so, lately, i've gotten really excited about saving/discounts/coupons/etc.
Here are the best ones I've had lately:
1) getting part of chris' christmas present for $8.32 from $106... saving $94... it was a combination of sales and other incentives... but i thought it was way impressive. i clearly won't write what cost that much, just in case... but it's impressive.
2) 50 photo christmas cards w/envelopes: $3.19. and i got them in less than a week. now i have to address and send them out. and figure out a blog address i like to update (another task) to put on the back of the cards before i send them out - saving me time and money on printing out a letter to go with each one. (see... smart.)
3) a wall photo calendar, customized: $9. This is not that great of a deal, but the calendar was free... it was just the shipping that got me. i didn't want to settle for 21 days, so opted for 14... hoping it makes it in about 5. still pretty impressive to have such a fun customized calendar.
4) dinner at target: $1.64. when i was checking out, i got a receipt coupon for $1 off of purchase at least $1 at the snack bar. a hot dog/coke combo is $2.50, and i saved $1 off of that. pretty good. of course, then it had me craving potato chips, so i got a bag at wal-mart for $0.30... so i guess my full dinner total was about $2 w/tax.
5) hint passed on from my mom (from some magazine): use paint swatches in holiday colors (from paint stores, etc) as gift tags. i currently have some that i will use with my "brown paper packages tied up with string" and also some ornaments that i got 5/$2. So: all together, i will be able to wrap 15 presents, each w/an ornament tied to the top and a gift tag for: $11... and will probably be able to wrap another 15 w/o ornaments and still include that in the total cost. not bad
in a way i feel kind of nerdy, but at the same time, it's wonderful. I saved a lot of money this week.
btw: my new favorite site that amy told me about: www.faithfulprovisions.com - #s 2,3 came from there.
Dec 11, 2009
Dec 9, 2009
grateful that i don't get paid based on how much i blog.
amanda, sonja... this is for you...
a day in my life.
an essay by robyn.
i've gone to school in arkansas for all different grade levels. at some point, i'm SURE that i had to have 2 mmr shots. however, when i tried to track down shot records in august when i started at pulaski tech, i could only find a record for 1. even though i'm only going to pulaski tech for a license program (not degree), i still had to have proof for two... but i knew that i could wait until later in the semester to complete this task. it came time for early registration, and i realized i hadn't gotten the shot yet (and had a hold on my account... seriously!?!), so i needed to get it done this week.
i had a dentist appointment this week, so i thought that while i was already gone from work, i'd kill two birds with one stone (poor birds.)
2:05 p.m.: i go to the health center close to my office. after circling the parking lot at least 12 times (this is not an exaggeration - there were no parking spots), i finally see a car pulling out and i snatch up the space. i pass a lady who is clearly pregnant smoking in the parking lot. i was sad for her unborn baby, thought, "maybe she's not pregnant." then i thought, "who am i kidding? she's at least 8 months along." i walk in the front door and there are people EVERYWHERE. i was told to take a number. looking around, i thought, "no way. this is crazy." then i might have said those same words as i walked out the door. i knew there was a health clinic close to pulaski tech, so i just thought i'd head there. i wasn't sure where it was, and i couldn't get in touch with anyone who would know, but i just went toward the school anyway.
2:15 p.m.: i call my old family doctor... some family members still go to him, but i haven't seen him in 15 years. they tell me that he can't do an immunization for me because he's not my pcp. then, i ask if he can be, and they tell me no.
2:45 p.m.: lost in nlr. find a "medical center" and i know it's tied to the VA, but i'm not sure if there is a separate clinic. i park, go in, and ask the lady who looks at me like i'm crazy and says, "this is the VA!!" and i explained that i knew i wasn't in the right place and asked if she could point me in the right direction. she gives me directions by saying, "it's down the street"
3:00 p.m.: i find a health clinic "down the street" and go in... it's a baptist health center. they don't do immunizations there, but she tells me there's a health clinic right across the street that does them.
3:05 p.m.: i get to the health clinic, sign in... they get some information and tell me it will be $5. i hand them my debit card and they inform me that they only take cash or checks. i don't have either (only $3 in cash) and the guy tells me that i can bring the money back later. i wait 20 minutes and finally get called back. i get my shot and leave. btw, it hurts.
3:35 p.m.: i am on a hunt for a bank of america atm... though, after a few minutes of searching (and not being able to connect on my phone - was mccain really the closest?), i decide that ANY atm will do. i still can't find one and decide to head to downtown lr (10 minutes away), and then, on the way, i see a boa atm. i stop for cash.
4:00 p.m.: i return to the health center to pay. the lady tells me that it was "sweet" and that i don't have to worry about the $5 fee. wish i'd known that when i was searching for an atm.
4:10 p.m.: i arrive at pulaski tech to turn in my shot record. i pull up to the "administration" building, find a parking space and walk to the door. there's a sign on the door that says the administration departments have moved to another building across campus.
4:20 p.m.: i walk into the building and go to the 3rd floor office where i was advised (there weren't any signs telling where i should go, so i went there). it was obviously the wrong floor.
4:23 p.m.: i get to the right floor... right office and all the doors are shut with signs on them that say, "DO NOT OPEN! Sign in on computer." i go to the computers and try to decide whether i need to "speak to someone" or "drop off documents." i choose the second, and then another screen comes up for me to select the type of document. immunization records are not an option, so i start over and choose "talk to someone" - it asks for my student id. i don't know my student id and there's not a computer that has internet access (all are that menu screen) for me to see what it is.
4:30 p.m.: i take my immunization record and draw large asterisks by my name and mmr. i drop it in the student services box and leave.
oh, and i never ate lunch and had a headache. and the dentist told me i had to have my other wisdom teeth out. the ladies in the front of the dental office told me that if i'd chosen a different dental plan (i had multiple options) that my visit that day would have been free, not $45 and it would cost me $16 per tooth to have the wisdom teeth out instead of the $85 it will cost per tooth under my current insurance.
but the immunization record cleared my holds and i registered for the one class that wasn't full that i can take. i have bruises on my arm from the shots (they talked me into a tetanus booster also).
the end.
a day in my life.
an essay by robyn.
i've gone to school in arkansas for all different grade levels. at some point, i'm SURE that i had to have 2 mmr shots. however, when i tried to track down shot records in august when i started at pulaski tech, i could only find a record for 1. even though i'm only going to pulaski tech for a license program (not degree), i still had to have proof for two... but i knew that i could wait until later in the semester to complete this task. it came time for early registration, and i realized i hadn't gotten the shot yet (and had a hold on my account... seriously!?!), so i needed to get it done this week.
i had a dentist appointment this week, so i thought that while i was already gone from work, i'd kill two birds with one stone (poor birds.)
2:05 p.m.: i go to the health center close to my office. after circling the parking lot at least 12 times (this is not an exaggeration - there were no parking spots), i finally see a car pulling out and i snatch up the space. i pass a lady who is clearly pregnant smoking in the parking lot. i was sad for her unborn baby, thought, "maybe she's not pregnant." then i thought, "who am i kidding? she's at least 8 months along." i walk in the front door and there are people EVERYWHERE. i was told to take a number. looking around, i thought, "no way. this is crazy." then i might have said those same words as i walked out the door. i knew there was a health clinic close to pulaski tech, so i just thought i'd head there. i wasn't sure where it was, and i couldn't get in touch with anyone who would know, but i just went toward the school anyway.
2:15 p.m.: i call my old family doctor... some family members still go to him, but i haven't seen him in 15 years. they tell me that he can't do an immunization for me because he's not my pcp. then, i ask if he can be, and they tell me no.
2:45 p.m.: lost in nlr. find a "medical center" and i know it's tied to the VA, but i'm not sure if there is a separate clinic. i park, go in, and ask the lady who looks at me like i'm crazy and says, "this is the VA!!" and i explained that i knew i wasn't in the right place and asked if she could point me in the right direction. she gives me directions by saying, "it's down the street"
3:00 p.m.: i find a health clinic "down the street" and go in... it's a baptist health center. they don't do immunizations there, but she tells me there's a health clinic right across the street that does them.
3:05 p.m.: i get to the health clinic, sign in... they get some information and tell me it will be $5. i hand them my debit card and they inform me that they only take cash or checks. i don't have either (only $3 in cash) and the guy tells me that i can bring the money back later. i wait 20 minutes and finally get called back. i get my shot and leave. btw, it hurts.
3:35 p.m.: i am on a hunt for a bank of america atm... though, after a few minutes of searching (and not being able to connect on my phone - was mccain really the closest?), i decide that ANY atm will do. i still can't find one and decide to head to downtown lr (10 minutes away), and then, on the way, i see a boa atm. i stop for cash.
4:00 p.m.: i return to the health center to pay. the lady tells me that it was "sweet" and that i don't have to worry about the $5 fee. wish i'd known that when i was searching for an atm.
4:10 p.m.: i arrive at pulaski tech to turn in my shot record. i pull up to the "administration" building, find a parking space and walk to the door. there's a sign on the door that says the administration departments have moved to another building across campus.
4:20 p.m.: i walk into the building and go to the 3rd floor office where i was advised (there weren't any signs telling where i should go, so i went there). it was obviously the wrong floor.
4:23 p.m.: i get to the right floor... right office and all the doors are shut with signs on them that say, "DO NOT OPEN! Sign in on computer." i go to the computers and try to decide whether i need to "speak to someone" or "drop off documents." i choose the second, and then another screen comes up for me to select the type of document. immunization records are not an option, so i start over and choose "talk to someone" - it asks for my student id. i don't know my student id and there's not a computer that has internet access (all are that menu screen) for me to see what it is.
4:30 p.m.: i take my immunization record and draw large asterisks by my name and mmr. i drop it in the student services box and leave.
oh, and i never ate lunch and had a headache. and the dentist told me i had to have my other wisdom teeth out. the ladies in the front of the dental office told me that if i'd chosen a different dental plan (i had multiple options) that my visit that day would have been free, not $45 and it would cost me $16 per tooth to have the wisdom teeth out instead of the $85 it will cost per tooth under my current insurance.
but the immunization record cleared my holds and i registered for the one class that wasn't full that i can take. i have bruises on my arm from the shots (they talked me into a tetanus booster also).
the end.
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