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Busy weekend

November 4th, 2007 at 11:06 pm

Worked on Saturday, journaled, Christmas shopped, mowed the yard, cleaned garage, put porch furniture away in the basement, grocery shopped.....yes I kept busy without my kids here.

I splurged on two things.....a hardback book I have been wanting and a Mr Hero lunch on Friday.

Gas is very expensive....so I shopped at the grocery store a half mile away rather than the 20 mile trip to Wal Mart. I shopped for the week and pretty sparsely.
Trying the use up what I have.

DD wanted to host a small Christmas party for 5 school chums in December. I agreed to it as long as it was not a sleepover.
Well....that was not agreeable so she asked her dad if he could host it at his house---so he said sure Ok have a sleepover at my house. SO the party will not be at my house. Part of me felt terrible to not agreeing to the sleepover right off the bat....then part of me was Ok with having set a boundry on what I wanted to handle. I guess that is part of the divorce-co parenting challenge. Playing one parent off the other?? I tried to be excited for her but I did feel weird about it. Oh well.

I get paid on Friday---ya hoo! Really trying to stay on top of getting bills paid and mailed in a timely manner. Also trying to conserve trips and gas. Amish country trip is on Saturday. I have already determined that I am buying lunch for me and my friend...my treat since she is spending the gas money. I can not let her pay! We always eat at a charming Amish place overlooking rolling hills with farm animals. It is sure pretty amd very peaceful. I am looking so forward to Saturday. I already told my girls I am going to buy some gifts so they are excited to see what I come up with.

I need some clothes since mine are all too big now. Everything is falling off me. I have two pairs of kinda decent pants from last fall but I need a few tops. I would like to try jeans...I have not owned jeans in years! Now that I am thinner I need to get more in style so to speak. I have looked at Goodwill and have found nothing......so I will keep looking at least once a week. Thankfully my life is so home centered I only need a few items. I am so glad I wear scrubs for work. That is HUGE BLESSING!

I am making it a point to stop in at the Dollar Tree on my way to school for stocking stuffers. What a great place for neat little stuffers. I have purchased quite a nice lot of nuts and candy for gifts for school teachers and dance teachers....etc. Each gift is beautifully packaged and each cost me $4.50. I purchased my mother's birthday gift as well. A coffee table book on horse riding and a candle in her fav. scent. I hopefully will have a family photo as well. I got her card at the Dollar Tree....so she is set. Her birthday is the day before Thanksgiving. I am so glad I will be seeing my family. It has been a awhile since we all got together. I may be going alone since my kids seems to want to stay behind and be with dad....another thing in my life that hurts my heart a bit.

Have a good week everyone. Stay thrifty and wise.
"Two important things about income are to make it first and then to make it last"

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