paycheck to paycheck.  After our income dropped drastically, I think twice about what I buy.  I've never been one to keep up with the Whoevers and I really couldn't care less what people think of my financial status.  As long as we have a roof over our heads and food to eat along with electricity, water, phone, internet, TV and gas money, I'm ok.  I've had to learn to deal with not having health insurance, life insurance or other things that I used to think were necessities.  I know, necessities don't include internet and TV, but those are two things we've managed to keep so far.  The day may come when we can't afford that.  However, hubby has to have the internet for work, so I guess it IS a necessity.  (Thank goodness!)

Back to coupons - I was talking to my sister on the phone after my couponing excursion and she said she had started clipping them too because it's like just throwing money away not to.  I agree!  So, get ready, people in the check-out lines!  You're not gonna like me, probably.  I really don't care, because I will be saving money.  If I can reduce our grocery bill by 2/3 or more, I will be absolutely thrilled.   Shoot, I would be happy to reduce that bill by any amount at this point, but I may as well aim for the moon!

Now I have to stop blogging and get my coupon binder put together so I can organize my coupons!  My daughter-in-law did not volunteer to do that for me!!!  HA HA HA  Don't blame her.

Be safe~!