Today I have all of my boys home. My hubby isn’t feeling too good, so I have to take extra great care of him today. That calls for chicken noodle soup, cherry Jell-O, and plenty of Green Tea. I hope that he feels better soon.
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Walgreens Trip
Well my local Walgreens hasn’t opened yet, so we made the 20 minute trip out of town to shop the great $.39 sale yesterday. I even stocked up on candies for Halloween, and a gifts for the gals for Christmas presents.
Here is my list:
4 – Yardley Bar Soaps (Christmas presents) @ $.69 ea
2 – Walgreens Heavy Duty Plastic Forks and Spoons (hubby’s work) @ $.39 ea
2 – 1000 count Walgreens Cotton Swabs @ $.50 ea
2- bags of Dum Dums Pops (Halloween) @ $.95 ea – I had 2 coupons for $.55 off each bag
1 – Percy Train (for Thade earned with chore money) @ $4.99
2 – Deerfield Baking Soda @ $.50 ea
1- 6 count Double Roll Bounty Select paper towels (baby wipes) @ $6.00
Grand Total with tax $20.50
I ended up saving with my coupons, Walgreens coupons, and the Walgreens sale items $11.95 🙂
I made back my gas money, and got a start on the holiday purchases.
Shopping Trip Today
I’m glad to be home. Did anyone else shop the $.39 sale at Walgreens today? We did and I got some great bargains. I’ll be posting the savings soon. We also made a run to Wal-Mart too for a few groceries and pet supplies. I’m baking up some Coconut Macaroons for James to take to work tomorrow. Back to it, the cookies are calling my name.
Scrubbing the Floors and everything else
Today I took one look at the kitchen and decided it needed a top to bottom clean. This might take me a while, as Dylan is not being too cooperative. I decided to make up some homemade soft cleaner to help out with the task of scrubbing the base boards, the walls by the trash can, the sink, the fridge, and stove.
I used:
Equal parts-Baking Soda ( 2 tablespoons)
Equal parts- Ajax Ruby Red Grapefruit dish liquid, use what you have on hand(2 tablespoons)
Mix well until it forms a light paste.
I grabbed one of my old dish sponges, and an extra bowl of warm water (for rinsing) and got to scrubbing. I found that once I started I couldn’t stop, the bright pink homemade soft scrub did the job beautifully. The scrub also smells great, and kept my hands nice and soft. I see many more cleaning projects in my future.
I know it is way away…
I know that Thanksgiving and Christmas are a few months away, but I am already stressing about the holidays. The cleaning, the cooking, the constant entertaining of the relatives, the super hyper kids, and then the presents $$$. I can feel a panic attack coming on.
This year I’m attacking the holiday season head on. I’ve already started my shopping. I have my menus and budgets planned for Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’ve taken inventory of the wrapping supplies, no need to buy anymore. I just need to get my rubber stamps out and start on the Christmas cards and gift tags.
Are you already planning for the Holidays? Do they stress you out? If so what are some tips that you have to stay stress free?