Crazy day and a walk over to CVS for a $2.25 purchase

Let me start by saying, this day did not go as planned - it was supposed to be a day just like any other workday with a quick stop at CVS afterwards.

Last week, I noticed that the jeep didn't have any pickup.  One of the icons came on - but only for like a second.   I had a feeling that the catalytic convertor was going.  I had a Camaro that did the same thing.  I told Dan and our plan was to drop it off at Goodyear on Friday morning.  Well, the jeep didn't make it.



I was driving to work - probably about  miles from the house and the Jeep wouldn't go over 30 miles an hour.  So I made it to Goodyear and called Dan to come pick me up.  He took me to work and within an hour, Goodyear called and said it was exactly what I thought, but they found other items too (of course!).  So Dan picked me up at 1 am and we drove the car to the dealer.  Dan said he started to follow me, didn't think about it and got right up on my tail!  Nice - it was taking forever to get up to speed and I felt like a granny with everyone passing me.

We dropped the car off, stopped at Roy's for lunch and then Dan went off to work and I started working from home.  Luckily, Westfield is on top of the traveling computer connection and it was just like I was in the office.  I might have actually gotten more done than I would have in the office ; )  Jeep called and said that the Jeep will be done by Friday because they can't get the part until Thursday - nice.  In the meantime, I'm without a car and I'll be working half days in the office/half days at home.  I asked about a loaner car and they said that none were available until next week and they don't have a shuttle service (only locally). 

The pups were pretty good at letting me do some work.  About 4 pm, Esa was looking to go for a walk, but I held her off for about another 45 minutes.

After the pups' walk, I decided to walk over to CVS since that was the original plan today.  When I went to CVS on Sunday, I forgot a couple of my coupons.  I made out!  The total transaction was $2.25!

Here's the breakdown:

• 4 Dole Fruit Bowls - 3/$5 minus (2) $1 off 2 coupons
• 4 Simply Asia soup - 88 cents each minus (2)  $1 off 2 coupons
• 2 Kellogg's cereal cups - $1 each minus (2) $1 off 1 coupons
• 1 Diet Coke - $1.79 minus CVS you select coupon - $2 off
• used $3 in Extra Care Buck

WOOHOO!  Every once in awhile I have a good shopping trip like this.  But then, I'll have $50 shopping trips there too (but with about that much in savings in the trip too).  This is a realistic extreme coupon trip.

Meet Me on Monday

I would really like to get posting regularly on this blog.  There are so many ideas on topics based on the day of the week.  Here is one of them from a blog that I follow:




Each Monday, you answer 5 random questions about yourself.  Here are the questions for this week:

1. What is your favorite way to eat potatoes?
     As french fries (I can NEVER pass up fries!)


2. What was the last package that was delivered to your house?
     A book that I won in a contest.
3. What is your favorite scent that you love to smell?
     There are several - usually it's because it reminds me of when I was growing up - ie Liliacs because we used to have liliac trees all over the place, peaches and mandarin oranges - they were both (canned) fruits from my childhood and I loved (and still love) them.
4. Do you smoke?
  NO


5. Are your parents married or divorced?
  My parents were married until the day they died (38 years).

What we got in the mail (Feb. 28 - March 5)

• Magazine, magazines and more magazines (Entertainment Weekly via Mycokerewards, Woman's Day and Shape via free magazine websites (don't remember the details), Martha Stewart Food is a subscription trial that should be ending soon since I haven't paid for the subscription).
• book won in a contest on Sweeps4Bloggers.com
• final envies from the February Fun coupon train on Hotcouponworld.com