Ok, just had to share. You know how it is when you save hundreds of dollars for your husband. I dropped Austin off at hockey practice and lo and behold, there is a Fry’s and Safeway conveniently located by the arena. Sweet Jesus! I am currently grounded from spending money… but that’s for another blog on a depressing day… not today. So, I went to both stores for just the freebies and got:
5 boxes of Kellogg’s corn flakes
2 avocados
6 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (4 in a pkg) No, I don’t plan to eat all those tonight or even this week. That is a three month supply! Hidden of course.
(They were out of the free zip lock baggies and the free salad dressing! BAH!)
And spent….. $.19. Yes, that’s cents, not dollars. NINETEEN cents. That doesn’t even count as spending money.
Then I went to Barnes & Noble to casually browse adoption books, which is what us adoptive parents do in our WAITING time. I found three and then a comfy chair. Half way through the second book I figured out that I was pretty tired when I did a church nod! (That’s when your head falls to the side in an uncontrolled, but quickly rectified fashion.) So I put the books back and wandered TJ Maxx. Remembering fervently that I’m grounded from spending money.
One of the adoption books, or should I say anti-adoption books, was just more than I could take. It was so generalized on the negative side I felt like ripping out pages and wadding them up. But then I’d have to explain the the B&N people that I can’t pay for it because I’m grounded from spending money. So I just put it back on the shelf and truly questioned the benefits of books full of negative smack. Who reads those? Oh, negative people. Right.
Anyway, Rick is away tonight on a trip, so I will have a full night of blissful rest without having to tell him to turn over and stop snoring. Yes, I’d rather have him here. Yes, my tired body is happy he’s gone for just one night. I can’t imagine being a real pilot’s wife when they are gone so much. Thankfulness has again filled my heart, even though I’m grounded from spending money. Sweet Dreams!
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