Clearance Sales

Yesterday was an incredibly busy day! I was up until 3:30 burning Volleyball Referee videos, slept til 4, fixed E's breakfast gathered up all of his stuff- keys, cell phone, badge etc. Went back to bed at quarter til 5, slept until 8. Got up cleaned the house, took a shower, finished burning the rest of the videos. Lynn and Donna came by to pick up the videos, then Rebecca came by to thank me for testifying for her, and brought the girls a bunch of coupons and things that she had left over from the summer reading program. They were very excited! There were coupons for free pizzas, ice cream cones, bowling, self defense lessons at the karate school, train rides at the Rec, coloring sheets, and book marks. She's so sweet. Thankfully the house was clean and I looked presentable! LOL! The kids and I went to the mall, Lynn and Donna met us in JCPenney's parking lot and gave me the check for burning the vidoes. $100- that was nice!
Katherine and I can actually wear the same size shoes now- at least in flip flops. Got 4 really cute pair at Sears $3.50 pair, Bri got 2 pair of Bobby Jack flip flops for next year $2, and an adorable pair of black leather shoes with a silver heart that will go good with pants or skirts $8. Chris got a Dixie Outfitters shirt (Duck hunting- not on clearance- but Chris NEVER finds anything on clearance- I think he thinks it means nobody liked it!) I got 5 shirts and a pair of black capri's, I was in DESPERATE need of some new clothes. Katherine got a super cute purse- black with pink hearts. We had lunch at Andy's and then went home to nurse and change Shawn. Then we headed back out again- Goody's, Ross, and Food Lion. They were the only grocery store with really good specials this week- Pepsi's 4/$10, Cheeze-It's Buy 1 Get 1 free (E's addiction). Then Ice Cream at McDonald's. We had a really good day- the kids were great (surprisingly) even though we were gone practically all day, we got some super great bargains. We got home shortly before Elton, ate dinner, and went to bed at 9:30! That practically sleepless night and busy day caught up with me. It's so nice that we can just go to bed and leave the oldest 3 to fend for themselves!