I normally don't do black friday. What with the hassle of lugging two kids through a madhouse and all. But I've been doing CVS for awhile now and have saved up a ton of money. So much so, that I've decided to take the plunge and go to CVS for black friday. The best part? Their ads start on thurs and the 24hr CVS start at 12:01am. So, my plan is to show up to my CVS at 10:30-10:45pm tonite. I will bring some sort of goody for the cashiers and warn them of what's coming. I shall then load up my cart and will check out promptly at 12:01am. Then I shall go home and sleep. FYI: ECB stands for Extra Care Bucks. These print out at the bottom of the receipt and can be used as cash in any purchases. Everything else is coupons that I've collected from either the sunday paper, email, or snail mail. The bolded is my total before coupons and ECB, the red is my total Out Of Pocket expense. This is what my three transactions will look like:

Start with 15ECB, 5ECB and 8.99ECB and 3.49ECB

Tran#1
2.99 Colgate toothpaste
2.99 Aussie shampoo
6.99 L’Oreal lipgloss
5.99 Cover Girl Powder foundation
5.99 Bic Soleil razor
3.57 Buddies soap bars x3
3.49 Crest toothpaste
=32.01
-1.50/1 Colgate Q
-1/1 Aussie Q
-1/1 L’oreal Q
-1/1 CG Q
-3/1 Bic Q
-3/3 JJ Q
-1/1 Crest Q
-5/30 CVS
-15ECB
=.51 +tax OOP, earn 2.99ECB, 2.99ECB, 6.99ECB, 5.99ECB, 5.99ECB, 3.49ECB

Tran#2
8.99 Maybelline Liquid foundation
3.57 Buddies soap bars
7.99 Cover Girl Liquid foundation
2.99 Colgate toothpaste
2.00 Hersheys x2
5.99 Garnier facial cleansing cloths
6.99 L’Oreal lipgloss
5.99 Bic Soleil razor
2.99 Aussie shampoo
3.49 Crest toothpaste
=50.99
-3/1 Maybelline Q
-3/3 JJ Q
-1/1 CG Q
-1.50/1 Colgate Q
-1 BOGO Hersheys Q
-1/1 Garnier Q
-1/1 L’oreal Q
-3/1 Bic Q
-1/1 Aussie Q
-3/1 Crest (got this through mail) Q
-10/50 CVS
-5.99ECB, 5.99ECB, 6.99ECB, 3.49ECB
=.03 +tax OOP, earn 8.99ECB, 7.99ECB,
2.99ECB, 1ECB, 5.99ECB, 6.99ECB, 5.99ECB, 2.99ECB, 3.49ECB

Tran #3
6.99 L’Oreal lipgloss
8.99 Maybelline foundation
5.99 Cover Girl Powder foundation
3.57 Buddies soap bar x3
=25.54
-1/1 L’oreal Q
-3/1 Maybelline Q
-1/1 CG Q
-3/3 JJ Q
-4/20 CVS Beauty
-8.99ECB, 3.49ECB
=1.06 +tax OOP, earn 6.99ECB, 8.99ECB, 5.99ECB

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The Hubby is coming home on R&R on dec 19th~~~!!!!!! I'm going to buy his plane ticket this weekend. I'm so excited, we have a lot to catch up on. I hope the kidlets don't get scared of him since it's been so long and kids have short memories. Of course, he says that he doesn't want anyone meeting him at the airport when he comes which means that I am so going to have a group of people there waiting for him. I'm going to make signs, and get balloons, and all that happy crappy stuff. It will have been six months from the last time that we saw him, of course people want to see him. He'll be here until just after new year's which will give him some time to get a relationship going with the kidlets again. Especially Ducky. The poor thing barely remembers him (I think)I hope that he doesn't take offense if Ducky doesn't run to him right away. After all, he's been gone half of Ducky's life. And of course we have to catch up on six month's worth of conjugal visits if you know what I mean, hehe. It's too bad that I don't have any vacation time left, or I'd take some time then to spend with him. Oh well, he can have a nice hot meal ready for me when I get home from work.

We went to the aquarium on tuesday. It was fun. Made especially so because it was free thanks to my awesome military discount. There was a fish there. I'm pretty sure it was a grouper. It was bigger than katie's head. And before you start with your "but SPB, you're always comparing things to people's heads. How are we supposed to know any difference?" think on this, all we could see of the fish was it's tail which was bigger than a fan. It was huge. I had to wipe the drool off my mouth just thinking of that fish on a plate before me. Of course, kids being kids, The Kid only cared about the play area outside. Had I known that he'd rush me through everything just so he can go down a slide I would've just taken him to the park down the street and saved me some gas.

The Kid got a pair of rollerskates. He looks so adorable in them. They're the old fashioned kind that adjust at the bottom and you put over your shoes. Of course, he doesn't skate, he walks on the skates but thinks he is skating. It's cute, actually. Ducky's tooth finally cut through, and I have the bitemarks to prove it. The Kid never did bite this much when he was nursing. Need to think of way to make him stop, otherwise I'll be nippleless by the time he turns one.

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