Yesterday my precious grand-daughter celebrated one month of life on this earth! And her grandmother (me, myself, and I!) is planning to celebrate her first Halloween with her. Her grandmother (that's me!) plans to spoil, spoil, spoil that little girl! So my son called this am, as they were returning from the pediatrician's, and I informed him I was visiting them tomorrow to take pictures with the baby for her first Halloween. I said, "I will continue the tradition I had with you guys,...

So yesterday I had to take my car to the repair shop and my bf met me there since the car is under his name and as far as mechanics are concerned, men seem to like dealing with men. Fine with me! Left the car, got the loaner, and since it was mid-morning and we were not to make it to work before lunch, I invited my bf to IHOP for breakfast. It's one of our favorite places and we have not been there all year. First thing I noticed when I drove into the parking lot was how empty the lot was. ...

Yesterday I had two pleasant experiences during my shopping excursions. One of the grocery stores I visit (A & P) is having the 10 for $10 sale. They have lots of different items I use which you can mix or match. So with my coupon bag in tow, I went to the first store which is in my town. When I was checking out, this young guy behind me says, "Where do you find the coupons? I need to start doing this! This is great!" I started explaining about where to find the q's, how great...

From the time my two boys started their early teen years, I was always talking to them about the importance of saving. Since they were little I had an account for each, and every month would take them to the bank with me, and have them give the bank teller their deposit slip and money, or I would just show them their balances growing, all the while praising them. Not that they understood, but so that they would get used to it. Forward to the teen years, they each still had bank accounts, only...

My shopping sprees have become less in frequency and less in quantity. Bit of a dry spell there! I'm not all that enthusiastic these days about shopping as I used to be. And every time I pick up inserts, thinking some q's are going to overjoy me, nothing! We had a few good q's this year, but nothing like in past years. I'm hoping with the holidays approaching, things pick up. Soon I'll be in need of butter, flour, veggies and a few other items, as my stockpile on these is dwindling. It's...