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Walgreens deal

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Last week I had a big CVS week, today was Walgreens.  While I didn’t walk away with money, I did save almost 75%.  I spent $35 out of pocket, saved $18.10 at the register, got a $10 coupon for next time and have to fill out $10.79 in rebates.  All in all, I guess you could say I got $53 worth of stuff for $14.  And I’m set for next time with $10 free.

The biggest deal I got was 3 big containers of Herbal Essence for $3.  You can do it too if you just clip the coupon from the Sunday paper and then use it with their 3/$20 sale and Register Rewards sale in store.

What I got for $14:

  • 3 Large Herbal Essence Shampoo/Conditioners
  • Joy dishwashing liquid
  • Pepcid AC Maximum
  • Family Size Fructis Shampoo
  • Dove bar soap
  • Aluminum Foil
  • Quaker Oatmeal
  • Nice and Easy hair coloring

The Herbal Essence is $6.99 not on sale so basically I bought two of them and got the rest for free.

Fear of horses

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IMG_9143 I’ve had a fear of horses since I was somewhere around 7 I think.  I won’t bore you with the details as I’ve detailed them here.  Just wanted to say I rode a horse AGAIN this weekend at the Cornestone Ranch and I actually think I might be getting over my fear of horses.

And isn’t that hat just lovely?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Small voice

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The Holy Spirit speaks in a very quiet voice.  Sometimes I hear him ask me to do seemingly important things and others seem small and insignificant.  Today was one of those small things but it made my life easier. 

I got both the kids dressed and ready for school and Scott was helping them get strapped in.  I sat down in the car and all I could “hear” was “Go check the girls’ calendars!”  I was thinking, oh, who cares if they were supposed to wear green today, I already have them dressed.  But His voice was insistent so I said to Scott, “Hang on, let me check their calendars so I can see if I’m supposed to bring anything today.”  I ran in and guess what the calendar said?  “No school today.  Teacher workday.” 

That was a draining weekend

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That was a busy weekend. 

Shopping with J – check.  I managed not to buy a single thing somehow.

Craft show – not checked – I didn’t wake up until 10:30 Saturday and then had lunch with ILs and girls and then did some cursory cleaning.

Outing with youth – check.  That was awesome.  Mark Rodenhauser, former NFL player owns Cornerstone Ranch.  He owns 9 horses which we all got to ride.  His barns and sheds were decorated like an old main street.  He had tomahawk throwing, roping, sawing, campfires…just about anything.  He has a great sermon related to the relationship of a horse owner and horse being similar to the master/servant one we have with Christ.

Visited with J&J afterwards until after midnight – check.

Choir lunch – check.

Nap – check.  Wasn’t expecting this one, but happily obliged.

Cici’s Pizza last night with the youth – check.

Major drama with the youth and leaders afterwards – check.  I’m going to write more on this on a password protected post.

So now I feel like I need a weekend from my weekend.

No major plans for this week or weekend.  The girls are out of school today.  Scott will be gone Saturday to work the Clemson football game.  I’m guessing this week we’ll just be taking it easy.

I’m left-brained. Duh.

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Notes from the Trenches posted this.  I wasn’t surprised at all to see I am left-brained.

 

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
knowing
acknowledges
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
practical
safe

Great start to my weekend

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Last night the girls and I went to a home party featuring Thirty-One gifts (This is NOT a sponsored post, so keep reading :)).  It’s a Christian based organization that sells monogrammed purses, bookbags, notecards, etc.  It’s really new to our area and I got a cute black and white cosmetic bag with my name in all lower case in lime green.  Should be cute.  I hadn’t planned on going but Scott was at work, Heather was at a friend’s and Mom was working so we were bored at home and so at the last minute–literally–I loaded them in the van and took them.  Turns out SIL and MIL were there and so were the children of the hosts so they had a great time and I had a nice time as well.

Today for lunch I met S at a local restaurant.  We had a great time and had so much to talk about we couldn’t hardly get it all out fast enough.  We hadn’t talked face to face in about 2 months.  It was a great visit and we decided we should do it more often since we both work at home and school is back in.

And now for tonight I just planned a shopping and movie trip with Mrs. J while Scott and Mr. J go to Scarowinds.  So if this is any start to my weekend, it should turn out great.

Tomorrow I may go to a craft show–where is it again, Jaynee?–and then tomorrow night we have an outing with the youth group.

Oh and Sunday we have a fundraiser dinner at the church.  And you notice I don’t have any cleaning on the schedule.  It was cleaned 4 days ago and I don’t plan to do much but straighten up. 

So yeah.  My weekend is going to be busy.  And hopefully good.