The Weekend Is Almost Here!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...Oh, damn.  I'm supposed to be typing.....  <Slaps self silly>

It's only 9:08 AM and I'm sitting here at my desk.  I already sewed 2 buttons on my new coat because they keep falling off.  The douchbags in whatever foreign country where my coat was most likely made need to get their acts together.  I'm not getting paid 12 cents an hour to sew my own buttons on.  

I bet this is how they get to work each day too.

If I'm already offending you, please go away.  I'm feeling kinda bitchy this morning and I'm not taking anyone else's feelings into consideration.  Nope, not even the underprivileged.

SO, I went to Bilo the other night to get a mini coupon haul done.  I thought I raped them good so I just wanted to share what I got:

Nice product placement huh?  I know my merchandising ;)

Let me break that down for you:

--4 gallons of Pet milk
--1 bag of Bugles
--2 bags of Fritos
--2 canisters of 4C Panko bread crumbs
--6 boxes of cookie mix
--4 cans of tuna
--5 packages of turkey lunch meat
--5 packages of ham lunch meat
--10 packages of Johnsonville ground Italian sausage

My grand total before my coupons and store card was $131.33.  Holy cow.  When I left, I only paid $31.98.  Now, I'm no math nerd and I did have to get help from one of my co-workers to figure it out but isn't that a 75% savings?  Haha!  Awesome!!  People think I'm crazy when they see me with my coupon binder but let me tell you, my little family will never go hungry.  There were quite a few weeks in the past where we have eaten Ramen noodle soup and grilled cheese all week or peanut butter and jelly with crackers for days.  I've had to borrow toilet paper from Jade before.  Those days are OVER.  We're not in that financial situation anymore AND even if we were, we would have as much food as we could eat all because of coupons.  

Don't get me wrong, I love a little Ramen every now and again but I don't want to eat it and serve it to my family 5 nights a week.  Thank you Ramen, you got us through some rough times in the past.

I thought that was pretty good mini haul.  I also received fuel perks because at Bilo, every penny you spend turns into gas money :)  I love it.

I'm excited for this weekend as long as I can make it through work today without going to jail for killing someone.  I'm going home to get on the treadmill, cook dinner and wait on my husband to get home from work.  We'll probably just hang out.  Jade is coming over for a few....

Saturday morning, Dazzle, Neon and I are going on a mini adventure to Springfield.  You can read about our last trip to Springfield here.  That time it was Jade, Lolly and I and we had a BLAST!!!  This trip is going to be slightly more PG age appropriate since I am going with my children.  We're going to pick up one of my old friends, going to the flea market to see the $5.00 new release DVD lady especially and to Giant Food World for lunch again (the kids want to see just how GIANT the food really is)  <snicker, snicker>  I'm ready for a fun day with my kids exploring a place we don't get to visit that often. 

My DVD collection hasn't quite reached this capacity yet but I'm working on it!

After we get finished fooling around and doing the damn thing, we're going to head home and hopefully relax for a while.  I'll put in my treadmill time and then probably take a mini nap while I wait for Supa to get home, dinner and then relaxation! 

Sunday I don't have plans yet but I do need to go Christmas shopping.  All the shopping that I've done online from the comfort of my own desk is great and has given me a nice head start but I still have things that I need to go seek out in person.  Hopefully, Jade and I can venture out at some point on Sunday to get some Christmas stuff accomplished.  Who knows what else I may get into that day.  We shall see.....

These are just for me so....I guess I better get to work on everyone else's gifts.  LOL

Monday, I took the day off.  So, don't look for me to be blogging on that day.  I have a gyno appointment TMI, you say?  HAHA!  Kiss my ass!  and I'm pretty excited for her to tell me how awesome I am.  I love my gyno and I know that most people can't say that.  She delivered both of my babies and has seen me naked MULTIPLE times.  Therefore, I don't have any issues going to get my love taco checked out once a year.  I actually LIKE going to see her so that we can hang out and talk for an hour.  LOL.  I should be so lucky!

I'm also having lunch with Jade.  We don't get to do that very often so I'm pretty damn excited.  I might even need to take my bucket because that is how much I LOVE her!!  :)  Which will  then probably be followed up by yet more shopping, depending on how much I get accomplished on Sunday.

***SUPER RANDOM SIDE NOTE:***

I have a bone to pick with you J. Strawberry..... 

I do read your blog.  Usually I check it every few day.  I enjoy learning how to fold a fitted sheet and I like a good book review every now and again.  BUT, I did not like your confession about work.  Which I guess that's why it's a confession???  Not supposed to be something you're proud of right?

An excerpt from J.'s blog:
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I get really annoyed when I have to answer the phone at work sometimes.  Did I mention it's one of my main responsibilities?  I manage multiple products at work.  It's my job to help troubleshoot and problem-solve whenever I get a call about any of them. I mostly speak to other employees most of the time and the customer every now and again.  Right now I am in the middle of building a new product and I wish I could only focus on that.  When I get a call not related to the new product I get totally annoyed. I need to change my attitude.  I need to be joyful in helping everyone equally.. but right now I'm so not..
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I already knew you were annoyed.  I can tell when you answer the phone and say "Yeah".  It's very unbecoming and I hope you only answer the phone that way since you know it's me.....Don't be annoyed, you're wasting your energy!  That's part of your J.O.B and just think, if you're annoyed with answering the phone while you're trying to do other things try to imagine how I feel.  At least you only get what, a handful of calls each day?  Try 125 calls while doing everything else under the sun.  Just sayin'.

J. get this look off your face right now!!! 

I could totally keep going but I'm going to leave you alone at that before I get attacked in the bathroom at work.  I do think you're on the right track with "I need to change my attitude.  I need to be joyful in helping everyone equally".  I know first hand how sucky work can be and how annoying other people are (TRUST)...But that better attitude will help you and the people that are calling you that have no choice but to call you for help.  I only want to call you if it's for my own personal enjoyment :)

PS, feel free to call me an ass if you would like to.  You know it won't bother me one fucking bit AND I love our back and forth.

***END SUPER RANDOM SIDE NOTE***

That's about it for today folks!  I've covered my couponing, built up my weekend, totally unapologized for taking Monday off, and blasted J. Straw a bit.  My work here is done!

Awesome as always,

Apple