I Love Me Some Bargains

Even though I don't clip coupons or go out of my way to shop for sales, I still get excited when I get a good deal somewhere. Today at the grocery store I saved $294, I won't tell you how much I spent because that isn't important, because I SAVED $294!

Granted I bought meat on clearance and I wonder if that could ever be a good idea. But packages of Perdue chicken nuggets on sale for $1.00, marked down from $10, who with children can pass up such a bargain, I ask. Hopefully I won't be giving my unsuspecting family some virulent strain of food poisoning, thereby blowing my savings on doctor copays.

One of the grocery baggers asked me if I was stocking up for the end of the world and I looked at her and with a completely serious expression said, "Why yes. Yes I am."

She sort of chuckled and I continued to look at her. She didn't know what to say next, but I think I scared her. It was probably wrong how much I really enjoyed it.

Then I dragged my three carts full of food to my tiny car, because I left the gas guzzling van at home and packed the food into the tiny trunk that was filled up mostly with the stroller. Then I packed the food around the kids in the backseat who were strapped into their carseats and drove home, begging them to stop kicking the bread. The entire time thinking that if I ever won the lottery, or more accurately ever played the lottery and then won, I would employ someone to bring my groceries home and put them away.

When I got home from shopping I burst in the door and shouted to my 6 and 8 yr olds, "Want to hear my good news? I just saved a bunch of money on my grocery bill!"

And without missing a beat they both said, in unison, "Yeah, baby!"

God I love those kids. Even though they can drive me to crazy and back in a heartbeat, I still love them.

And the fact that most of them are old enough to carry the groceries in from the car and help put them away, makes me love them even more.