There were several things I needed and didn't have a vehicle to get to Kroger so...

I rode my bike to WM. (for the first time) My DH said, "You did what?" Knew that was coming.

I picked up 21 items for $23 which is good for me at WM. I took everything to the self check-out because the last few times I've been there the cashiers have questioned every single coupon and I felt like they were accusing me of fraud.

After scanning all my items I scanned...

Yesterday after a busy afternoon and evening my DH went out to feed our dog, Oscar.

He wasn't there so our search began. He is 13 yrs. old so we were afraid that maybe he had crawled up under a bush and died. (He loves lying under bushes). He wasn't anywhere. :sad:

Oscar does not hear well and has never left our neighborhood. When he gets out he normally stays on the porch until someone lets him in.

Today we called Animal Control and they do not have him...

I spent the week in Seattle/Tacoma Washington for my grandmother's 90th Birthday.

She is the most frugal person I know. To be honest, we called her cheap... and she was. She did not know how to enjoy life because she was always concerned that her husband was giving her money away. She wouldn't buy clothes, got mad if my grandfather gave us $1 for candy, complained if we ate out, etc.

I had not seen her in over 3 years. In fact, the last time I saw her was at my grandfather's...

Today my family and I went to the newly refurbished tennis courts that are about a mile from our house. We went last night and had a great time so we went back this morning.

As we drove in I noticed that the recycle bins were LOADED... newspapers stacked all around the outside of the bins. The bins were so full that people were just stacking their papers all around the outside.

Hmmm... my mind started racing. I had recently read a post on another blog about a lady...

Tomorrow is my youngest daughter's bday... yes, New Year's Eve! Not only was SHE a surprise (as my DH had a vasectomy... oops) but to top it off she arrived right before the New Year. She lovingly called her our tax break baby

Anyway, we decided to have her bday at the new CiCi's Pizza that's about 1/2 mile from our house for lunch. Each family will pay for their own lunch.

I made Elmo cupcakes (free frosting, almost free cake mix, free cupcake holders, borrowed...