First time ever.

After dropping the kids off at a Friday night program for $5 each (3 hours of fun) we went to Chicos for dinner. We used a coupon for $25 off. This made our bill $10.xx, our tip was more than the actual bill. The tip was $6.xx and the bill was $4.xx after the coupon. We could not believe that we had a great meal for an even better price!

Saturday we went to the preview of Planet 51 for free. One of J's friends has the hookups to things like that. I packed snacks and in we went. When we got in the front door, they had security searching bags for items like video cameras. I was so nervous because I had snacks and juice boxes for the kids. I told the security officer that I had snacks and he said "that's really the way to go these days, all we are looking for are cameras." I laughed and handed over my video camera (just kidding). After the movie, we went to a birthday party. On the way to the party, M said the funniest things. She said she was going to make me a Christmas tree with coupons hanging on it. She also said she wanted to return the cat to the kitten store so we can get a new one. C tried that the other day, he was so convincing because he was talking about all of the things Tigger does wrong, like "barking" on the bed and always meowing. Our friend had the party at his physical therapy center. He works with kids, so there were a lot of things for them to do. We went home after the party and relaxed. J wasn't feeling well, so we made a lite dinner and watched a movie. The kids went to bed at 7, which was nice for us.

Today I went to the Kmart that was closing in Tarpon. Surprisingly, there was a lot left. I browsed for a long time. When I was just about to check out, I had the girl price check a few items for me. They were showing up at 90% off instead of 60. So, I went back for the other items I put back on the shelf. When I did that, they made an announcement that everything in the store was now 90% off. People went crazy. They were piling things in their cart. One guy grabbed the only bike that was left, he was so happy. I think the bike was originally $300 and he got it for $30. That was probably why it was the last bike because no one wanted to pay that price. I bought my Mom a Sonicare toothbrush for $13, it normally sells for $130. All of the jewelery was gone within seconds. Those prices were marked way up though. I bought some clothes for myself, some socks for the kids, some pantyhose, stickers, thank you notes, cards, crystal light, a basket for M's bike, sudafed, tylenol, maalox, children's claritan, phillips, gaviscon, 2 chip clips that were supposed to be .25 but rang up for $1.49 each, a Tinkerbell purse, MP3 video player (normally $60) a wiper blade that is normally $20 and a bunch of other stuff that added up fast. I still spent $70? Get this, they were still taking coupons! I wish I would have known because I had a $5 off $50 that I could have used and a whole other coupon organizer that I forgot at home. It was sad to see the store close. It has been there since I started going to Tarpon Springs.