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Just another SPENDY Sunday - whoa a whoa!

March 7th, 2005 at 03:48 am

Well . .. I didn't get my laundry done today. I WAY overslept and barely made it over to the school to meet with "M"s
mom. That meeting went well. Hope our plan works out as I planned.

After "M"s mom left, I made my lesson plans and cut out the coupons from todays paper. There were quite a few
really good ones today. Smile Then I went to Tom Thumb for a Mystery Shop. Well, it wasn't quite a straight path. I'd MS'd there
before maybe 6 times, but somehow couldn't remeber exactly how to get there. Eventually I made it. I was a little bit annoyed
though because in their ad it said that "All" varieties of Purina Cat Chow were on sale - but I guess that didn't include the
Purinia ONE varieties. Oh well, I still was able to get a couple bags with my coupons. Smile

After I was done with the MS, I then went on to the TT that is near my home and finished my shopping for TT. I got two cans of refried beans there, although it took me a while to find them because they're not in the normal bean aisle. Then I went on to CVS where I picked up two boxes of Puffs and some *peeps* Smile. Last but not least, I headed to Kroger's. Now at Kroger's I had gotten everything on my list, and had realized that I didn't have enough cash, and so was going to need to write a check. So, I decided to go look at the Amy's Brown Rice and Veggies (my personal favorite!) and see if it was on any kind of sale. JACKPOT!! It was on sale for $2!!!! Now, you may be wondering why I was so excited. Well, normally it is $4.29 at Krogers, but I can get it
at Albertson's for $3.89. Obviously I don't buy it that often because of how expensive it is. But today, oh boy, today! I took
4 of them and was SO tempted to go back and get more - but knew my freezer was plumb full and couldn't fit anymore. Frown
------Guess what I had for supper tonight????? Smile

When I got home I got a phone call from my mom. She was all upset. Apparently my 24 year old brother who's been out of college for a year and is working FULL TIME expected her to pay for his flight here for dad's trial. Mom is on disability right now and has had to borrow money just to pay her utilities this month. She went to THREE other people and asked if they would loan
her the money for him - thankfully they all refused (and basically said she shouldn't even have been ASKED to pay for his ticket). She asked me my opinon, and I told her the same thing. That he's a grown man, has a full time job, and if he has
money to be a ski bum during the week (he works weekends at a resturant) then he full and well should have enough
money to come support his dad!! I love my brother very very much. But sometimes I think that my parents let him have
life just a little too easy. It would be a totally different story if he was still in college AND working full time. In fact two years
ago *I* paid for my fare and for HIS fare on a cruise where a friend was getting married (I was her bridesmaid, he sang).

I'm beginning to have serious doubts about my plans for this summer. From some of the things my mom was saying, it sounds like she might not have a job to come back to if she doesn't go back by the 21st. There is NO WAY she can afford the house payment alone on unemployment, so I have the feeling she's going to lose the house. So . . . I'm really not quite sure where that leaves me. I'm not sure what I could find to rent *cheaply* that will allow a cat - and theres NO WAY I'll ever give
up my cat. I guess I'll have to cross that bridge when I come to it.

OH MY WORD! Tonight when I sat down at my computer and checked my email, I was in for a MAJOR shock! My ex-bf, the one whom I hadn't heard from since December, had emailed me!!!! You could have knocked me over with a feather.
What do ya'll think, should I wait three months before responding back? Or be the bigger person and answer one of his questions
that is somewhat time sensitive? Or, perhaps just not ever answer another of his emails again - you know, not being jerked around by him? One kind of funny thing - he said that he's seriously looking at buying a house. I assume that means he's
decided not to go back to college. I also wonder if he's found that someone that he has a "close" emotional connection to. (roll eyes - long story).

Well, after getting over that shock, I entered my MS information. Then I went back to my Real Estate course and completed all but hthe last two review lessons. Woo Hoo!! I do think that I'm going to need some serious review BEFORE I take the final test. I was missing quite a few questions on the general review because I didn't quite remember what some of the terms meant. But, at least I am closer to completion and to my goal. Smile

Ok, I still have to type and print the permission slip, and print out the Monday Memo and Spelling List, so I better
wrap this up.

Spending Log: (what? am I made of money?)
TT #1: $5.61 (cat food, bananas)
TT #2: $19.24 (saved $19.49)
(cat food, milk, refried beans, tide det, cat treats, frozen pizza, Texas Toast, Frozen French Toast, etc, etc)
CVS: $2.14 (2 boxes of Puffs, 16ct Peeps)
Kroger's $33.75 (saved $16.92) (Pizza, OJ, beans, bananas, AMY'S, Morningstar, Fudge Bars, etc)

I way overspent my two-week grocery budget, but both my fridge and freezer and pantry are stuffed, and I have enough cat
food to last me till probably May. (I won't even tell you how many things of cat treats I have - today's was a freebie.)

Keeping It Frugal in Texas,
Laura

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