Random Things

Brian comes home on Saturday!! WOO HOO!!!! I haven't told the kids yet - we sort of want to just surprise them, but of course as we pull into the airport parking Katie will know exactly what we are doing. :)

I've done some after the holidays shopping. I have gotten some really great deals! I think I have a problem. It almost pains me to pay full price for something. Well, I'll take it a step further...I even have a hard time purchasing something if it isn't on clearance. I went to BAMM the other day and stocked up on a bunch of books. The clearance books were buy 1, get one 50% off. AND on top of it, since we have a member card, we saved an additional 10%. Good deal - I got some books for myself for under $2 (and they were hard cover) and got several for the kids for under a $1. I am just glad they don't have carts there - I may have walked away with a van full!

It doesn't matter what the item is or if I am using gift cards or what - paying full price for something is just something I cannot do...with a few exceptions.

1. Grocery items. I tend to look for the sale priced items, but if the can of green beans is $0.59 vs. $0.33 because it's not on sale I'll still pick up a few cans. :-)
2. Bras. I can NOT skimp out here. If you don't know why, I am not going to tell you. (Although I did purchase 4 for just over $47 the other day when combining a buy 2, get 2 free sale with a coupon. For me, that is fantastic!)
3. Dog food/cat food. I know they say that all are basically the same, but I have a hard time believing Ol' Roy is just as healthy for my dog as IAMS or Science Diet. The more expesive brands tend to have less grease. Gross. Thankfully we have small dogs that don't go through a ton of food.
4. Things for the kids/Brian. Ok. This is my weakness. I will spend, spend, spend on those 3 often times overlooking the price tag if it's something I really want to get them. While I don't do it a lot, I probably splurge on them more than I should. I love them, what can I say? I like to give things to them :)

Brian got orders yesterday! We aren't going far...he is being assigned to Hurlburt Field. So now that we know we will be here for a while we are looking off base for housing. WOOOOOOOOOOO! While I understand the advantages of living on base...umm...I can't wait to move out of this house. I'll keep you posted!

I have to fly out to Houston next week for a few days for work. It will be nice to meet a lot of the people I work with on a daily basis in person. I've been to Houston several times, but only in the airport! Ha! I've heard the campus is enormous out there. I hope I get to run into a few other colleagues that I worked with for the majority of the past 6 years.

It had been a while since I posted...I've been busy with work and haven't had much to write about. I hope everyone is doing well!