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Thursday, July 12, 2007 4:52 PM

The Tale Of The Eccentric Frugal

I've never really been described as eccentric, but I do have my moments.

Case in point....yesterday, realizing I had just enough money to put gas in the car and no more until payday, we are also thisclose to being out of TOILET PAPER! Sure, we have flimsy paper towels, but still...it's not a good bowel movement without the proper paper.

Being the crafty person I am, I realized I had some money left on my Office Depot business credit card!! Aaaannndd, being the very curious person I was born to be, I typed in "toilet paper" in the search box on their website....

VOILA!!!! They freakin' sell TOILET PAPER. Albeit, they don't have many brands and prices to choose from (two brands to be exact), but hell...TP is TP.

Sooooo...I did the unthinkable....I ordered toilet paper which was then delivered TODAY!

That's what I'm sayin'....it pays to think outside the bathroom....errr...box.

On to other news, I've noticed that trying to be frugal sometimes causes me to spend MORE than if I would've just paid the extra cost for something better.

Case in point.....a month ago we discovered to our dismay that we needed to buy a vacuum for hard floors and carpet since we just moved into a half tile, half carpeted house. *It's not tacky...just some rooms chose to be tile and others chose to be carpet...*

Trying to pinch my pennies, I decided to buy a MANUAL sweeper that works on both surfaces and didn't require batteries or plugs. Yep...a $15 tool plus shipping (I love buying online). It was a Bissell so it wasn't an unknown brand.

We used it for a few weeks and realized it didn't do as well as we thought....soooooo....I had to break down and buy a $20 equivalent that actually runs on electricity.

This thing is picking up everything.

So basically, being frugal cost me a total of $35 as opposed to just $20 if I would've been SMART and bought the good one first.

Hey, what can I say....I live and learn and learn some more.

Said By Nicole

Sunday, July 8, 2007 5:19 PM

Open Letters To My Machinery

To The "Fan" In The Main Bathroom: Listen, you are useless. Of all the things that could break and stop working around the house, how come you still come on when I turn on the lights? Not only do you not have a separate switch to engage or disengage you, but you're also LOUD and useless. The mirrors still fog up while I'm in a hot shower, the smell doesn't politely fade from the room while you are on after someone has done a #2. All you do is blow REALLY cold air on me when I'm sitting on the loo.

You are annoying. Can you stop working already?

To The Old Dryer: Why must I run all my clothes on two cycles before you fully dry my laundry?

To Fridge: Thanks for working...you're a cold mo-fo....just how I like 'em!

To This Computer: Get another nasty virus and I'm gonna rip your cords out.....

People...apparently I'm bored today....at least ya got a semi-entertaining blog out of me.

*smiles and bows*

Said By Nicole

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 9:03 PM

$10 Blow Jobs????

The universe really is unfolding as it should. We didn't need to actually go as far as reformatting to get rid of this nasty virus. All we had to do was do a System Restore! I say, "we", as if I had anything to do with fixing the computer. Carlos actually did all the planning, thinking, and executing of genius idea. I only sat back and agreed with him while thinking how great it would be to tell the world how WE fixed the computer.

Another thing....I am bored outta of mind. Living in the Orlando area does NOT mean residents have free or cheap access to Disney World, Universal Studios, or Sea World. Noooooo. That just means we get a couple dollars off a ticket but the tickets are so pricey, you might as well save for something really good like a week in Las Vegas or a 3-day cruise to the islands.

Minnie Mouse needs to boost the prices at her Brothel so the rest of us don't have to pay Mickey in hundred dollar bills just for a ONE DAY pass to their kingdom. Yeah you didn't think I knew about Minnie and her side project....Madame Minnie is what they call her on the streets.

But whatev....I'll just sit here staring at Disney World commercials all summer.....*sigh*

Said By Nicole

Monday, July 2, 2007 1:16 PM

Survival Of The Soberist....

I survived the night club experience. Yes I was surrounded by gorgeous (and some not so gorgeous) 20-something-year-olds in skimpy outfits. Yes I was groped by no less than 4 drunk strange guys. (They each literally just walked up to me and started groping me like I was some lucky statue). Of course this happened throughout the night, not all at once.

But it was nice getting out of the house. The dance floor was so packed it was really hard to dance without elbowing the person next to me or bumping into the poor person behind me. No one got mad since it was impossible to not have bodily contact with complete strangers in that club.

After being there for about an hr and a half, we wiggled our selves outside and decided to walk past the other clubs to see which ones were still open and not charging cover. Granted, by this time it was 2am and most clubs were closing down. So we headed back to the car and went home.

I swear I am never going out without Carlos. None of those guys would have "felt me up" had I been with my man. Who's gonna mess with my intimidating looking man? Though, he is sexy as hell so it wouldn't surprise me if I had to fight some hoochies off him while he's fighting guys off me. LOL ohhhh yeah I'm still swinging from this love chandelier!

The computer survived the weekend only because we haven't had a chance to reformat yet. We plan to do that on Thursday when there is time.

On other news, if you haven't been reading my pregnancy blog....I finally got Medicaid!!! Now I'm waiting for this OB-GYN's office to open so that I can make an appointment. I'm befuddled....how can an OB-GYN not open until AFTER 1pm on a Monday??? She acts like she owns a damned night club.....[insert "BOO YA!!!" here]

Said By Nicole