Staying In

My Grandma made a comment the other day that she stops by and my husband and I are never home–she stops by during the day when we are work. The reason I find this so amusing is ever sine we have had Gabe, we have become homebodies. Granted, we try to get out at least once a month without him in order to keep our relationship going. But, most of the time, we stay home. I have found my boy does not like to shop. He falls asleep everytime we go shopping. I suppose if I pushed my husband in a cart, he would probably do the same exact thing. He is not to fond of shopping for deals either. That is why I am trying to shop on online more lately. Its so easy to bring up a couple websites than to drive around to 5 different stores with a baby. Especially with Gabe being so stuffed up and with all the sick people around. I’m not too worried about him getting H1N1, but more worried about not getting over this cold or sinuses or allergies. The best thing about shopping online is through our Virginhealthmiles account, we get a certain percentage back at certain stores–which is awesome. Hey, I will take $2.38 anyday back on something I was going to buy anyway.

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Next Black Friday

I read an article the other day which stated that in the death of the Walmart employee that died on Black Friday after being trampled, implied it was Walmart’s fault.  The police department in that area gave some recommendations for retail franchises for the next Black Friday. On the list were better security (lined up months ahead of time–and not police), handing out vouchers, detailed maps of the store and maybe only letting in a couple hundred at a time. Also, better training for the employees. It is really sad that someone died over Black Friday sales. Hopefully, it will not happen again next year.

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Black Friday Woes

This is the first year in four years that I did not get up early to go shopping. Part of the problem was that I didn’t see any ads that would get me out of bed that early. The second problem was I think my husbands animosity against crowds of people has rubbed off on me. I don’t really know what I need to buy and I am not going to stand in line for more than 10 minutes to buy one thing. At least around here, there was no injuries or deaths like the ones in Long Island at Walmart. That really worries me because one of my good friends works at Walmart. Who would have thought Walmart needs hazard pay? Maybe they need to look into safer occupations like online trading–no actual person to person contact, especially this time of year.
Hopefully, I finish shopping in time. I always do!

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Closing Sales

This weekend, I got an email from Linens N Things stating they were having a closing sale–get this everything in the store 10-30% off. Umm, what? You call that a closing sale? We spent about 20 minutes walking around the store. The kitchen supplies were only 10 percent off. The only sort of deal I saw was the curtains and curtain accessories were 30% off. But I also have to remember, curtains at this store are expensive. We did pick up a cutting board (10% off), but it was something we were planning on buying no matter what. Maybe I just need to wait and see if they have better sales, but I’m guessing no.

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Black Friday

Is it wrong that I am already thinking of shopping on Black Friday?  As of right now, I am way behind on my shopping.  I only have one gift bought.  I really need to start thinking of gifts.  One thing I am debating on waiting until Black Friday for is our LCD screen and LCD mount. I know if we get up real early we will be able to get a good deal, but we are also going to be in St. Cloud visiting my inlaws. Plus we are using gift cards that we have to order a couple of weeks before and we won’t know the deals until probably the week of. Maybe I will spend part of the weekend shopping. I want to get at least one person out of the way!

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Jackpot

Andy and I went shopping last week and I came home really happy.  My couisin’s wedding is in about 3 weeks and I just realized, I do not have a dress to wear.  So we went looking for a dress.  Instead, my husband actually did a good job finding me two work outfits.  One is a business suit normally $200.00 on sale for $70.00.  Work is normally business casual, but I like outfits that are put together.  Also, I like to make people I have interviews–make them nervous.  But the best thing he found was a $70.00 outfit labeled at $30.00.  It also had a note stating as is one piece.  It was pants and a shirt, and I hate buying as is.  Especially when i do not know what is wrong with the outfit.  Since I couldn’t figure it out, I bought the outfit.  To my surprise, it was $12.99.   On the drive home, I finally figured out why it was as is.  The pants were a different size than the shirt.  Now I just have to be careful not to lose too much weight once I start working out.  It’s not like I’m going to be taking Leptovox. I just do not waste $100.00 on clothes I do not get to wear. So lesson learned–shop at JCPenny’s with my husband more often!

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Mamma Mia

A couple weeks ago, I blogged about the trouble we had at work ordering the 3 or more deal at Pizza Hut.  For my team lead’s birthday, we decided to order pizza again from Pizza Hut, just to see if it was a one time thing.   This time again when we called we ordered 8 pizza’s.  They ended up charging us $5 per pizza for the first 7 and then $6.99 on the 8th.  We said whatever, we just wanted the pizza.  So when they came to deliver it, they only delivered 8 pizzas.  So we called them back and spoke with a manager.  The manager said the deal is $5 per pizza if you order 3 or more to a total of $7.00.  It does not show a limit anywhere.  Dominoes doesn’t have a limit on their $5 deal.  They did give us a $10 credit, but we really do not want to order from there again. 

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Life: Twists and Turns

My husband loves the game of Life. I like the original board game too.  We can’t really play mine anymore because the thingy between 9 and 10 is gone.  So a couple of years ago, I let my husband buy the game of Life for the computer.  I don’t like it because its missing my favorite part–the spinning of the wheel. 

My sister bought this new game (per suggestion from me) for Andy for Xmas.  Last night, we pulled it out to actually play.  First, if you buy this game, you need 2 double A batteries.  The spinner is electronic, which is kind of weird.   (I won the two games)  It was really hard to understand the steps because its pretty much all tracked on the spinner thing.  Each player has a card–its like a credit card–that keeps track of your earnings and debt. 

The one thing I do not like, is to win the game the directions say the spinner calculates a “random calculation” to determine your lifepoints.  Ummm, what?   So its entirely random who wins no matter what you do?  Oh and you can only have 9 kids in this game.  I remember in the old game commandeering another car to put the extra kids in.  Plus you pick how many rounds you play, so you can strategize your playing a lot more.  I guess I’m a girl that likes chance, so this game really isn’t going to be for me all the time. But I am having a winning streak, so I may keep up with it!

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Power Hours

The mall was speaking to me on the way home from work this morning.  I went in for 4 hours for some overtime, and as I drove home, I could feel Kohls calling me.  I ended up spending about $40 on stuff I kind of needed, but not really.  A new pair of jeans, a couple under shirts, some cheap boxers.  Kohl’s really knows how to get me into their store and buy stuff!
I was hoping to find baby stuff on sale.  I have two friends who are pregnant and they both are not finding out the sex.  I know that’s their choice, but man does that does make it hard to buy for.  I like to buy cute clothes.  You know how hard it is to find asexual clothing! 

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Panini Anyone?

I’ve been asked to try these Grey Poupon Mustards and give an honest review.  To start off with, I don’t like mustard.   I just do not like the smell of it and I think that is what deters me from liking it.  But my husband loves it and because he thinks so highly of it, I decided to even taste these mustards.  But I was going to do it my way, on something I love. 

Andy made us panini’s.  First, he took two chicken breasts and covered one with Grey Poupon Hearty spicy brown and one with Harvest coarse ground.  I went for the spicy one because I am a risk taker! First he cooked the chicken on the stove for about 5 minutes
 until cooked.  With the Hearty Spicy Brown, be careful spreading on too much because a little goes a long way.  And don’t worry if a little comes off on the pan too.  Next, he spread the mustard on the ciabatta bread (perfect bread for any panini).    After that, he put it on his panini maker for about 10 minutes and voila–down.  We made some tater tots for the side.  Andy loved the mustard.  We are going shopping tomorrow to buy pretzels because he thinks these will be great for dipping.  I thought it was okay, but Andy said we should pick some up at the store once we run out.  I know Andy will make this for himself again.  He ended up eating half my sandwich because the mustard he spread was a little thick for my taste, and he enjoyed both. 

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