I made a list

Just before entering my local Target, I actually sat in my car for 10 minutes jotting down items I needed to pick up. Awhile back I went to Target to pick up one or two things and left the store having spent about $80. To avoid that from happening, I decided to draw up a list. My list included:

Ketchup
vitamin water
soup (5)
mozzarella sticks
cheetos
broccoli
brush
parmesan cheese (grated)

Well I'm happy to report, with the exception of that Glade candle jumping in my basket and onto the counter I made it out with just the items on my list.


Ok, bad to studying.......Hope you are enjoying your weekend.


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A New gem

I think I’ve found a new gem for my lunch time meals:

Classic Tomato soup (C.ampbell’s Sou.p at Han.d) and Cheetos. Yum. I don’t know why it has taken me so long to discover this combination, but I’m glad I finally came around. And it’s light on my pockets. Soup is always on sale at the grocery store or at Target and then I can easily grab a bundle of cheetos snack size bags or even buy the big bag to get me thru a week.

So next week, I’m gonna have soup and cheetos everyday.
I’m sure I’ll be totally tired of this combination after day 2.

Happy Friday to Ya.
Have a great Weekend.


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Christmas shopping list

Every year I try to complete my Christmas shopping by the 15th of the month. And every year I come really close. Last year it was my oldest niece and my husband’s gifts that sent me back out. Well this year, I’ve budgeted and I’m attempting yet again to complete my shopping by the 15th.

Here’s the list of whom I am giving gifts this year:

· Hubby – not sure
· Mother – giftcard: Visa
· Stepfather - giftcard
· Niece 1 – clothes and one toy
· Niece 2 – clothes and one toy
· Godchild 1(birthday 12/26) – giftcards: Aeropostale, American Eagle and iTunes
· Godchild 2 (birthday 12/10) – giftcards: Claires and bookstore
· God child 1 sister (birthday 12/30) – giftcards: Justice, Claires
· Grandmother – giftcard: Visa

So far I’ve purchased two giftcards (for my oldest god child and her sister) and I put several clothing items on layaway for my nieces. My mother and grandmother will be easy; I’ll just grab a Visa gift card for them both. My stepfather and Hubby are my biggest challenges. Hubby has a habit of going through my bags, so I think I’ll hide his gifts at his parents house, that is if I can come up with some gift ideas for him.

How's your holiday shopping coming along?

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Semester Break

I take my final exam December 7 (this Sunday) and then I’ll have about 5 weeks to rest, relax and unwind. Normally I read books during these semester breaks. But this time around I want to plan out my tasks to include some other items that I’ve allowed to fall by the way side. For instance, home projects.

So here’s a list of items I’d like to do during my upcoming 5 week semester break:

· I need to have someone come out and give me an estimate on replacing the carpet in the living room and possibly the stairs.
· Watch the second season of Dexter
· Watch the second season of CSI (the original)
· Purchase a new ceiling fan and have installed
· Get an estimate for window replacement
· Read at least 3 books

Usually this list would include the titles for 5 books. But I think a variation will work wonders.



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A Gift for Hubby

Every year I’m perplexed what to get my husband for Christmas. And this year is no different. During the year he gets shirts, jeans and ties amongst other things. So this makes it increasing hard for me to decide what to do for Christmas, and it doesn’t help that his birthday is January 12.

I’ve flirted with the idea of taking him to the Poconos for the weekend and that would serve as his Christmas and birthday gifts. But costs always makes me change my mind. So again, I’m back to the drawing board.

Last month I made a laundry list of items I could get him. On that list was a new George Forman grill. The one he presently uses only allows two pieces of meat at a time. So I thought it would be great if he could throw 4 pieces on at once and be done. Well guess what, I forgot that we got a huge indoor grill as a wedding gift that we haven’t used. So I convinced him to go get that from storage and we’ll use that.

But yet again, I’m back at the drawing board……..

Any suggestions?


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Black Friday purchases……

Normally I don’t venture out on Black Friday. I think two years ago, my mother and I headed up to the outlets a few hours after Thanksgiving dinner to catch some sales. Then headed on up to Delaware land of no sales tax to hit up the mall for some deals…….

This year I wasn’t up for all of that……at any rate I finally rolled out the house about 5pm and headed to the mall to see what was left that I could scoop up. And boy oh boy did I get somethings………I came home with some bags and did my dance…..Hubby had a good laugh.

I picked up 4 sweaters and 2 turtlenecks from JC Penney for a grand total of $41…..thanks to a coupon I clip which gave me $10 off $50.

I also got a body butter from The Body Shop for $5. Now this was a real still, their body butters normally go for $20.

Old Navy was decent as well…..they had jeans for $15 and shirts for $5. I got 2 shirts and one pair of jeans, although the sales clerk talked me into going one size smaller on the jeans, only to get them home and I needed my actual size. So I’ll have to exchange or return them.

My last stop was Kmart…….they had shirts and turtlenecks for $4 so of course I grabbed a few……and then I put some shirts and sweats on layaway for my nieces…….

I just love finding deals.

Did you do any Black Friday Shopping?



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Monday again!

Dang it’s Monday again. I can’t believe my favorite holiday has come and gone. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

So back to the daily grind we go……..


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