Misc.

Just a few miscellaneous things to tide me over until the next post.

Wal Mart savings! Monday, I only spent $91 at Wal Mart. But wait! $20 of it was on a gas card for gas (you get 3 cents off with a gas card). But wait! $13.17 of it was for stuff for K's birthday party Thursday night. So actually I only spent $57.92 on groceries. And I didn't even have many coupons (2) or matches (2) this week. It's been a lot of work but kinda fun too.

K isms: As she was sucking her thumb Sunday, a friend asked if he could have a taste of her thumb. Her answer was "No you have your own." Well duh! Monday night at the game she did NOT stop talking. I asked if her mouth was ever shut. "No Mommy. That's why I have a mouth."

Blessing: I have been praying for some extra money to come in--to save for Disney, to put towards the swing set that we WILL be getting next week, and a few other things. I was thinking some babysitting for me or some PPVC jobs for Daddy. We got a check in the mail today for a nice amount that was overage from our mortgage company. Not how I was expecting it, but thank you Lord!

C had a little (short for even him) bike that someone had given us 2 years ago. It didn't sell in their garage sale and so they just gave it to us. Just this year, he has really taken off on that bike and is confident riding it. Well it got a flat tire. I mean a hole in the tire, can't be fixed, flat tire. So tonight we are going to look for a new bike for him. He said he is willing to put all his money ($37) towards it. I"m hoping we can find a good one at a good price.

This cool car/truck was in our neighborhood yesterday. She was visiting a friend across the street. She kindly let me take pictures. Not only do I think it's very cool looking (I like old cars) but I loved the color. It's a 1929 model T Truck, I think? I'm sure about the year (I asked her) but not the name. Oh well. It's cool. And it had an "oo-ga" horn. Too funny.

McD's: is giving away a free McCafe' every Monday until the end of August (7am-7pm). Go try one! Hey, it's free!

Daddy is done with softball for now. His tourney is Saturday and then it's over! Unless they decided to play summer league. Aaaah! I have no idea if he ended up with a winning record or not. He played a double header Monday night. I do know that he won the first game (beat our other FBC team) and lost the second game. We are waiting to see when we play Saturday. I just hope not the 8 am game. 9:05 wouldn't be too bad.

I think that's all I have for now. Hopefully tomorrow I will blog about our very small July 4th celebration.

What a deal!

When we were at Wal-Mart the other day, we decided to look through the left-over Halloween costumes to see what they had. I figured if they were a decent price, I would get some for the kiddies for dress-up. All the Halloween stuff was supposed to be 50% off, but some of it had not been marked down yet. There was a W-M employee working that section, trying to get it all straightened out. As I found things, I was asking her prices and she would scan them for me. I found a white skirt that has LED lights on it that was marked $6.50, but she said it should be 1/2 off. I also found a Batman costume that was stuffed down into a bag. I asked her if I would be charged the full 1/2 price if some of the pieces were missing. It was hard to tell since it was stuffed into this tiny bag. She said to check w/ the manager at check out. I also found part of a SuperGirl costume. It was very obvious that parts were missing for it.

So when I got to the register, I told the cashier my story and she called the manager over. The manager told her to give me the SuperGirl parts--for free and to charge $1 for the Batman costume and $2 for the light-up skirt! So for $3 I got quite an assortment of stuff for the kiddies! Never hurts to ask! As you can see in the picture, the entire Batman outfit was there. What a deal! So here are my kiddies dressed up in their practically free costumes. Too cool!