Okay so I am SO excited. I am going tonight to see John Michael Montgomery in concert, and then on September 14th Sugarland!

YAYYYY

I got really good seats, er, seat for the Sugarland one. Right by the stage. Yay!

but for now...


I got 2 bags of Dove Chocolates, 1 thing of CVS cotton swabs, 20 4x6 photos, and altoids sour raspberry.

( The deal? Awesome. )


I got 2 bags of Dove Chocolates because the first were so good, 1 CVS Cotton Swabs, 1 Skin Effects gentle cleanser.

So. While I was in vaca in NY I finished New Moon, and next is Eclipse. So I looked it up on Amazon, and apparently it doesn't come out in paperback in the US until February, and since Twilight and New Moon are paperback... I want Eclipse in paperback.

BUT I can't wait til February, so I decided to check half.com to see about finding a cheap version of it to tide me over. What I found was a paperback version in English that someone had bought on vacation in another country! For $10. plus shipping. So I ordered it. I was wary of course... wondering if it really would be in english, or really paperback.

But it really is in English, and it really is paperback! It came in today's mail. =)
SO HAPPY

I got 3 cases of Diet Mountain Dew, 1 case of Diet Dr. Pepper (not pictured), a newspaper, qtips, and L'Oreal Bare Naturale eyeshadow.

Pepsi Cases 4/$11 = $11.00
Newspaper = $1.50
Q-Tips = $.50
Bare Naturale Eyeshadow = $9.99
= $22.99
- $10.00 ECB
= $12.99
- $2.00 CVS Skincare
= $10.99 + tax

got $3.00 ECB for the Pepsi

1) They wouldn't take the e-mail anymore. 2)Then realized the Eyeshadow was wrong, not in the deal, so took it back the next trip and got back $10.00 and change.




2 Kotex Pads @ 2/$11.00 = $11.00
2 Trident Xtra Care Gum BOGOF = $1.49
Q-Tips = $.50
CVS Sore Throat Spray pen = $2.99
2 Reeses PB Cups (I needed filler) = $1.58
= $17.56
- $3/$15
= $14.56
- $10.99 ECB
= $3.57
- $2.00 CVS, $1.00 Kotex
= $.57 + tax

Got back $3.00 ECB for Kotex, $1.00 ECB for Trident and some random coupons.

So I started New Moon last night. Finished the September portion and made myself go to bed. Due to the plot I went to bed in quite a state. I felt like Bella. I felt... despair. I felt nauseaus. I felt like my own heart was breaking. I had to remind myself to breathe, and to stay in bed, because it was just a book. I was so close to getting up and just vomiting with grief.

Yeah.

WTF StephMey? How are you this good at this?

I am CONVINCED that somehow Stephanie Meyer is hypnotizing us all, or that her printers put crack in her book's pages!

I bought Twilight Thursday and I'm already over half done. I have to FORCE myself to put it down. Last night I cam home from work, took off my work clothes and decided to read 1 chapter before getting dressed and getting dinner.....

I "woke up" 2 HOURS LATER. And then, only because I was so hungry my stomach was literally cramping in pain!!!

Okay so it has come to my attention that I haven't done a real update in weeks, just CVSing. Don't get me wrong... there's CVSing in this one too! But also, actual update.

1) Health - I have had a cold the past week or so. Also I have a dental appointment next month, but am on their wait list to be called if there's an opening.

2) Work - Work is slow. Painfully slow. But. I got a raise.

3) Home - Is nice. cluttered. but nice. been going to Myrtle Beach about every other weekend.

4) Relationships - Austin and I got back together last Saturday, he confessed he wanted to Monday, and I took the whole week to think about it. I love him.

5) Hobbies - I've been doing a lot for the SLSA (surfslsa.com/forums) and Core (core-sl.blogspot.com)

6) Fandom - I am in love with Swingtown and The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. LOVE! Serious love. =) ALSO! I started Twilight last night. OMGUH. YES OMG AMAZING BELLA/EDWARD 4 EVER! hehehe

Now the CVSing...


I got 1 6x8 Photobook, 1 20oz Diet Mountain Dew, 1 CVS Hand Sanitizer, and 1 pack of Charmin Basic (not pictured b/c in my car.)

I intended to use the $2 off CVS skincare on the hand sanitizer but they wouldn't take it. grr.

Photobook = $7.99
Soda = $1.39
CVS Hand Sanitizer = $.99
Charmin = $5.49
= $15.86
- $3/15
= $12.86
- $7 ECB
= $5.86 + tax

Got 7.99 ECB and a coupon for a free CVS sanitizer spray =)

Anyone want in on a flip flop exchange? I've screened comments. slap down your address. first 3 win.

I got 2 Febreeze Linen Sprays, 2 Febreeze Air Effects and 1 Gillette Venus Breeze razor set.

( deal? )

This one I went back to the store that was being remodelled last trip, because I had time to kill... and they have a new scanner! HOORAY! It's not fully hooked up but... YAY.


I got 1 Gillette Bodywash, 1 Old Spice Bodywash, 1 Old Spice Deodorant, 1 Olay Daily Cleansing Cloths, 1 small pack of q-tips.

( or no deal? )

Then I went to check the old scanner store but still not fixed. But I was hungry so...

Gold Emblem Cashews = $.99
Reeses PB Cup = $.79
= $1.78 + tax

No ECBs at all.

I got: 1 Newspaper, 3 Cans of Pringles, 2 Dawn Dish Detergents, and 1 Olay Eye Gel thing. (Figured maybe it'd work on the whole dark circle thing =])

( The deal? )

Went to Myrtle Beach for the 4th it was nice. Hot, but nice. lots of swimming and other fun stuff.

Before I left I made a CVS run.


I got: 2 12 pks Diet Mt. Dew (not pictured); 2 Diet Sunkists (1 not pictured), a Revlon hair brush, Revlon Barrette, 1 Physicians Formula Mascara (which came with a free eyeline sample. both rock.), CVS After Sun Wipes (came in useful in MB!), a Reese's Crispy Crunchy Bar, a Heath bar, and 6 4x6 photos.

( I spent more than normal, but lots was needed for the weekend (sodas, wipes...) and the chocolate and barrette were needed right then lol. )

Now I go get dinner and watch Secret Diary of a Call Girl (ROCKS)

Sunday and Monday. Nothing yet in July. I left work early today because I was caught up though... and went on a search for Coppertone Lipbalm. Yeah no. no where to be found. Boooo.


I got: 2 Cases of Diet Mountain Dew, 1 Box of Clairol Natural Instincts, a newspaper, and a 8pk of Viva (not shown as it was in my car to go to work)

( The deal )


I got: 29 Digital Prints, 1 5x7 stupid thing grr I'm mad it didn't count toward my 50. because I am now at 49., 1 Stayfree Ultra Thin, 2 Reeses PB Cups.

( The deal )

1) Austin & I broke up for real and good. It was hollow, we both felt it. We're both okay with this now.

2) WiFi rocked, and sucked. but I look purty.

3) ( CVSING! )

Okay, I'm freaking out a little. I just remembered WiFi is this weekend (www.wifiwilmington.com) and I have most my shit together, but. I need to get business cards printed, headshots done and copies made, I need a new dressy shirt to wear with cute skirt to the gala, and I need cute shoes. Oh and I might have my hair done.

This week kinda sucks. I may make 1 more trip doing stuff from the monthly deals, but otherwise I done.


I got: 2 Newspapers, 4 Soy Joy Bars (2 Berry, 2 Strawberry), 1 Thermacare PMS, 1 Oral B Crossaction dual pack.

Thermacare = $5.99
Soy Joy Bars 4/$4.00 = $4.00
2 Newspapers = $3.00
Oral B Cross Action 2 pk = $6.99
= $19.98
- $4/$20
= $15.98
- $10.00
= $5.98 + tax

Got back $6.99 ECB for Oral B, $4.00 ECB for Soy Joy, and $2.00 ECB for Thermacare.

Start ECB = $23.00
ECB Spent = $10.00
ECB earned = $12.99
Final ECB = $25.99
Profit of $2.99

Austin and I got back together. He realized he was a dumbass, and scared, and admitted it.

Okay, so. Let's recap stores I've gone to (in order of course, of first CVSing visit, duh.) before I talk about this week's last 3 trips.

Store 1: Nearest to me. Has Cashier who knows CVS has an issue with people printing coupons. Also has a client working at it(this was discovered in a recent trip) Is good as long as I am smart enough to avoid the smart cashier.

Store 2: 2nd nearest to my work. Has a scanner, but have never seen the printer working. *eye roll* Decent, but don't like layout. Employees seem too observant.

Store 3: 1st nearest my work. Good layout, has a client working there. Not bad.

Store 4: 3rd nearest my work. SUCKS HARD CORE. It's so ghetto for real. And when I went, didn't have what I needed.

Store 5: Busy intersection. Far, and long, drive. Nothing to write home about. Next!

Store 6: Big, but not too busy, intersection. Far, but fast, drive. Nice Cashiers, mine said she usually worked in pharmacy, so she had to figure out how to work the coupons, but she did good and we had a good repoirte. She said I knew how to work it b/c of using the $4/$20 first. I played dumb, said I was lucky. Was under renovation when I stopped in, but had what I needed. Maybe renovation means scanner soon??

Okay now the trips. Trip 1 was to store 6, trip 2 and trip 3 to store 1.

( See my deals )

So I went twice so far this week!

( Check It Out )

So. Austin and I split. It wasn't mutual. But it wasn't not mutual either I guess. Some will say it was a long time coming. We fought a lot, especially recently. And it was just hard, really hard.

So wehe decided it'd be best to give it a rest. Let us be friends, be free, and learn to love each other again if that's what's meant to be.

Maybe some day we'll get back together, but for now, we're friends. It's hard, it sucks, it hurts, we're both hurting. Last night I slept 2-3 hours. Last night he drank all night. I came to work today to try and stay busy, but can think of nothing else. He had to stay home because he was hung over.

It sucks. It just. It sucks. And it's not even because of something either of us did, or didn't do, or cheating. It just happened.

*sigh* I don't know. I'm confused, and sad, and hurting. He is the cause, but I don't consider it as if he hurt me. Because it's not his fault. It's just something that happened, and maybe it's better this way.

So I made 2 CVS trips, one Friday after work, one Saturday morning...

Friday After Work:

1) I returned the towelettes and got a refund. Then in this trip I bought the scrub, so I'm going to include my refund to have a more accurate oop expense. (didn't wanna have to pay the same thing twice and return one and not show it!)


I got 2 boxes Cheerios, 2 boxes of fruity Cheerios, 1 box Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal Bars, 1 Box Fiber One Chocolate Oat bars, 1 27oz bag of M&Ms, 1 Garnier Nutrisioniste Scrub

I didn't realize the Fruity Cheerios were half off, not in the 3/10, which was why I bought 2. but, half off, was cheaper than 3/10, and I had a coupon, AND they're way more likely to be eaten...

The breakdown:

Cheerios 2 @$3.34 = $6.68
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bars = $3.33
Fiber One bars = $3.33
Fruity Cheerios 2 @ $2.15 = $4.30
M&Ms = $5.99
Garnier Scrub = $5.99
= $29.62
- $4/$20 coupon
= $25.62
- $3.00 ECB
= $22.62
- $2.30 in cereal coupons
= $20.32 + tax
- $6.39 refund
= $13.93 oop.
And I got back ECB $10 for the Garnier, and $5 for candy.

Saturday Morning

Had to finish up the cereal deal.


I got 2 boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Breakdown:

Cinnamon Toast Crunch 2 = $6.67
= $6.67
- $5.00 ECB
= $1.67
- $.75 Coupon
= $.92 plus tax
Plus got $10 in ECB back