Flashback Friday!

I was thinking about our days in colder climates.  We love, love, love it here, but sometimes it is nice to have a some real cold air.

It’s a blustery 71 degrees here this morning.  I made the boys wear their sweaters.  I am the only one who thought a sweater was necessary!  They were not pleased!

Ok Miller was pleased.  He wore his all day long.  That one likes to be cozy!  Jackson wore his until he got onto the school grounds and took it off as he parked his bike.  Apparently my wording was not concise enough.  I told him he had to wear it to school.

I feel badly for the tourists when we have weather like this, but I sure do like the change!  We should be back up in the 80’s by the weekend.

Score!

Do you know what this is?


Yep, it is a tall stack of blue jeans.

9 Pairs of blue jeans to be exact.

Why would I need 9 pairs of jeans, you ask?

1) Because last year Jackson went through all 3 pairs of jeans I bought him and wore through the knees. I am ok with that. Wearing out the knees means that he is playing a lot and playing is good.

2)Because you can't find boys jeans at consignment.

3)Because Jackson is thin and when you can find a pir of pant that fit, you buy several pairs.

But 9 pairs seems like a lot for one boy.

Well they aren't for one boy.

They are for 2 boys.

4 pairs for Jackson (because last year 3 was not enough).

4 pairs for Miller (he will be 3 one day, though it pains my uterus to think it)!

1 pair as a back up.

But why buy so many right now, when it is the middle of stinkin' hot July?

Because when you this kind of deal, you have to get while the gettin' is good.

See that?


It says $3.24

Yes, that is 75% off.

And did I mention that they fit?

Ahhhh. I only wish that they has other sizes other than 3T.

I would have bought them all.

Don't worry, if you live here in MD, there are still lots left at the Target at Rio.

But go, and go now, because now I know that this blog has at least 11 readers and they may go and grab them all.

No wait, all the readers are in Greenville.

Oh well, still go!

$124.32

$124.32
That is how much I saved today at the grocery store!
Feel free to skip this post if it is too boring for you, but it is super exciting to me, much more exciting than a football game.
This morning's paper had a special Safeway circular with a 72 hour sale. The first thing that caught my eye was Coke products were 4 for $8.00 My friend Angel told me that on Friday, but I forgot. Then I saw that you got a free pizza with a food order of $20 or more. Free Pizza, now I'm listening. Oh and then there was a coupon for $10 off a a purchase of $50--We can do $50 easy!
We needed to buy some fresh food, so off we went with 2 children to the store. You know I am some kind of excited when I voluntarily take 2 children with me to the store.
Since we had 2 children and only one can fit in the sitting part of the cart we had to get 2 carts. Let me tell you it is a good thing we did. We stocked up on so many things that we normally buy that were on sale. The only things I bought that weren't on sale was baby food.
I love to wait until it is all rung up and then give the cashier my store card and coupons. So it rung up at $267.00. Holy Mortgage payment! I had $16.09 in coupons, so we paid $120.88!
Leaving the store was such a high, I was giggling and practically skipping (with my 2 carts, 2 kids and husband) all the way out to the car.
And becaue I know that YOU, my faithful blog readers (both of you) want pictures I will give you what you want. Don't say you didn't ask for it!

Ok so it is way blurry and you can't read it. But that is the bottom of my 6 foot long grocery bill that says:
Total Savings Value 47% 124.32
Can I get an Amen?