I went for my first run in 25 days yesterday. Nice easy 3 miler. It was wonderful.
So this is what I've learned in my time off...
1. I need to sleep more.
Duh... probably obvious to everyone but myself. I'd been going on 4-5 hours of sleep for days on end for lots of different reasons - including the fact that my legs and butt hurt so bad I'd have to get up in the middle of the night to foam roll myself - but other stupid reasons too, and finally I just couldn't take it anymore. So, trying to get to bed earlier these days.
2. I eat like crap... all the time.
I need to plan my meals better. I get so busy running around that I'm starving by the time I get to eat so I'll end up shoving whatever is easiest (i.e. drive-thru) in my mouth. I used to think that as long as I stayed active it doesn't matter but it's really catching up to me. My goal for October is to be more conscious about what I eat.
3. PT exercises are boring.
I used to think there was nothing more boring than lifting weights. PT takes the cake. But I've been doing them.
4. I need to "just do it."
So many times I just over think my workouts. I can't do it now because I need to fuel first. I can't do it now because I need to wait for my food to digest. I can't do it now because I won't have time to stretch afterwards and pick kids up on time.
Really, I'm just procrastinating. I know that in January when I had kettlebell class at 5 am I just rolled in the car and went to class. I was halfway through class before I woke up and got it done that way. I need to "just do it!"
5. I need to schedule my workouts.
I do so much better when the mileage is penciled in on my calendar and I have a training plan. Better yet is when I actually have a time penciled in for when I'm going to do said work out everyday. I find that I actually do better getting my runs in on my crazy days where I'm on a tight schedule because I've scheduled my run. I look back through this blog and see that I ran 19 miles one morning before going to work. Then, I've had days off where I've had all afternoon to get a run in and I just can't find the time!
So... legs feel better and I'm just doing some easy miles now. I'm working on sleep, nutrition, and all those boring exercises. Good night!
Monday, September 29, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Day of All Trades
It was an all trades kind of day for me today...
1. Physical Therapy Appointment
I almost canceled. The therapist I had been going to in August isn't a runner so he handed me off to someone who is and scheduled me for a gait assessment. I showed up for it 2 weeks ago and found out they had sent me to the wrong office so they had to reschedule it and I haven't seen anyone in 2 weeks. And, in those two weeks, I decided to stop running. So... I almost canceled. However, I got so busy I forgot to cancel. I had to leave the house at 7:30 am for my appointment in Bloomington (grumble, grumble) and decided I was going to tell the therapist today that I was going to cancel my other future appointments.
The appointment went like one of those runs that you don't feel like doing, but in the end you're really glad you did. My new therapist had me run outside while she videotaped me. We then went inside and went over the tape, frame by frame. She taped me from the front, back, and both sides and was able to point out my weak areas... something my other therapist hadn't been able to do as well. She figured out that my hip flexors are tight so I use my lower back to extend my back leg. I also hold my arms out too far to the side so I have too much rotation with my upper body. I got three more exercises to do at home and, basically, got excited about running again.
Looks like I'll be keeping my appointment next week.
2. Shopping
I raced back up to Greenwood and hit the Meijer store. They have a mPerks coupon for today and tomorrow where you get $5 instantly off a $50 total purchase. I stacked this with some other deals and coupons to make the most of it. Bought...
8 cans of Maxwell House coffee
$2.99 each but you get $8 off instantly when you buy 8.
(2) 45-count boxes Hefty tall kitchen trash bags.
$6.99 each but you get $2 off instantly when you buy 2 plus I had (2) $1.25 off coupons.
Bought 22 items in their 10 for $10, get the 11th item free deal:
6 bags of Chex Mix
4 bags of Bugles
1 package of bologna
(2) 4-ct packs of Hawaiian rolls
1 loaf of wheat bread
1 can of white beans
2 rolls of cinnamon rolls
2 packages of mushrooms
1 bottle of orange juice
2 packages of Lunchmakers
Used (5) $0.50 off 2 coupons for the Chex Mix and Bugles and one $1 off 2 coupon for the cinnamon rolls
I thought I needed $2.10 more to get to $50 so I threw in a box of fruit roll-ups that my daughter had requested that were $2.19. I don't know what the register was counting towards the $50 threshold though because it subtracted my $5 while I was scanning my last few $1 items. In any case, I can't complain.
Total after instant savings and coupons was $39.98 for all this...
Mostly I wanted the coffee and trash bags. The snacks were a nice bonus as the kids constantly need bags of snacks to bring to school. The Chex Mix and Bugles normally run $2.19 a bag and I got it for $0.75 this week.
3. Work
I raced back down to Martinsville and worked today... for 3 hours.
One of my co-workers had a funeral to attend and there was no one to cover her 12 hour shift. In Emergency Medicine you can't just NOT have someone at work. You can't close the office. Someone HAS to be there. We ended up having 4 people split the shift to cover it as there was no one person that could cover all 12 hours due to everyone having other obligations but SOMEONE had to be there.
I worked from 1 pm to 4 pm. There were 3 patients in the whole department at 1 pm. It took all of 30 minutes for the whole department to fill up. That's what happens when I work. Crap magnet indeed. By 4 pm the whole place was still full plus there was a waiting room full of people. I handed everything off to the next doc at 4 and ran out the door. Sorry?!
4. Mom Taxi
I raced back home again so I could feed my older daughter and get her back to the school by 5 pm. She cheered at the home football game tonight. Game started at 7 pm. I had every intention of going but my husband is still out of town (I've been single parenting it all week) and my other daughter wasn't too sure she wanted to go to the game.
I laid down on the couch for a minute... and fell asleep. Like deep deep sleep...
Woke up at 7.
G - "Are we going to the game?"
Me - "Do you want to go?" (as I'm perfectly comfortable right now)
G - "How 'bout we go out to eat instead."
We went out to eat instead. Got home and watched the last half of the game online. I love that it's webcasted. Went and picked up my older daughter when it was over. She was ravenous again so we went and got more food.
5. Me Time?
Well, it's 11:20 pm now and I suppose #1 and #2 count as "me time." I'd like to crochet but I have to get up at 7 am tomorrow to go to work again. Maybe tomorrow...
P.S. I just found out that my younger daughter ate the entire box of fruit roll ups while I was asleep!
1. Physical Therapy Appointment
I almost canceled. The therapist I had been going to in August isn't a runner so he handed me off to someone who is and scheduled me for a gait assessment. I showed up for it 2 weeks ago and found out they had sent me to the wrong office so they had to reschedule it and I haven't seen anyone in 2 weeks. And, in those two weeks, I decided to stop running. So... I almost canceled. However, I got so busy I forgot to cancel. I had to leave the house at 7:30 am for my appointment in Bloomington (grumble, grumble) and decided I was going to tell the therapist today that I was going to cancel my other future appointments.
The appointment went like one of those runs that you don't feel like doing, but in the end you're really glad you did. My new therapist had me run outside while she videotaped me. We then went inside and went over the tape, frame by frame. She taped me from the front, back, and both sides and was able to point out my weak areas... something my other therapist hadn't been able to do as well. She figured out that my hip flexors are tight so I use my lower back to extend my back leg. I also hold my arms out too far to the side so I have too much rotation with my upper body. I got three more exercises to do at home and, basically, got excited about running again.
Looks like I'll be keeping my appointment next week.
2. Shopping
I raced back up to Greenwood and hit the Meijer store. They have a mPerks coupon for today and tomorrow where you get $5 instantly off a $50 total purchase. I stacked this with some other deals and coupons to make the most of it. Bought...
8 cans of Maxwell House coffee
$2.99 each but you get $8 off instantly when you buy 8.
(2) 45-count boxes Hefty tall kitchen trash bags.
$6.99 each but you get $2 off instantly when you buy 2 plus I had (2) $1.25 off coupons.
Bought 22 items in their 10 for $10, get the 11th item free deal:
6 bags of Chex Mix
4 bags of Bugles
1 package of bologna
(2) 4-ct packs of Hawaiian rolls
1 loaf of wheat bread
1 can of white beans
2 rolls of cinnamon rolls
2 packages of mushrooms
1 bottle of orange juice
2 packages of Lunchmakers
Used (5) $0.50 off 2 coupons for the Chex Mix and Bugles and one $1 off 2 coupon for the cinnamon rolls
I thought I needed $2.10 more to get to $50 so I threw in a box of fruit roll-ups that my daughter had requested that were $2.19. I don't know what the register was counting towards the $50 threshold though because it subtracted my $5 while I was scanning my last few $1 items. In any case, I can't complain.
Total after instant savings and coupons was $39.98 for all this...
Mostly I wanted the coffee and trash bags. The snacks were a nice bonus as the kids constantly need bags of snacks to bring to school. The Chex Mix and Bugles normally run $2.19 a bag and I got it for $0.75 this week.
3. Work
I raced back down to Martinsville and worked today... for 3 hours.
One of my co-workers had a funeral to attend and there was no one to cover her 12 hour shift. In Emergency Medicine you can't just NOT have someone at work. You can't close the office. Someone HAS to be there. We ended up having 4 people split the shift to cover it as there was no one person that could cover all 12 hours due to everyone having other obligations but SOMEONE had to be there.
I worked from 1 pm to 4 pm. There were 3 patients in the whole department at 1 pm. It took all of 30 minutes for the whole department to fill up. That's what happens when I work. Crap magnet indeed. By 4 pm the whole place was still full plus there was a waiting room full of people. I handed everything off to the next doc at 4 and ran out the door. Sorry?!
4. Mom Taxi
I raced back home again so I could feed my older daughter and get her back to the school by 5 pm. She cheered at the home football game tonight. Game started at 7 pm. I had every intention of going but my husband is still out of town (I've been single parenting it all week) and my other daughter wasn't too sure she wanted to go to the game.
I laid down on the couch for a minute... and fell asleep. Like deep deep sleep...
Woke up at 7.
G - "Are we going to the game?"
Me - "Do you want to go?" (as I'm perfectly comfortable right now)
G - "How 'bout we go out to eat instead."
We went out to eat instead. Got home and watched the last half of the game online. I love that it's webcasted. Went and picked up my older daughter when it was over. She was ravenous again so we went and got more food.
5. Me Time?
Well, it's 11:20 pm now and I suppose #1 and #2 count as "me time." I'd like to crochet but I have to get up at 7 am tomorrow to go to work again. Maybe tomorrow...
P.S. I just found out that my younger daughter ate the entire box of fruit roll ups while I was asleep!
Thursday, September 18, 2014
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...
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...
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...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Stocking Up
Couponing. It's all about keeping up with the deals. It's a time sensitive endeavor and I've been so busy lately that I've just been living off the stockpile... which is nice to do, as long as you have a stockpile.
I realized this weekend that I was bringing up my last 6-pack of paper towels from the basement. Wake up time! Time to get a little more serious about finding the deals or, God forbid, I might have to pay full price for something!
So here are my deals so far this week...
On to Walgreens for my next deal...
Through Tuesday, there was an offer for 5000 bonus Balance Rewards points if you made a $25 purchase in a single transaction. That's $25 before coupons (yeah!) I stacked that offer with some sales:
1. (2) 6-packs of Scott paper towels
2 for $9, earn 2000 Balance Rewards points for purchase when you buy 2
I used (2) $0.75 off coupons
2. (2) Brookside chocolate bags
2 for $6, earn 1000 Balance Rewards points for purchase when you buy 2
I used (2) $1 off coupons
3. (3) Colgate Enamel Health toothpastes
$3.49 each, earn 3000 Balance Rewards points for purchase when you buy 3
I used (3) $2 off coupons
So, total before coupons... $25.47, got my 5000 Balance Rewards points.
Total after coupons: $15.97 + 1.78 tax = $17.75
Earned 11000 total Balance Rewards points for my purchase.
1000 points = $1, so I essentially earned $11 in fake Walgreens money to use on my next purchase.
The good thing about Balance Rewards points is that they don't expire so it's essentially like having a gift card. The bad thing about Balance Rewards points is that you can only use them in $5, $10, $20, $35 and $50 increments. You also get a better deal when you spend a larger dollar value as 5000 points is $5 and 10000 points is $10, but then it goes 18000 points for $20, 30000 for $35, and 40000 points for $50. The other bad thing about Balance Rewards points is that you cannot earn Balance Reward points on items that you buy with Balance Rewards points... so if I had used points I had previously earned on this transaction, I would not have earned any points. Not all store items will get you points so you just spend points on things that don't earn points.
I realized this weekend that I was bringing up my last 6-pack of paper towels from the basement. Wake up time! Time to get a little more serious about finding the deals or, God forbid, I might have to pay full price for something!
So here are my deals so far this week...
A year supply of laundry detergent... $12.24
My husband claims that Arm and Hammer liquid laundry detergent is the only detergent that won't break him out (he's the sensitive kind) so that's the only kind I buy. It used to be, back when everybody doubled coupons, the detergent would go on sale for $2 and there would be a $0.50 coupon out that doubled so I paid $1 a bottle. Those days are long gone...
Most stores have the Arm and Hammer on sale for $2.99 this week. There is a coupon that came out on Sunday (also online) for $2 off 2 bottles. Meijer also had a promo this week where you got $5 off instantly for a $20+ laundry detergent purchase. Plus, I have an offer in my mPerks account where I can earn $6 if I spend $35 on laundry detergent, paper, or cleaning products.
So, 8 bottles of detergent. 75oz each, good for 50 loads, that's a year supply and more in my house.
8 X $2.99 = $23.92
- $5 instant savings = $18.92 + tax = $20.24
- 4($2off 2 coupons) = $12.24
That comes to $1.53 a bottle. Not $1 but I don't think I'll ever see that price again so this was a stock up price for me. The full rip retail price for this detergent at Meijer is $4.99 a bottle.
The mPerks offer is a running total and they count the price before coupons so I got credit for a $24 purchase. When I spend $11 more in that category I will get a $6 coupon good for my next purchase on anything in the store.
On to Walgreens for my next deal...
Through Tuesday, there was an offer for 5000 bonus Balance Rewards points if you made a $25 purchase in a single transaction. That's $25 before coupons (yeah!) I stacked that offer with some sales:
1. (2) 6-packs of Scott paper towels
2 for $9, earn 2000 Balance Rewards points for purchase when you buy 2
I used (2) $0.75 off coupons
2. (2) Brookside chocolate bags
2 for $6, earn 1000 Balance Rewards points for purchase when you buy 2
I used (2) $1 off coupons
3. (3) Colgate Enamel Health toothpastes
$3.49 each, earn 3000 Balance Rewards points for purchase when you buy 3
I used (3) $2 off coupons
So, total before coupons... $25.47, got my 5000 Balance Rewards points.
Total after coupons: $15.97 + 1.78 tax = $17.75
Earned 11000 total Balance Rewards points for my purchase.
1000 points = $1, so I essentially earned $11 in fake Walgreens money to use on my next purchase.
The good thing about Balance Rewards points is that they don't expire so it's essentially like having a gift card. The bad thing about Balance Rewards points is that you can only use them in $5, $10, $20, $35 and $50 increments. You also get a better deal when you spend a larger dollar value as 5000 points is $5 and 10000 points is $10, but then it goes 18000 points for $20, 30000 for $35, and 40000 points for $50. The other bad thing about Balance Rewards points is that you cannot earn Balance Reward points on items that you buy with Balance Rewards points... so if I had used points I had previously earned on this transaction, I would not have earned any points. Not all store items will get you points so you just spend points on things that don't earn points.
Paid $17.75. Earned $11 in Balance Rewards points.
The new grocery ad comes out tomorrow. Meijer is having a deal on Friday and Saturday where you get $5 off instantly on a $50+ purchase so I'll probably do a Meijer trip on Friday morning.
CVS is running another gift card deal this week so I'll probably stock up on some more paper products there this week. I'll post an update after those trips.
Anyone else got a deal this week?
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Finding Peace
Decision's been made. I am not running a marathon this year...
I ran a long run of 17 miles 2 weeks ago. I ran back to back 10's last week. I had 20 on the schedule for Friday. Then, when it came down to it, I simply didn't want to go run.
My legs still hurt and in order to make things tolerable I can't run very fast. 20 miles would have taken about 4 hours. 4 hours on my day off. There were lots of other things I wanted to do in those 4 hours and my heart's just not in it. So I called off the 20, did stuff around the house, and I haven't run since.
I think the final decision was made Saturday night when I was talking to my friend John and he pointed out that he has registered for the California International Marathon (CIM) 3 years in a row now and he has yet to run it due to injury. He suffered through Western States with his Achilles injury but hasn't run since so CIM might be out for him again this year. He thought maybe we could both heal up this year and run a marathon together next year... so that's the plan.
I've got some more PT sessions and I'll probably cross-train with something else but I'm just enjoying some time off right now. Here's a little of what I've been up to...
1. I got to start working on the stadium blanket I've been dying to crochet since last year. I'm making it in my daughter's school colors which, conveniently, just happens to be my alma mater IU's school colors too. The weather is just starting to cool off in the mornings so I have visions of snuggling under it at October football games. Pattern is HERE.
2. I got a Pinterest account. 'Nuff said. I'm still trying to figure some stuff around the site though. Can you just pin something or do you have to put it on a "board" that you make? I can't seem to pin anything unless I create a board for it first. Someone tell me!
3. Fixing my Dyson. I love my Dyson and it can do a lot of things. However, it is NOT a shop vac. My daughter used it to suck up about a gallon of water...which it apparently sucked up very well. Of course she didn't tell me so the next time I tried to use it, water poured out of it. Luckily I was trying to vacuum a hard surface otherwise I might be burying her body in the yard as well. I had to take the whole thing apart and let it dry out for several days but I'm happy to report it works just fine now.
4. Getting new flooring. We are re-doing our basement. Can't wait!
5. Trying to solve more first world problems. Spent three and a half hours shopping for a Homecoming dress with my daughter last night with no results. It's impossible to find something for someone who's a size 1.
6. Chasing more grocery deals. My deal of the day yesterday... Meijer has Pillsbury refrigerated cookie dough on Price Drop for $2.00. The Pillsbury website had coupons for $1 off so the kids got warm chocolate chip cookies fresh out of the oven, courtesy of Pillsbury, when they got home from school yesterday. Sure, I could have made homemade cookies but I wanted to crochet and my husband has reminded me time and time again that my time is worth something too. So, for a $1, I figured refrigerated cookie dough was OK.
Overall I'm just enjoying the peace of not having a painful run hanging over my head every day.
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