On Being Sick and Being Broke
Posted on February 24, 2003 by Ching under Life.
All I can say is — baby, we are not alone! Can you tell that I’m bored? We had twelve inches of snow today plus a pounding sinus headache equals just-stay-home-from-work day. Thank god there was room for one more on the vacation calendar otherwise it would have been make-up time for me next weekend. Not that it would have been too bad considering Brian is back to his crummy 3:30 pm to midnight schedule with Fridays and Sundays off so I could have done my make-up time on Saturday while Brian’s at work also — but I have my much needed hair appointment (cut and color, my first hair coloring ever — yes, I’m a hair-dye virgin) at 2:30 pm on that day. What’s really sucky is that I have just enough in my checking account to pay for my hair thing so I can’t spend anything for the next two weeks — not a freaking dime! And why is this? Well, Brian is broke so I had to cover groceries. We were so organized that we did a month-long food planner thing and grocery list for the next week or so. I guess-timated about $30 if we shopped smart but you know how that goes. You find this and that. And then they’ve got those two-fors so instead of buying just one everything instantly doubles, which actually goes for the cost too. Anyway, I ended up spending exactly $68.66 (more than 100% over-budget, we’d do really terrible at supermarket sweeps) but when you consider that it’s after $30.40 ($11.20 in manufacturers’ coupons, $3.70 in doubled coupons and $15.50 in store coupons otherwise known as Dillon’s Plus Card discounts) savings, we really did pretty good. I mean, that’s $100 worth of stuff for less than $70. Brian and I are seriously re-thinking this coupon thing: instead of being casual coupon clippers we want to go all out and start training for the next coupon olympics (although I doubt we’ll be able to get to the same level as the people on those talkshows and infomercials who have the ability to purchase hundreds of dollars in groceries for less than five bucks). Brian is really considering subscribing to the Wednesday and Sunday editions of the Wichita Eagle (our local newspaper) just for coupons (who cares about the news anymore, it’s like the same thing over and over again).. But I digress.. I feel awful for staying home and being a bum but in my own defense I’ve been pretty productive. We’ve restocked our refrigerator and pantry. I did last weeks’ dishes (finally) and the rest of laundry (well, some of it is still in the dryer). And, if I can get my but off this chair and away from the computer, I may even do some workouts!
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