Thoughts for the day

Are there any fad diets that work out there? I was up early today, hate when I can't sleep! Anyways, I was flipping through channels, and here were so many different infomercials trying to sell the lasted diet aid. I will admit, I have been tempted to buy some of the stuff, but know if I did, my hubby wouldn't like it. So I moved on to see if there were any movies on to watch. None jumped out at me, so I logged on the computer and played some games.

Just about the time I started to get drowsy, I heard my hubby's alarm going off. So much for going back to bed. I got him up and going, made his coffee and lunch, then worked on my grocery list. I logged into our bank account to get a nice surprise.. NOT. His paycheck was so very small, not what I was expecting! He was shocked as well, and both of us said at the same time, "I bet they didn't put in my 8 hours of vacation time for last Monday." With knowing this, I set a price of what I wanted to do for groceries. I am so very proud of myself, and was under by 96 cents! Go me! I got everything on my list, nothing had to be put back. I even got a coupon for 5 cents off every gallon of gas. I didn't fill up when I left the store, and glad I didn't, as when I went back out an hour or so later, the price per gallon dropped. I ended up getting my gas for $2.40 per gallon. So not only did I slash my grocery bill by about $25 from my norm, I even slashed my budgeted amount for gas for the truck by about $15! Every bit helps, when I know that our budget for this week was shot to heck by the mistake at work!

I was hoping he would have come home with a check for the difference in what his check should have been, but he ended up taking a half vacation day, due to being really slow. He made sure it was well documented this time, so we don't have any surprises next week!