I left work early today to take Jack to his appointment.  I am sure I am going to regret that the next few days.  I either have to work an extra hour the next 3 days, or I have to work on Friday or Saturday for 3 hours.

Other than that.  I have done nothing exciting today.  Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and a nap.  The nap was the best part of the day.  :)

OMG guys!  I went to my parents' house on Friday (AKA my birthday).  My little brother has a girlfriend.  I was in shock.  All I could think was, "He's too young."  I had to give myself a reality check.  He is 17.  Oh my god!  I cannot believe it!  I mean when I was his age I had had 2 serious boyfriends and a lot of little ones here and there.  Eeek!  That little girl is skinny mini too.  I mean pencil thin.

Work has been uneventful, and that is how I like it.

Jack has a psychiatrist appointment tomorrow.  I think it is ridiculous that he has to go to a psy just to get his freakin' Paxil.  That is crazy! 

I wish ya'll could hear my dogs snoring right now. 

I am going to bed.  Tired.

Finally!

My vacation finally got approved!  Guess what!  It is in one week!  Whoot!  Then, I have another one in May.  This one in February will be the week of Jack and my anniversary.  :)  I cannot wait to have a full week off of work.  I have been so tired lately and really just need a break.  I would also love to go somewhere!  Anywhere!  Even if only for a day!

My birthday is Friday.  I hope ya'll remembered to buy me something.  Just sayin'  :)

Is it Spring yet?

I mean snow again?!  Honestly, I worry that as much as it has snowed this winter that it will be a thunderous spring.

OMG  I bought windshield wiper blades today.  I know this doesn't sound very exciting to you.  I turned on my windshield wipers, and I COULD SEE!  Oh wow!  I had no idea!  I knew I needed wiper blades, but I had no idea it was that bad! 

I forgot to tell ya'll.  My brother's work is probably about to hire someone, and he gave the Jack the heads up.  Apparently, my brother's boss is just waiting for the ok to hire someone!  EEK!  I hope I hope I hope.

Exhausted

I have been trying to catch up to where my husband is on Nip/Tuck.  I stayed up until 2 this morning watching season 3.  I regret it now because it is way too early to go to bed, and yet I think that is where I am about to head.

My eczema is really flaring up.  Honestly it doesn't matter, but when a little old lady asks what is wrong with your hands, you can't help but wonder if she thinks you just gave her a disease by handing her money back to her.

This picture does not do it justice.  It is on both hands, up my arms, and on my legs. 

Saved 58 percent at Kroger yesterday!
Saved 60 percent at Kroger today!  I forgot a few things though.  I didn't realize some of the coupons that I wanted to use were in the paper today.

I have to go back to work tomorrow.  Ugh.  3 days off in a row is always so nice.  One of my vacations will be coming up soon!  YAY!

Ugh

I was wrong ya'll my brother in law is back.  :(  I was totally excited to have a night without him, but apparently he drank too much and wasn't able to drive home...now he is here.

On the bright side, my husband has just finished cleaning the livingroom, bathroom, and is now in the kitchen.  I think I am about to run to Kroger to get another free Yakisoba noodle and some cheapie cereal.

**Update**
   He just spilled Pepsi all over my fucking hardwood floors.  Rrrrrrrr

**Update 2**  My husband is running around the house about to have a panic attack.  It makes me want to go somewhere.  At least, I know he is in the safety of our own home if I leave him here for a while.

**Update 3**  My husband is now cleaning out the fridge.  I hate it when the fridge gets cleaned out and it looks like you have no food.....that is what he is about to do.  And now, the refrigerator is making a horrible noise.

YAY!

My brother in law went home!  Whoot!  Everytime it snows, he is here.  It appeared he was going to stay here again until we were at Cracker Barrel.  He was suggesting that we go see a movie.  I kept knocking it down because I am trying to save money.  We are only going to the movies about every other week, and we also catch other movies on ch131.com...um btw Black Swan is still up on there.  Awesome movie!  Anyway, I refused to see a movie, and he made the decision by the end of eating that he was going home.  I would also like to add that I really didn't want to go to Cracker Barrel, but Jack has asked me for the past 3 days.  I gave in.  I admit it.  I wish I wouldn't have.  Everyone that we dealt with was crabby.  Our waitress was not friendly at all.  The hostess had someone ask her what name she called, and instead of just telling the person what name she said politely, she proceeded to a-nun-ci-ate the word ve-ry we-l-l.  I want to smack the shit out of people like that.  She was not being very clear, and I can understand the little old man's confusion. 

A dog peed on my couch when when we got home.  I yelled and said, "Get in the cage."  Kasey (girl) and Roscoe both ran into one.  Maverick just hid.  I would have to say that Roscoe was the guilty party because he has not budged from the cage....even when I told him he could get out. 

Snow...again..

BUT I get to STAY HOME!  Whoot!  It is my weekend off! 

After preparing all week for my RVP to arrive, he didn't even fucking come to my store.  Oh well, at least my store looks good.

I went to work this morning, did a planogram, and left at 2:30.  Ahhhh...I love short days.  I stayed late a few days this week, and I am now reaping the rewards.

Guys, I had to go buy some pants today.  Umm for those of you who don't have thighs that rub together let me explain that when your thighs rub together the fabric gets thinner and thinner until it disappears.  Yeah, well that is what has happened to every pair of pants that I own.  Since the fabric disappeared, I had to use safety pins to pin the fabric together.  That is a fantastic fix until the safety pin bends.  That is right!  I was in a store and that is what happened.  Imagine my surprise!  I, all of the sudden, had a safety pin sticking me in the leg.  I know the people in the store were all wondering why I was walking funny and ocassionally grunting out of pain.  I tried to casually grabbed a couple of shirts and slowly walked err shuffled to the dressing room to fix the problem.  Thankfully it didn't happen again. 

I did find 2 pair of pants and a pair of shoes today.  That is definitely the most money I have spent in a while, and it took a lot to convince myself to buy them.  I hate shopping for clothes.  Those dressing room mirrors are not friendly. 

Cheyenne's Post or anyone else who is curious about the couponing world.

Your best friends are the couponing sites

southernsavers.com
faithfulprovisions.com 

There are a lot.  You just have to find the ones that you like.  You can always ask me for Rite Aid good deals-I ALWAYS know the good ones there!

I use Southern Savers quite a bit.  She (Jenny) puts little nuts next to the really good deals.  She also tells you how many inserts should be in the paper that week.

Every week I buy 4 newspapers (at Kroger they are .99).  I know it sounds crazy.  When there is something that you really want, you always want more than one. 

After you buy your newspapers, you want to cut EVERY coupon out not just the ones you think you might want.  You always want the chance to give or donate to someone else.  Then organize them however you can remember.  I put like items together.  When I first started, I had a box with all my "like" items paper clipped together.  Now I have 2 binders(food/other stuff) with plastic baseball card sheets  ( I got a box of 100 at Great Escape in Madison for 20 bucks).  Each coupon has its own slot.  After you get weeks and weeks of coupons, you have a huge stock pile. 

Your goal is to match your coupons with sale items.  If it is on sale and you have a coupon, that almore always makes it an awesome deal.  For example...this week at Kroger

Jose Ole Appetizer are 2.99 there was a 1.00 off coupon the freezer door at the store.  If you were to buy 10 of the Mega deal events this week, you would get the appetizers for 2.49-1.00 coupon for 1.49

I always carry my food coupon binder in Kroger with me because they often have unadvertised deals or clearanced out items that I have coupons for.  Did I mention Kroger doubles coupons?  It depends on the Kroger, but I know that most will double at least up to a .50 coupon.

The drugstores all have some kind of cash back coupons.  I will of course give you the Rite Aid scenarios because that is what I know best. 

We have the Wellness + card.  Our card gives you all the sale prices and 10% off Rite Aid brand products.  It is also on a points system, so the more money you spend the more you save.  10% off shopping pass for ever 125 points you get (a point for every dollar and 25 points for every prescription).  When you get 500 points you get 10% off for an entire year and at 1000 you get 20% off for a whole year<--employee discount.

Up rewards print on the bottom of the receipt when you purchase an item that should receive one (just look at the ad).  They are just like cash.  There are a few items (beer, tobacco, prescriptions) that you can not use them on.

You want to do the same thing at drugstores.  Match sale items and coupons BUT most drugstores have coupons in their papers or separate booklets for coupons.  Ours are normally in our weekly ad.  You can stack these.  Store+Manufacturer coupon

Example Last week
Aveeno was regular price, but if you spent $25 dollars on Aveeno products you got a $10 up reward.  There was a Rite Aid coupon in the ad.  So say you purchase 5 $5 dollar Aveeno products.  There was a $1.00 off coupons in our ad, so use 5 $1.00 off coupons.  Then there was a $2.00 manufacturer coupon in the paper that week, so use 5 $2.00 coupons

"25" dollars
-5 store coupon
-10 manufacturer
"10.00+some tax"
Receive a $10 plus up for purchasing the items.  They practically begged you to buy them!  :)

This week my favorite deal is
2 Charmin (6.97)

1 Bounty (6.97)
2 Tide (5.97)

Used
2--.25 cents off both Charmin
2--1.00 off Tide
1--.25 off Bounty
and my $10 plus up from previous transaction
Total was: 22.21
Received another $10 plus up for purchasing $30 in the specified products again.

These are all items that I have to have, and I got them much cheaper than I would have had I just bought them when I absolutely needed them.  Your goal is to stock up when the items are cheap, so that you don't have to buy them when you are totally out.  That is when you are forced to pay the full price.  YUCK!

While I know that you wouldn't have any plus ups starting out, they are really quick and easy to get.  There is always a ton of items in the ad that have plus ups, and it is almost always something that you need.

Just incase you missed my good deal...

Free? What did I get you asked?


2 12 roll Charmin

1 8 roll bounty

2 Tide 50 oz

3 Dayquil

...4 Nyquil

Dog Ornament

13 Christmas Light sets

1 Angel Decoration

1 Lays Stax

1 TGIF Potato Skin chips

2 4 roll toliet paper

2 Facial Tissue
 
I have just been trying to get my store ready for this Regional Vice President to visit.  Geez.  What a pain in my ass.  I will be so glad when he is gone.  My DM came in the other day (I am sure flipping out about his "appearance" to the RVP), and he gave me a list of things he thought the RVP would look at.  I have all but two things done, so I will be glad when I finish it tomorrow.  He should be in town on Tuesday and Wednesday, so those two days we will be twiddling our thumbs because apparently they think that we don't do anything in our stores at all during the day.  All work should be halted on those days.  At least that is the way that they have always wanted it to be.  I can remember people being criticized for working on a planogram on days that bigwigs were in town.  Such a waste!  Luckily, I don't have any planos to be done, so there will be no temptation.  This week also gave me the excuse to only work days. YAY!  I usually work one night just to "work my night," but this week if someone is coming into town, I want to be there.  The only day I could close would be Thursday.  Uh no!  I am off this weekend, and I sure as hell am not going to close the night before my weekend starts.  I haven't even had a weekend off in like a month.  People's stupid vacations.
 

Misty's comment on my previous blog made me laugh hard.  I know ya'll want to know the answer.  Yes, it is true.  Jack and Jill.  Believe it or not, they were both named after people and "Jack and Jill" was not intended.  Well, at least that is what my MIL tells me.  I secretly wonder if she did it on purpose.  She is the kind of person that would think that was cute (not intended to sound mean).  Anyway, Jack is named after his dad, and Jill is named after some celebrity that Mo thought was pretty.  I could swear she said Jillian O'Hara, but I have never been able to find her on IMDB.

Today I found out that my sister in law is putting Woogs in daycare.  We will see how long that lasts.

If ya'll don't follow this blog, you should!  There are several secrets this week that remind me of some of you.  I wonder if ya'll can guess which ones!

http://www.postsecret.com/2011/01/sunday-secrets_16.html

My husband slept until 2:30 today.  Aside from night terrors, do I wonder why he can't sleep at night?  Nope. 

Ok, um wow.  Watching Grey's Anatomy.  Just got to the end.  Whoa.  I won't spoil it for ya if you DVR'd it.

Guys.  I seriously think my sister in law should be on Teen Mom.  The girls on there remind me of her.  I will spare ya'll the latest.  Nah no I won't.  Let's see.  Ummmm  Have I told you about the couch that she asked my MIL to buy her?  I'll pay you back mom I promise.  She hasn't and now her husband is trying to say that it was a gift, and they don't have to pay her back.  My SIL has also informed my MIL that Mario's parents are willing to chip in 20 bucks a week to put Woogs in daycare.  She was hinting around that Mo should to, but instead Mo said, "Well that was nice of them."  Ha.  I am so glad.  The other day my SIL calls my MIL (after my MIL's dog had to be put to sleep) to inform her that she was bringing over their dog.  She could have her she said.  Mo informed her that she would not be doing that.  SIL says that the dog bit Woogs and broke skin.  Mo says, "That is what happens when you don't watch a dog around a kid."  Ya'll that little dog is sweet.  She only bit because Woogs hit her, so she got defensive.  I am hoping that my MIL is getting more of a backbone when it comes to her daughter.  She told me tonight that Jill has changed, and she doesn't know what is going on.  Oh and as for the dog she said she was taking it to the pound if Mo didn't take her.  I don't know if she did or not.  I am hoping not.  I do not understand people who drop their pets at a pound.  FIND A LOVING HOME!  Do not be irresponsible and give them a death sentence.

Just read this on someone's notes, and I thought I would share. I am sure it is/will be Facebook viral soon.

1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.








2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.







3. I totally take back all those times that I didn't want to take a nap when I was younger.







4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.







5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?







6. Was learning cursive really necessary?







7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on # 5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.







8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.







9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.







10. Bad decisions make good stories.







11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.







12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.







13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page technical report that I swear I did not make any changes to.







14. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.







15. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.







16. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.







17. I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.







18. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.







19.



How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear or understand a word they said?







20. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!







21. Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.







22. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.







23. Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet everyone can find and push the snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time, every time.







24. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important.







Heal the past, live the present, dream the future - enjoy life



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Nothing..

I have been sitting here trying to think of something to write, but I have nothing...

Tired!

I had basically no sleep last night due to the fact that I was anxiously (or not) awaiting the snow.  When it finally started, I got to sleep.  My husband, of course, proceeded to keep me updated on how much had fallen every 30 minutes or so.  Then he woke me up to tell me that he had cleaned the snow off my car and to ask when he should wake me up.  Then he woke me up and tried to talk to me while I got ready.  Have you ever just wanted to tell your husband to shut the fuck up?  Of course you have!  That is what I wanted to do, but was too tired to actually do.  Seriously, do not talk to me for like the first hour after I get up in the morning.  Anyway, I finally make my way to my car that he had already warmed up for me.  Please don't think this is a regular occurence.  He has never done this for me before which makes me feel like a huge bitch for wanting to tell him to shut the fuck up.  Anyway.  I get in my car and try to back up...uh yeah, no.  I attempted to back up with him pushing.  We got a little farther.  After 20 minutes of us trying to do this by ourselves, we enlist the help of my BIL.  20 more minutes later and a couple "I gotta warm my hands"  I finally got out of my driveway and started driving to work.  An hour later, I got there.  My first customer you ask?  A fucking return!  Why the hell would anyone get out in this mess to return a damn thermometer?  People amaze me! 

When I got home from work, we went to Kroger just to get Jack out of the house.  While trying to get back to into the house, I try to walk down the ditch and fall.  My neck currently hurts.  Hopefully it doesn't hurt worse tomorrow.

Snow? Ugh!

I really hope it does not snow!  I have to go to work regardless, and I would really prefer not getting stuck at my store for the whole day because I am the one that lives the closest.  Luckily the past few times there has been a scare, both of my shifts have forced their husbands to drive them to work.  I hope that happens again tomorrow.  What would be really awesome is if they would just close my store due to bad roads.  There is a long chain of people it has to go through in order to close my store though, so I doubt it.  We also have a ridiculous amount of customers when it snows because we are in a neighborhood.  People are more than happy to slide down the road when it isn't far away.

I saved 47 percent at Kroger today.  That was the highlight of my day. 

Found it!

I lost my necklace Thursday night.  I was totally devastated!  I thought it was gone.  I prayed to the jewelry loving loved ones who had passed to help me find that necklace.  I found it last night after searching everywhere.  I found it how?  While sitting on the couch, I was on the computer, looked to the left of the screen, and there it was lying on the floor somewhere that I don't remember being anywhere close to on Thursday.  I know I looked there Thursday night just incase!  I mean I searched everywhere!  I thought it went down the drain when I took a shower.  I can't help but wonder if my "jewelry wearing loved ones" helped me out a little bit.  I am so glad I found it!  Now I can fix the chain and start wearing it again!  YAY!

The other tidbit from Thursday night.  We had to go pick up my brother in law at like midnight.  I won't bitch.  I am glad he called and didn't just drive here intoxicated.  #1 so that he could not harm anyone while trying to drive home drunk #2 because the police were EVERYWHERE that night.  <--at the same time I ( don't want to say this because it is going to make me sound like an awful person) wish he would get picked up and charged with a dui because then maybe he would stop drinking.

When I got home from dropping Jack off to get Pat's car, I let Roscoe (our boston terrier) out of the car.  Our neighbor Clay was outside, so Roscoe ran over there.  Clay was playing with him.  Someone opened the front door of Clay's house, and Roscoe ran inside.  He immediately got into a fight with Clay's dog, Mr Fox.  Clay was trying to pull them apart when I got inside.  It took about a minute to finally get them apart.  I picked up Roscoe.  Clay was so upset.  He kept apologizing.  I told him not to worry about it.  I am positive that Roscoe had something to do with it. They are dogs it happens.  Poor Roscoe's ear got bit.  He was bleeding everywhere!  He was so afraid to come into the house after that.  I had to go and pick him up and bring him inside.  I guess he thought another dog would be waiting in the house to fight him there too.  I cleaned up his ear, and we went to bed.  My poor puppy has a hole in his ear.

Friday..work was boring.  I am finally 98% caught up.  I came home, took a nap, and went movie hopping after.  We saw Season of the Witch.  It was pretty good. We also saw The Fighter.  It was good too.  Something about seeing Christian Bale all skinny as a rail though...it really doesn't do it for me.  I like Christian Bale's Batman body.  :)

I would also like to say that one of you deleted a blog post that you posted last night.  You know who you are...I read it. 

Ya'll! I am freaking out!

So this morning I get up and look at my phone, I have a message for a friend request.  I look down and it says, "Rob Cook."  My initial thought is "What?!  He is dead."  Someone told me he committed suicide a few years ago!  I was so upset!  Apparently they were wrong, but it took me like 30 minutes to believe it was him!  What was even crazier is that his e-mail address is youngghost!  WTF?!  SOOO freaking WEIRD!  I mean, could you imagine if I had seen him in public?  My thought would have been verbal.  "What?  Aren't you dead?  Am I seeing a youngghost?"

I need to catch up on all of ya'll blogs!

I think tonight is the night.

I was totally sick last night.  I really think it was from spending most of the day at my MIL's house.  They smoke, and my allergies cannot handle it.  I can't help but wonder if that is why I always had such bad allergies growing up because my dad smoked in the house.

I feel better today, but I still didn't feel up to par today at work.  Just soo tired.

I am boring tonight, so I think I am going to play some Little Big Planet.

I totally forgot to tell ya'll

We did get Jack's car back.  It cost us some money, but it is better in the long run.  Why you ask?  Credit of course, but.... The car was sitting in a lot that cost a lot of money per day.  Then the repo has a fee.  Every day it sits in that lot before they ship it back to where they are going to auction it adds up.  Then the shipment has a fee.  Depending upon how much the car is auctioned off for, you might end up owing more than you had originally gotten the car from.  I mean even though you don't have the car anymore doesn't mean that you don't have to pay for it. 

 It cost us over 400 dollars just to get it back after we got the car payments caught up.  Over a 1000 dollars later and we have that crappy car back.  Did I mention I hate that damn car?  Do ya'll remember me having reservations about buying that car back in April?

Wow

I took Jack to his mom's house this morning and helped him watch his nephew until I had to go to work.
My MIL did inform me recently that she thinks her husband is cheating on her, but she also informed me that he would never leave her.  The reason why...apparently in the state of Tennessee if your spouse is disabled and you leave them, the disabled spouse gets to keep the house.  My MIL always tells me crazy things about my FIL.  Have I ever told ya'll about my FIL before?  If not, that is for a future post.  Apparently at some point in their messed up marriage, she received a phone call from a female informing her that and I quote what she said, "Your husband just caused me to lose my job.  He has been paying girls to have sex with him in the back room at the club that I work in. "  My MIL had noticed some funny charges on a credit card listed only as gratuity, and called and asked what it was.  It was tips to girls at a strip club.  Yep.  I had never heard that before.  I hope ya'll never have to hear that about your father in law.

I worked with my new (former employee now current again) cashier tonight. She works at the same speed as me. We got soooooo much done! It was amazing! I will definitely be making an effort to work with her again.

I'm back bitches.

Happy 1 year and 1 day to my blog.

When was the last time I posted?  What don't ya'll know? 

Holy Crap!  November 20th?  Really....Here we go.....prepare to read for a while

Lets just go all the way back to Thanksgiving.

I was off of work Thanksgiving.  We went to Jack's mom's house where I proceeded to cook oodles of food.  Ya'll my mother in law is always so impressed at what I can cook, and she informs me of what I will be making every holiday.  This Thanksgiving I surprised her with something new.  Sweet potato casserole.  Ok, she had already started heating up some yams before I told her.  They mysteriously disappeared when I told her what I was making.  It totally cracked me up.  Anyway, I made a Sausage Ring (that is a recipe you just have to have), green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, and chess squares that didn't set because the oven kept being opened.  My sister in law and brother in law didn't show up until later, and of course they had already eaten.  What holiday wouldn't be complete with some kind of family drama.  Well...this one.  Until the next day. 

Black Friday.  I worked most of the day the day after Thanksgiving, and when I got home we headed straight to my MIL's house.  Apparently she had gone Black Friday shopping with my SIL and BIL.  She said by the time the morning was over she was so pissed that she told them to take her home.  My SIL had been telling her what all she needed to buy my nephew.  Tossing stuff in the shopping cart demanding that she buy it.  She wouldn't even let her go back to have a price changed, and she got overcharged big time!  Ridiculous.  Anyway just another example of my SIL.  Anyway Mo and I had a blast shopping.  I am so blessed to have a wonderful MIL. 

Sunday
Ghetto Thanksgiving.
You say, "What in the hell is that?"
I say, "It is when the Bly side of the family gets together."
Ya'll have to understand that all of my cousins have kids, and I mean a lot of kids!  So many kids. Did I mention that my cousins are hilarious?  It was a blast!  I hadn't seen my cousins in FOREVER!  I love Facebook because it forces all of us to talk all of the time.  My nannie would be so glad. 

Fast forward....because nothing really exciting happens between this time and the last two weeks of December.

Tuesday before Christmas.  I decide that I want to run to Murfreesboro to JC Penney's to find my mom some Isotoner gloves to add to her little goodie bag I had made her (of all of my awesome couponing finds).  I got to Stones River Mall and was totally amazed at how much it had changed.  I hadn't been in that mall since way before we moved to California.  I was successful in finding the gloves, and I only had a little bit more time before I was supposed to meet Jason for lunch in Hickory Hollow, so I left.  I was cruising down the interstate and got tright past Old Hickory Blvd, and my car starts making a funny noise.  I just start praying please just make it to the Hickory Hollow exit.  I noticed the oil light flickering, and I thought fucking great!  I attempted to throw some oil in it just to see if that would make the sound stop.  Ummm no!  It made it worse so bad in fact that my car just totally died.  I immediately called my mom and asked for Bennett's phone number, so I could call and have the tow company they use come tow my car.  Then I called Jason, so he could come and help me move my car to the side of the road.  He got there, and while he was going to park his car.  I actually pushed my car to the side of the road by myself   ::I am woman hear my roar::  Then we stood there during the time we were supposed to be eating lunch and waited on a tow truck.  Yep....tow truck finally got there.  He loaded my car up, and I got to ride with him and his wife all the way to Smyrna.  My mama came and picked me up, and I got the luxury of driving my little brother's truck home. 

I got to our road, and turned, looked in our driveway.  Jack's car is not there.  Yep.  Apparently we were further behind on our payment than we realized.  Repoed.  I just started bawling.  Boo hooing.  I called Jack and said, "Either they repossed your car, or someone stole it.  Find out which one."  I cried and cried after I got ready for work and started heading out.  Jack was trying to console me over the phone.  Oh the day is not over yet...

I headed to Sonic before I got to work to get something to eat, since I had to skip my lunch date.  I was sitting there about to place my order when my phone rang.  I look down it is the district office.  "Oh God what now?"  Hello?  Hey Jennifer this is Margie you just had corporate visitors in your store and Mark wants you in your store now because it was not a good visit.  ::Me:: Oh God this has been the worst day ever.  Start boo hooing again.  She lets me go.  3 minutes later.  Phone rings again.  Jennifer I am so sorry I told you wrong they have not been to your store yet, but they are on their way there.  They flew into Murfreesboro on the corporate jet and started in Murfreesboro, went to Smyrna, then LaVergne, they should be at your store very soon. ::Me:: Oh thank goodness.  Thinking that perhaps we could make sure everything was in its proper place before they got there.  I arrive at my store only to find out that they were already there.  I was shaking.  I mean in the middle of a breakdown.  Worst day ever.  <---You won't here that out of my mouth very often, but that indeed was a horrible day.  I apparently had a good corporate visit just for the record, so maybe it wasn't absolutely horrible.

The next day, Bennett's called to tell me what was wrong with my car.  I made Jack talk to them.  He told me to get all my crying out before he told me.  Blown engine it was going to cost at least 2500 bucks.  After a lot of trying to figure out how we were going to pay to get my car fixed, we decide to get Jack's car back so I can drive it until we can save the money up to pay to put an engine in my car because Bennett's said I could leave it there for free until I could save up the money.

Next day, my mom calls offers to loan me the money to get my car fixed.  YAY.  Deakins' Christmas was this night.

Friday is Christmas Eve.  I worked all day.  We were soooooooo busy.  I have never seen my store that busy.  It was crazy!  We had two registers going the entire day!  After work, we made the decision to go ahead and go to Jack's mom's house because we were afraid the weather would get bad overnight, and we didn't want to get stuck at home.  When we got there, I finished wrapping the presents we bought.  Then Jack presented me with the Christmas present he got me.

Did I mention how well my husband knows me?  I love love love love love this necklace!

Christmas was pretty uneventful.  I did get everything that I asked for.  :)  Doesn't sound too exciting, but new sheets, cookie sheets, and mixing bowls.  That isn't everything I got, but that is what I asked for.  My favorite thing that my MIL got me was Little Big Planet!  I love that damn game!  If you have a PS3, it is a must have!

Wednesday I got my car back.  I drove to get my husband from his mama's house, as we were driving back almost to exit 40 I heard a snap.  Yep.  You fix one thing another thing breaks.  The serpentine belt for the alternator broke.  Luckily, it was covered with  my engine.  They came and towed my car again the next morning, and I had it back by that evening.

We didn't do anything excited for New Year's because I worked and today wasn't very exciting either.