Weekend in a Nutshell

After yet another week of dealing with an overly fussy little man I was very happy to have the weekend come. And then with the highs in the 70s this Saturday I was even more excited. My plan? Picnic at the park, and some fun times on the slide. Reality? Mommy got to try and eat while chasing a little man chasing geese, and Daddy? Daddy got to sit at the picnic table and enjoy his meal, your welcome. After scaring all the geese into the lake we headed to the playground. Of course my son picks the tallest slide which happens to be a TINY little tube slide. I was afraid I would get stuck, but instead we gained speed fast and we flew out the bottom of the slide and right to the ground. FUN. After repeating this about ten times we switched to the tall open slide with the bumps, lovely. Once we all started looking a little pink we decided we should head to an indoor activity. I was so happy when my husband offered up shopping as an option. As we began to drive to the store I could hear my shopping trip fall apart in the backseat. My son is now screaming, he is too tired to last at a store, sadly I know we have no chance of anything except a total meltdown if we continue with our plan, so I instruct Daddy yo just go home :( After a nice nap for little man we rush off to work, yeah I know, work on a Saturday, Bummer. But as you know I have a new job and I want to be very "flexible" at this point to help them feel they made a good decision in hiring me. So we go off to have some fun with my little guy's new playmate. We play in the yard, go for a walk, and read some books. Then before I know it we are done and headed home for a late bedtime. When my son doesn't get to bed until almost ten I seem to be awake at least another two hours. This would be fine if he slept through the night, but this was not the case. I fall asleep around 12:30 and my son wakes up at 2:30. After a hug and a bottle we are back to sleep. Then its 6:30 and someone is awake again. Thankfully he falls back asleep after a bottle and I get a little more sleep! And now that it is Sunday morning I am excited to get to my Sunday coupons. At first I was a little disappointed in the new coupons but once I make a list and search my saved coupons and online e coupons I come up with a pretty decent plan. But first we are off to see Grandma and Grandpa. My little guy loves to run wild at a different house, and loves having new people to chase him. After a crazy shopping trip; more like Mommy and Grandma chasing little man through the store and grabbing some sponge bob sandals along the way, we head home for nap time. After a yummy dinner delivered by Dominos Mommy heads off for her one trip alone, the grocery store. At the store I realize how crazy about coupons I have become, my eyes are drawn to them. I was headed down the baby isle {to get jumbo packs of diapers for just $3.50 a pack} and a coupon on the bottom isle caught my eye. Silly that a little piece of paper stops me in my tacks, people would think I was going for a dollar bill, which in a small way I was.{the coupon was for a dollar off!} I really don't care how silly I may look with all my coupon obsessions, I am just happy my senses have been heightened to a new coupon sensing level! I end up with a total of  $152.99, and I managed to lower that down to $74.46. I love my coupons and found myself looking at other people's carts, just knowing how much money they are losing by not using coupons makes me want to give a little lecture in the checkout lane. I decide against the lecture and leave being very pleased with myself. I get home to a fussy man ready for bed. After putting away my loot I get little man ready for bed and we say goodnight. You would think after going shopping the last thing I would do is plan another trip, but that's exactly what I did! I went back to my coupon stacks and turned to the Walgreens ad to find my deals for tomorrows trip {I guess I had to keep my coupon high going} I plan on getting three boxes of Crest 3D White Strips for $1.99 each, 4 free tooth brushes, 3 Laundry Detergents for 5 bucks, and 2 free tubes of toothpaste. They also have a coupon for 39cent candy bars.... but I really should pass on those. {I bet I won't} I look forward to my little shopping trip at Walgreens tomorrow and another adventurous week as a Mother. I can only hope for a wonderful week and another great weekend to follow, and of course I will be happy when my next set of coupons arrives, gotta get my fix.

Kelly Callahan