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My day and a funny.

March 13th, 2005 at 05:51 am

This morning I took one of my colleagues to the airport. She is going to visit her bf/fiance. I took her to the airport at Christmas and picked her up too. She gave me $20 for gas then - but today she didn't have any cash on her. I told her not to worry about it, but she insisted that she would have something for me when she gets back.

When I got back to my place my dad got on the computer. He was reading a whole bunch of different forwards that various people had sent him. Then he started reading off of some website called "Scrappleface" or something like that. It's a news satire site. It was kind of funny . . . but I was getting tired of just sitting there waiting for him to get off.

We ended up going out to brunch at IHOP. He said that paying for meals out is paying me for letting him stay here and not at a hotel. So, I jokingly told him that I was going to send him the bill later, for $100 a night. He asked if there were any rebates. So I told him that I would give him a $100 discount for every year that HE had paid for my room and board and everything else - so that basically gave him 20 days of discounts. Smile Hee hee.

After IHOP we went to the Galleria which is one of the bigger malls in our area. This is something we've done before, we just go there to walk and window shop. I actually managed to go into two different bookstores AND a children's educational store without spending a dime! Major feat. Smile While we were there one of the stores we stopped in (Brookshire's) had this kind of a bed pillow with a massage/heat unit built in, a reading lamp, and two side pockets. It was $125. I REALLY REALLY liked it. I am someone who is ALWAYS reading in bed - it would be wonderful for me. I told my dad to put it on a shortlist for a combination present next year for my birthday/Christmas. Smile

After the mall we stopped at A&W and had rootbeer floats. Mmmm mmm! Dad refilled my cup twice with rootbeer, even though I told him the second time that I didn't want more. They have a semi-working jukebox and you get to choose as many songs as you want for free. I love jukeboxes. Smile

Then we finally got back to my place. Dad took a nap and I spent some time on the computer. Then we were on our way to see "National Treasure" at the dollar theatre. On our way there we stopped at Kroger's to pick up two boxes of Brawny Napkin's for $.04 each. Smile When we got to the theatre, the movie was sold out, so we saw "Oceans 12" instead. I really enjoyed it, but dad thought it was too disjointed and the camera was too shaky.

After the movie we stopped at Tom Thumb so I could pick up a newspaper and also see if I could pick up some more napkins (I had 10 coupons that expire Sunday). Dad needed to use the restroom, so we split up. Apparentally he couldn't just tell the sales assistant that he needed the restroom. No, he tells the sales assistant "Where's the sandbox?" The man has no clue what he's talking about. So dad explains "You know, what cats use." So, the guy goes, "Oh, come with me!" He leads him to the KITTY LITTER!!!! Eventually he did get to the actual restroom. Smile

After Tom Thumb, we went back to Kroger's and got two more boxes of Brawny Napkins. I love coupons. Smile Smile
When I got home I had a message on my answering machine from one of my best friends - Karin, who lives in Albuqurque. She was needing my address again so she could send me some more Box Tops. Woo hoo! It was too late to call her, but I hope to get back to her tomorrow. My time is not my own right now with dad here. That's a bit frustrating, especially since it is my Spring Break and I'd like to have some total downtime. Maybe after Thursday.

Tomorrow we are going to do a quick shopping trip (I can do two orders because my dad will do one order - yay!). Then we are going to my mom's house and have Danish Pancakes (crepe's). On the way back here we're going to stop at the ABC (a bookstore) and I'm going to spend my gift certificate that I got from Scott (my ex-bf) for my birthday.

Spending Log:
Today:
A&W: ~$3.00
Kroger's 1:$0.04
Kroger's 2:$0.41 (bought a Kit Kat)
Tom Thumb:$2.31 (double newspaper and Puffs w/coupon)

Keeping It Frugal In Texas,
Laura

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