Our Day of Adventure!!

This morning, my son and I started off on our adventure.  We returned DVDs at the library.  We went to the grocery store which is his favorite place to go which is a good thing since we go there a lot :)  We got the race car shopping cart so he was happy and turning the wheel.  And then Mommy stopped...there were balloons when we first walked in and there was even a color choice.  I don't usually give him a choice but I figured that we weren't really in a hurry so I sat there and waited for him to tell me.  He told me that he didn't want orange because he had that at home....  he didn't but I gave up since we were standing in the doorway making no progress so I picked yellow.  He was happy and made me tie it to the wheel of the race car so that he could drive with it.  The next stop was to get cookies which I put in his Cars snack bag that we brought from home.  I can't imagine why this is his favorite place to go :)  On to the task at hand, I got the last day of the sales with two bags of pancakes, 3 containers of Tetley tea and a loaf of bread.  Then in the yogurt section before turning the corner, we saw someone that we knew so we stopped to say hi and lost the balloon.  They got someone who worked there and got the balloon down and saved the day!  (P.S. Amy- Joe says hi).  The cashier was someone that I normally work with at customer service and she told me that she is going to start couponing and asked for some advice.  I gave her a matchup website to go to in order to start saving.  She seemed pretty excited so I hope that she starts couponing too because it always means that they are much better to work with because they know what we are trying to do :)  Total OOP is $4.28 (savings $12.95).

Then we came home and dropped off the groceries to make sure that we got the pancakes in the freezer since it was supposed to get hot today.  Quick stop and back on the road.  Next stop Target!  We went in and had a quick return of the Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice because it was $2.69 ($2.76 after taxes) and I got it on sale at Giant and Harris Teeter for $2 so I figured that we would save the money and return the one that we got at Target.  Then we went back to the car to drop off our coats because it was super hot per my son.  Then we road in the cart down the parking lot to make a return at Wal-Mart but that went on a gift card because I didn't have a receipt... that went well and we were on our way back to the car which I was sweating by the time that we made it there.  The temperature that we passed said 79 degrees!!!!  UGH, I must have skipped spring!! 

We were headed to see Aunt Kim at work at the hospital and drop off presents for her to take to Florida with her for Grammie :)  The gas gauge was heading towards the empty E so we stopped and got gas to my son's dismay because I had to shut off his CD that he was listening to.  Around $45 later, we were off to the hospital being thankful for the fact that I don't really have a big tank on my car anymore.  We got there in time to have lunch her so Dylan ate pretzels, graham crackers and a little bottle of water just like the patients get and played with Aunt Kim's ipad so the hospital might be his second favorite place to go.  We left there and stopped at Aldi which I told my son was Aunt Kim's grocery store so that he wouldn't expect the balloon and cookies :)  I had never been so it was a fun adventure for me too!! They had $0.59 eggs but I figured that my husband might freak out if I came home with my 7th dozen eggs, plus we don't have any more room on our egg shelf in the fridge :)  I grabbed a bag of tortilla chips for $0.99, head of lettuce for $1.19, and hamburger rolls for $0.59.  I knew that I needed my own bags but I didn't really have the whole check out process figured out.  We put the stuff and the bags on the belt while holding my son so that he could see everything happening.  Then, she put the stuff in a cart at the end of the aisle which is where it all started to go bad....  Then she put my bags in the cart with them.  I ran my credit card.... they don't take credit card DUH!  I put my son down and he was holding my bag, got out cash, paid for my $2.84 total with a $20 bill since I didn't have any change and there was only one line backing up behind us.  Then I tried to put my stuff in the bags but my son dropped our other bag on the floor.  I asked him to pick it up and he started dancing around it saying that he was picking it up but he never touched it.  The lady was then trying to give me my change back and I was about to give up.  I had one bag done, grabbed the change, and the rest of the stuff and walked over to a shelf toward the window.  Luckily, my son followed me because I didn't have any more hands left.  I got everything in the bags, all the money back in my change purse, and decided that I had to use the bathroom.  We walked over with all the bags and there were no hooks in the bathroom.  I asked my son if he could hold the bags and not let them touch the floor.  He said yes and then put them down on the floor.  What can you expect from a 3 year old?  Note to self, wash reusable bags.  I went as quickly as possible and we were off to the car for the 30 minute trip home.

 I noticed that I missed a call from my mother so I picked up the phone and called her back.  I also wanted to let her know about my trip to Aldi which just opened by her house too so it is her favorite store (she doesn't like grocery stores so this is saying something for her).  We were talking on the way home and my son was in his seat making his trains yell at each other.  I could tell that he was exhausted but he was fighting against it.  He fell asleep while I was still talking to my mom so I was pretty excited that we were going to get a nap today!!!!  We got home around 2 pm and I brought in a load of stuff from the car and went back out with my son's blanket.  I got him out of him seat and we went straight to bed.  We are going to have to stay this busy every day if it gets me to a nap :)  Time for me to take my nap too before he wakes up!!  Hope that you had a productive day too :)  Total OOP for the whole day of entertainment was $4.36 (after return).