Just came back from a trip to D.C. Missed the Cherry Blossom Festival, again! My SO is there for a couple of weeks, so I took some days off around the weekend. Had a great time. Visited the Smithsonian, the National Museum of Natural History is my favorite, ate too much, spent a little too much, but what the hey! So the hotel we were staying at is surrounded by CVS's and Walgreens. They sell a lot of stuff for tourist and such, and as I went up and down the aisles, (with my baggie full of coupons,...

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I saw my GI a couple of days ago, for the post-procedure visit (of the colonoscopy I had, ugh!) and was not in too good a mood! I squirmed when I saw him and felt a bit uncomfortable. After all, this man has seen a part of my body I will never or care to see (couldn't help it! ). Anyhoo, after I scadoodled out of there, on my way to the train station, I found a Metro Card (a prepaid transportation card), looked around, no one in sight and when I got to the train station, went to check...

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I have three grocery stores I frequent: Shoprite, Pathmark and A&P. All 3 are minutes from each other and home, and the priority of visits is in this order. At A&P I basically buy the loss leaders. However, when they offer triples, I buy more. They have triples this week, and even though they are pricier and hike the prices during triples, one can still find pretty decent stuff. I went twice, came home with a shopping car filled to the rim. This store was renovated a little over a year...

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So everyone in my office is talking about what they are going to do with their rebate. Me, well first of all, I did not indicate for it to be sent direct deposit, so when I receive it, if I get anything, it'll come via snail mail. Secondly, whatever I get will go directly to the bank. Stimulate the economy? Hmmm!

Last week I had a colonoscopy. It was nice being home for three days. What was not nice was the preparation for the procedure! And boy, was I hungry afterwards! All...

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Literally! Just so happens, about six months ago, a new branch of my bank opened-up across the highway from where I work, and I am so delighted because it just makes my banking so much easier. For years I had a large milk bottle filled with pennies and I thought about depositing those copper babies. Today I deposited, amoung the other coin wrapped demoninations, $4.50 in pennies. I did not want to over-whelm the teller with too many rolled coins. So I have at home about $12 in pennies wrapped,...

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