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Bit by the shopping bug...

November 14th, 2006 at 03:02 am

I have been totally itching to go shopping lately. I mean REALLY itching. I have been on the Internet shopping for the last few days looking for good deals. Has the Christmas bug bit me a little early? Or maybe the last year of totally scrimping and saving is starting to get to me? I don't know. But I am finally getting out of the house tomorrow to go. I will have to be careful, though, in my purchases. I'm debating over taking cash out of savings for holiday shopping, or working with what we have in the account now. Chances are, if I take it out of the checking account, I will have to dip into savings before the next paycheck anyway. I only have about $350 in there for a week and a half. I want to take $100 out for a grocery envelope, plus I will need to leave another $100 in there for gas, and $80 for day care...better take the Christmas shopping money from savings. I did find a flow blue teapot on E-Bay the other day and won it for $14.75, plus $6 S&H. It will be the perfect gift for my MIL, whose birthday is later this month.
My brother and SIL came over last night with a bag of clothes they were giving away to charity. They gave us first dibs Smile DH got two shirts, a pair of shoes, and about 6 pairs of socks (my brother buys really nice clothes - better than I buy for DH!). I got two great pairs of jeans and a shirt. My mom took a pile of t-shirts and shorts for my dad. Then my other SIL stopped over and took a few more things. It was great...but then I felt guilty about giving less clothes to charity, so I raided my closet and worked on filling the bag back up. For a joke, we all wore our "new" clothes bowling last night - my brother and SIL cracked up when they saw us walk in in their clothes! I guess it doesn't take much to amuse us...anyway, that's more stuff for my free tally.
I am getting the hang of Monday-morning-rush-the-kids-to-daycare, finally. It helps tremendously to pack my lunch and their bags Sunday night. I am glad I only have to do this one day a week - it's stressful! My sympathies to all the parents out there who hustle and bustle 5 days a week. Anyway, I packed a nice frugal lunch of a canned-chicken salad sandwich with apple and cheddar - very tasty. I got the idea from Arby's Market Fresh sandwiches - but mine was a lot cheaper. A homemade pumpkin muffin and homemade yogurt were my snacks for the day. Yum.

Freebies:
Clothes - retail value: $130, my value: $70
retail value: 1271.48
my value: 416.45

1 Responses to “Bit by the shopping bug...”

  1. tinapbeana Says:
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    well, i never feel bad about accepting freebie clothing from friends and family, but i do like the thoughts of replacing the items in the charity bags with items of your own. helps keep the clutter down, too!

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