Back to school

Yesterday my girls returned back to their preschool after a two week long Christmas break. I'm not sure who was more ready to go back, me or them. That three hours twice a week has become my time to run my errands and enjoy some quiet time. The girls enjoy school, they craft and do gymnastics and enjoy the interaction with the other children.

My first stop was Wal-Mart, prepared with coupons in hand, I was excited to find that the entire garden center was filled with clearance items. After some searching, I found some Christmas items at 70%off and a few other odds and ends. Our Wal-Mart stopped doubling coupons prior to Christmas which means less savings for me, which means less money I spend with them. I did pick up a couple of things using coupons, hand soap for $.50, toothpaste and toothbrush for $.25 each. Rarely do I get these things for free like the people on TV claim you can but I am happy with paying only $.25.
Next I was off to Jo-Ann Fabrics to pick up some crafting supplies. I am in the process of making ribbon wreaths and I will post pics when finished. With a little Internet surfing the night before, I had a 20% off coupon sent to my phone and saved an additional $12.60 off my total. I love saving money!

My alone time was over and it was back to pick up my babies.

A couple of nights a week I teach cake decorating classes at Michael's. This month is proving to be a very slow month, I only have one class scheduled with one student signed up. Yesterday evening she called and said that she would be unable to attend but as this was the first class I still needed to go and make sure no one else came for the class. After a 20 minute drive and 10 minutes of waiting, no one else showed. I purchased a couple of items in the store, paying with my debit card which I put in my coat pocket as I don't carry my whole purse in the store when I teach my class and proceeded to my car. My plan wad to run to Target to purchase some diapers and go home. As I was getting out of my car at Target, I checked my pocket for my debit card, then the other pocket, then my pants pockets, then back in my car to check my purse, under the seat, then panic set in, somewhere in the 100 yards between the cash register and my car I had lost my debit card. I drove back to Michael's searching the parking lot, retracing my steps, back inside no one had turned it in. CRAP!!! I look up my bank information online and call and report it lost. It is around 7 at night so I am connected to a company overseas which aggravates me. They ask if I have the card number, I know you are supposed to do this in the event your cards are lost or stolen but it just never seemed like a good idea to me to write all my card numbers down in one place. After spelling my last name 5 times, I was assured my card was cancelled (only to call the bank this morning and find out that it was not).

Hopefully today is better.