The Desert Flea Market

This post is for all of you that love antiques and hard to find items!!! I have a good friend that I met through Pinching You Pennies that has way nice things for sale on ebay!!! Please go check out her blog --- and then come back and tell me what your favorite antique is - is it something you own???

GO VISIT....... The Desert Flea Market!!!! She's a new blogger --- go give here some love!!!!

Here is my favorite antique..... I really don't know much about them like when they were made or anything but they were my grandma's. She gave them to me a few years ago. They were always in her china hutch. Now I keep them with my china in a rubbermaid tote... you know where all the beautiful things should be kept.....

This is exciting!!!!

So a while back I saw several blogs that had done this test. I did the test back then and I was Jr. High....

NOW........................

Must be all the recent potty talk.....

First Day of Kindergarten and an update!!!

It's hard to imagine that my sweet baby girl is starting Kindergarten today!! Well if you can call it starting.... the first day in an orientation type day and then they go in another day this week for individual testing. The actual first day isn't until September 2nd.


Micayla is so excited!!! Doesn't she look cute in her new glasses? She just got them a couple of weeks ago.
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So I took my shirt back to the stupid store, if you don't know what I am talking about click here. I asked the guy if I could talk to the manager and he went and got a girl - not sure if she was actually the manager.... anyway.... I told her what had happened and she told me that they don't have a public restroom and that if they let one person use the restroom then they would have to let everyone. ** Oh yeah the only people in the store on Friday night were my friends Nicole and Aubrey and our kids --- the press was not going to get wind of the fact that they actually allowed a cute little girl to use the restroom.

I told her that I understood but that they really need to have an exception for emergencies. I told her that they may not be so lucky with the next emergency and they might end up with a mess to clean up. They did take back my shirt but they don't give refunds - I ended up getting Micayla 6 shirts so that I used up all my credit and I won't have to go back.

Nicole called both stores on Saturday to complain. At the clothing store she asked to talk to the manager and it was a guy.... hmm... He told her that they are getting sued over someone using their restroom and that is why they wouldn't let Micayla use it. Mind you the guy working there on friday night didn't explain any of this to me.... he just said that they don't have a restroom.... When she called the dollar store they said that another store of their's had been robbed the night before and so they were all freaked out and not letting anyone use the restroom. You know because me and my 2 little kids are so dangerous --- we may have actually purchased something there.

Oh well ---- what do you do????

Contests and Awards.....

Tiffany is having a contest celebrating her 100th post!!! She is giving away a $100 American Express Gift Card!!!

There is also another great contest at SITS!!!!

Mommies United is have a great back to school giveaway!!!

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Bobbi gave me an award!!!! Bobbi is pretty amazing. She has SEVERAL blogs!!! I thought I was busy with 3....

The rules of the award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on his/her blog.

2. Link the person you received your award from.

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the people you’ve nominated

Here are the 7 blogs that I am nominating ----

Texas Bangerters

Happy to be Three

The Ferguson's

Nicole

Park City Girl

Shazbraz

The Desert Flea Market

Update about my shirt purchase...

OK So here's the really bad part --- I didn't try on the shirt at the store... I tried it on last night and it goes down to my knees. So I have to take it back.... Normally this wouldn't be a problem for me and I may even use it as an opportunity to have a few words with the manager -- but this store will not give refunds -- so I am going to have to shop there again. I am just going to buy a couple of shirts for Micayla -- I'll take her with me because she will talk about them not letting her use the bathroom the whole time!! That should be some great word of mouth for them!!

Dear _______ Store that won't let a child use the restroom,

Dear Stupid Store that will no longer have my business (We shall call you Down East) and your crappy neighbor (whom we will call - Dollar Tree)

I have been a faithful shopper of yours. You have helped me transform my wardrobe from Walmart to a little more stylish. I have always appreciated that you have a few shirts that fit a girl like me. Hell, you even have some pretty cute clothes for little girls.

Oh yeah, back to why I am writing you this letter. Next time someone asks you if you have restroom that a cute little 5 year old, who is crying and doing the pee- pee dance because and I quote - "My pee pee is starting to come out", can use and you say no -- I hope that said little child will just pee all over your floor. Where do you go to the restroom Mr. man that only works in a clothing store so that you can check out all the women? Do you go the strip mall to another store? Do you hold so long that your pee pee almost comes out?

What I should have done was not buy that cute shirt -- I should have just dropped in on the floor as we headed out the door trying to find a compassionate person in an other store that would see that this child was physically in pain because she was trying so hard to hold it.

Which brings me to the your next door neighbor -- the stinky store whose air conditioning was not working and it smelled like antifreeze -- This is the store were the lady that appeared to be nice looked at this child now bent over, with her legs crossed, eyes full of tears and holding herself and told me that there restrooms were for employees only. You sell buckets don't you? Maybe I should have gone and grabbed a bucket off your shelf -- buckets make great make shift potra-pottys FOR EMERGENCIES!!! No but instead I left yelling back at you that I would never shop again at a store where they wouldn't let a little child use the facilities.

Which now brings me to the next store --- THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH! Were the words that my happy daughter said to the nice lady at JoAnn's that let her use the restroom --- even though the sign said employees only!!!

Oh yeah and --- you may want to call the police about the guy dealing drugs in your parking lot.....

Sincerely,
Micayla's Mom

Frugal Tip Friday 8/22/08

Link your your own Frugal Tip Friday post back here and leave a comment here. I love reading all of your Frugal Tips!!

Ask for a rain check. Some stores don’t give them for certain sale items, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. A rain check can save you money. Don’t buy a six dollar case of water if you can get it for two dollars with a rain check. Buy up to the limit you are allowed to purchase and stock up.

Spa Day!!!

OK so I am mostly a SAHM. I have worked for mom for about 3 years (not included in the first 18 years of my life) anyway..... I started out mostly doing typing at home. With the economy the way that it is and the stack of bills sitting here by my desk - not to mention the need for some ocassional adult interaction --- I have been going to the office 1 or 2 days (sometimes evenings) a week. I go in when Matt is home to take care of the kids.

One of the best benefits that my mom offers in her company is SPA DAY!!! Yesterday was SPA DAY!! We went to lunch to talk business and then we all went to the SPA for pedicures -- Oh how I love pedicures!! I have the most ticklelish feet on the face of the earth and I cannot stand to have anyone touch my feet --- except when I am getting a pedi!!!

Thank you mom for giving me a job that I can work whenever I want/can!!! Thank you for being my mom and my kids grandma ----THANK YOU FOR SPA DAY!!!!


Oh yeah in case you are wondering --- we do clinical research --- we work with drug companies and doctors in studying new prescription medications.

Reusable Grocery Bags

I have been trying to figure out an economical way to make/buy reusable grocery bags. Did you know that some stores will actually give you money off of your total (like a coupon) for bringing in your own bags?

This could be a great way to make your own eco-friendly grocery bags:

Take an old t-shirt and cut off the sleeves and collar. Turn it inside out and hem down where you just cut and use a secure zig zag stitch the bottom closed. Turn it right side out and you have your eco-friendly shopping bag.

You can also use an old tank top, and depending on the size of the neck hole you may only have to sew up the bottom. It's a great way to reuse old clothes you'd rather not get rid of completely and reduce your plastic consumption.

I....... Sherri

I AM ...wishing that money grew on trees. My car needs a very expensive repair that I am not happy about

I WANT... To go on a vacation alone with my husband. I need a break!

I HAVE ... never liked scary movies..... or books.....this is why I am afraid to read Twilight.

I WISH I COULD ... play the piano or sing

I HATE ... folding laundry, actually it's not the folding par that I hate it's the putting stuff away.

I FEAR ... losing one of my kids..... I am a paranoid mom

I HEAR ... right now I hear my husband mowing the lawn.....

I SEARCH ... for ways to save money. I search for the best deal on almost everything.

I DON'T THINK ... we will ever be out of debt. Several years ago while I was in school and not working Matt fell off his bosses roof and cracked his heel. He couldn't work for a while and since i didn't have a job we lived on credit. Then just when things were getting better Micayla --- my million dollar baby was born.

I REGRET ... That I didn't try harder in school. I never understood math. I wish i could do math!

I LOVE ... My husband and my kids. I feel so blessed that I am able to be a mom and I am so grateful for the 2 great women who made it possible

I ACHE FOR ... Couples that are struggling to become parents

I ALWAYS CRY ... ALL THE TIME!!! Seriously!!!

I AM NOT ... A great housekeeper.

I DANCE ... Whenever I can. Although the only people that I ever allow to see me are my kids and Matt (only when we slow dance)

I SING ... In the car --- I always see people laughing at me!!!

I NEVER ... go a day without a Diet Coke!!!

I RARELY ... Go to the movies --- we are not movie people.... I think the last movie I saw in the theater was Armageddon

I CRY WHEN I WATCH ... Extreme Makeover Home Edition

I AM NOT ALWAYS ... nice --- I can be a bitch! I can admit it.

I HATE THAT ... The price of gas is so outrageous!!!

I'M CONFUSED ABOUT ... politics.... although I try to be wise about it!

I NEED ... Lose weight ---- I admit it.....

I SHOULD ... Go clean my house instead of sit here at the computer.

(This post was inspired by Stretch Marks)