My Day Off... CVS shopping and more

I have worked 6 out of the last 7 days. Today is my day off. I need a mental health day...

6 am. Alarm goes off. I'm thankful I didn't have to get up at 4:30 am.
7 am. Kids are off to school.

I should really clean the bathroom...

Oops. I fell asleep.

8 am. Drink some coffee and do some catching up on the internet. Facebook and emails.
Must... get...off...

First load of laundry goes in.

Balance my checkbook and pay all my bills. Make sure all the money is in all the right places for the month. Last month when I did this, I discovered I got shorted 36 hours on my last paycheck. That's a freakin' lot of money! It's a pain making sure everything is where it should be but I'm glad I did it.

Next load of laundry goes in.

I should really clean the bathroom...

12 pm. Where did my morning go? Back on the internet while eating lunch. Check all my deal sites and decide that there's nothing great next week so I might as well do my shopping this week.

Empty the dishwasher. Fill the dishwasher... and I'm off to CVS.

Here's my CVS shopping summary for the week. I didn't buy all this today. The first two transactions were Monday and Tuesday. I started the week with a $10 CVS Cash Card (like a gift card).

1. Bought one bottle of Complete contact lens solution (for the kids).
    Sale price$ 7.99 - $2 CVS coupon - $1 manufacturer's coupon = $4.99
    Paid with my Cash Card and got a $3 Extra Care Buck (ECB)

2. Bought 2 gallons of milk at $2.99 each
    Paid with the $3 ECB, rest with the Cash Card, got a $2 ECB

3. Bought 4 bags of Lancaster caramels at $3.00 each
                 3 6-packs of snack size Reese's cups at $0.99 each
                 1 18-pack of Scott toilet paper at $6.99
   Used 4 $1 Lancaster coupons, $1 Scott coupon, $2 ECB and balance of my Cash Card
   Paid $15.03 and got a $3 ECB

4. Bought 3 18-packs of Scott toilet paper at $6.99 each
                 2 10-oz bottles of Palmolive dish soap at $0.99 each
    Used 3 $1 Scott coupons, 2 $0.50 Palmolive coupons, and the $3 ECB
    Paid $17.56 and got a $10 Cash Card

So...

$32.59 for everything in the picture + I got a $10 Cash Card

I like the Cash Card deals because the Cash Card is just like a gift card and doesn't expire, unlike the ECBs that expire in one month.

2 pm. Back home. Gotta take a picture. The kids think I'm weird when I do this. OK, so it probably is but hey, all the peeps on my coupon forum do it too. We call it "stockpile porn." It's fun to look at everyone's deals. Plus, this blog is like my diary and I like to see what I've paid for for stuff.

Now to go hide the candy from the children with the hollow legs... they will eat a pack a night if I leave it out in plain sight!

So now an interesting factoid about the Lancaster caramels...
I eat them on my long runs. They are not packed full of electrolytes but they have calories, carbs, and fat. Each one has 27 calories, 4.25 g of carbs, and a gram of fat. I can eat 5 of them after an hour of running for 135 calories, 21.25 g of carbs and 5 g of fat... and they're tasty!

I really should clean the bathroom...
Instead, I pick up my crochet and doze off.

3:15 pm. Kid #1 is home. She's ravenous and I have to cook some food.
4:15 pm. Pick up kid #2. Take her to the mall as she has no warm clothes to wear to school.
6 pm. Done at the mall. Now at the post office picking up a package for my husband.

Finish the laundry and make dinner for me and kid #2.

7:30 pm. Kid #1 went back to school while we were at the mall. Now I have to go pick her back up.

8 pm. Clean the kitchen and make my grocery list for tomorrow.

9 pm. Back online. Where did the time go? I would really like to kick back and crochet some more.

Plus... I really should clean the bathroom...