A 'Yay, Me' weekend!!

Wednesday, March 9, 2016 -
       Monday, March 14, 2016


Not a whole lot happened this week that mattered to one way or another to anyone but us.
We DID get our Ohio tax refund, which will go toward getting our mortgage caught up - not that I know for sure how the hell it got messed up. (Well, I do at the end (because they told us not to pay it while they were looking for ways to help us, but that's another story) but it wasn't that bad, they just started being assholes instead of the nice guys they pretend to be - they are a bank, after all.)  I'm pretty sure it was just me figuring that it could be caught up "later," but later never comes.  Never.
I have never messed our finances up so bad before, and really don't know how it happened this time - this drives me crazy when I let myself think about it.  I just must strive to do better.

Friday wasn't even a normal Friday for me - no shopping, except for a trip up to Save-A-Lot for some of the 5-for-$20. meat, and they didn't have any of the hamburger that I went up there after!  The hamburger was all marked down on clearance!  It was very strange...

Saturday, Josh and I went out and did some shoppping for Easter.  One thing I had done during the week was to 'clean up' all the gift cards I had in my purse.  I spent a long time on the phone, calling to check on balances of all of them, and I discovered quite a few that had decent balances on them!  Yay, me!  That was what I used to finance Easter surprises, so it didn't cost me any real money, and I feel much more comfortable now about what that sneaky bunny will do.

We remembered to set the clocks ahead before we went to bed Saturday night, too (yay, me!) so we were not late getting up on Sunday morning, either.

Sunday was pretty much a normal Sunday.  Church and lunch for me and Ron.  We went to Campbell's Barn this week, and he got his fried chicken dinner while I had the bacon cheeseburger and fries.  Then we went to Kroger to do our weekly shopping on the strength of some gift cards that had balances on them.  That was fantastic!  Even though I have no idea where things are in Kroger (except for Ron's tonic water), it was quite an experience and I got everything on my list and stayed within my budget (the gift cards). Another yay, me!

The best thing that happened over the weekend -- when I sat down to pay the bills this weekend, I wrote the FINAL PAYMENT for Ron's truck!!  Final!!  Another yay, me!!
We were SO happy putting that envelope in the mailbox on Saturday, let me tell you!  Not sure what happens now, but we're assuming that we'll get the title in a couple of weeks...

....and then it's Monday.  Happy Homemaker Day.  WhooHoo.