Well I went to town with my youngins today to shop for the upcoming holiday feast. We love special occasions around here and Thanksgiving is one of our favorites. We had a very productive day and as usual I learned a few things. Just thought I would share. Just in case you wondered.We did the normal errand day complete with all of my once a week or once every two weeks stops.
- it is possible to get all of your errands done with 5 children along in 3 hours if, and only if you have a healthy prayer life 🙂
- it is possible to take the 4 door car instead of the 12 pass van and actually even still fit 6 fifty pound bags of feed from the farmers co-op in the trunk
- it is possible to have fun AND keep your sanity if you have done your homework
- the rules have changed, in the South everyone shops for a holiday on the Monday morning before the holiday, even though there are usually only moms and small children and a quiet store that time of day
- if you take homemaker Hannah with you she will completely redecorate your house for under $100 but trust me you won’t have any change 🙂 but it will look great and you will have a new look for your company
- Walmart matches competitors ads but you won’t need them, all their prices were cheaper this week
- Krogers has the best flour and best everyday price on chocolate chips
- Krogers also has a clearance rack that usually has great marked down toothpaste, like at 25 or 49 cents a tube, but if you live near me you won’t ever see it because I snatched up all 16 tubes
- Walmart no longer has their own brand of marshmellow cream, chocolate chips or other good things they should
- popcorn chicken is a good treat for well behaved children
- the local pet store will pay 8-10 dollars a piece for baby bunnies 🙂 and buy the whole litter, which gives your young person her own spending money
- the McDonalds in Walmart will let you refill your Dr Pepper cup 18 times in one shopping excursion
- eggs are not on sale the week your hens decide to stop laying
- flashlight replacement bulbs for a rechargable 18 volt flashlight are way too expensive
- 10 year old boys are harder to drag out of Lowes than hubby, but he is a good reminder to tell me to get flashlight bulbs
- if you find a perfect tablecloth at a really good price but there are no matching cloth napkins, buy a second tablecloth to make the napkins from, so they match
- if you leave your children in the car with an old enough sibling and run in to get one more thing and return to find that sibling reading the bible out loud to her younger siblings who are perfectly content it sure does warm your heart
- dinner sure smells good to come home to when you start it before you leave the house 🙂
and how was your Monday?
I enjoyed your post today! I have six that I take along with me….I really liked your first one:-) But I certainly relate to all them them!
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That is a wonderful idea on the tablecloth and napkins – I never thought of that!
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