Trying Something New
Posted 05-03-2008 at 09:34:45 AM by pyxiwulf
Hmmm...I'm going to see how blogging on this site works for me. For an intro, I'm 29 momma to 2 girls. Myr is 6 (almost 7 
) and Ella is just about 2. I have a wonderful husband, we've been best friends since we were 15 and he stuck by while I went around being a stupid kid. I primarily identify as "M&E's mom". I find nothing wrong with that being my identity, some women want to be "The CEO", some want to be "The Artist, Athlete, Musician, etc." All I ever wanted in life was to be mom. It doesn't make me less of a woman, it makes me a mom-woman!
What else? My gram and dad are super-savers and I was an accounting manager before I stayed home. So I come into numbers and cheapskating pretty easily. I'm a breastfeeding rights advocate, on the Advisory Council for FirstRight.org, I babywear and help teach other women how to do it and how easy (and NOT painful!) it is.
We live in Northern Virginia, in a teeny little apartment. My stockpile is stashed any little place I can get it. I'm a hoarder with all three classic psychopathologies: I worry I will need it someday, I worry I won't have the money to buy it again if I do need it, or I assign sentimental value to it. I am currently trying to unhoard my house. A big motivation has been stockpiling groceries, a hoard that will actually be useful. So I am making room for it. I get to satisfy my hoarding and don't keep crap around.
Hmmm...what else? Well, I CVS a LOT. I've gotten to be friendly with one main store (I have a few, but I really love just one) and they never have a problem helping me fix a screw up. Last night I was there and a lady noticed me with my binder and my calculator and started asking questions. We ended up talking for 3 hours! I referred her here and she watched me check out while the manager and I explained it as we went. The manager rocks, he actually gets that they get paid in the end. She must have asked me 10 times how much I ended up paying!
My grocery stores are Giant, Harris Teeter, Shoppers, Bottom Dollar, and Aldi. Giant is my main, they double up to $0.50 and are right up the street. Harris Teeter can be great if you are careful because they double up to $0.99, but they are 7 miles away from me, so gas prices allow one trip a week. Shoppers is right across the street, but doesn't double. Bottom Dollar doesn't double but their prices are pretty darned good on quite a few things. Aldi is the cheapest if you don't do any couponing or if you are need shopping instead of stockpile shopping.
I think that's about it, I'll post my CVS stuff up as soon as I have this week tallied. And I have to decide how to track my regular grocery stuff. Couponer's receipts can be super hard to read!
) and Ella is just about 2. I have a wonderful husband, we've been best friends since we were 15 and he stuck by while I went around being a stupid kid. I primarily identify as "M&E's mom". I find nothing wrong with that being my identity, some women want to be "The CEO", some want to be "The Artist, Athlete, Musician, etc." All I ever wanted in life was to be mom. It doesn't make me less of a woman, it makes me a mom-woman! What else? My gram and dad are super-savers and I was an accounting manager before I stayed home. So I come into numbers and cheapskating pretty easily. I'm a breastfeeding rights advocate, on the Advisory Council for FirstRight.org, I babywear and help teach other women how to do it and how easy (and NOT painful!) it is.
We live in Northern Virginia, in a teeny little apartment. My stockpile is stashed any little place I can get it. I'm a hoarder with all three classic psychopathologies: I worry I will need it someday, I worry I won't have the money to buy it again if I do need it, or I assign sentimental value to it. I am currently trying to unhoard my house. A big motivation has been stockpiling groceries, a hoard that will actually be useful. So I am making room for it. I get to satisfy my hoarding and don't keep crap around.
Hmmm...what else? Well, I CVS a LOT. I've gotten to be friendly with one main store (I have a few, but I really love just one) and they never have a problem helping me fix a screw up. Last night I was there and a lady noticed me with my binder and my calculator and started asking questions. We ended up talking for 3 hours! I referred her here and she watched me check out while the manager and I explained it as we went. The manager rocks, he actually gets that they get paid in the end. She must have asked me 10 times how much I ended up paying!
My grocery stores are Giant, Harris Teeter, Shoppers, Bottom Dollar, and Aldi. Giant is my main, they double up to $0.50 and are right up the street. Harris Teeter can be great if you are careful because they double up to $0.99, but they are 7 miles away from me, so gas prices allow one trip a week. Shoppers is right across the street, but doesn't double. Bottom Dollar doesn't double but their prices are pretty darned good on quite a few things. Aldi is the cheapest if you don't do any couponing or if you are need shopping instead of stockpile shopping.
I think that's about it, I'll post my CVS stuff up as soon as I have this week tallied. And I have to decide how to track my regular grocery stuff. Couponer's receipts can be super hard to read!
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welcome to the fun!Posted 05-03-2008 at 03:13:23 PM by JANE4girls
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Welcome! I'm a mom to a 11 month old DS and 3.5 yr old DD.
Any tips or direction on finding info about babywearing?
My DS loves me to hold his chunky self all day. He is such a snuggler but at 25+ lbs and being very long, it is tiring on my arms and back..Posted 05-03-2008 at 05:55:58 PM by austinmomto2
