Guys, it’s been a rough week. If I’m being honest, it’s been a rough several weeks. Monday though…Monday all my spoons were broken, bent and at least one was a spork. Not my literal spoons, my mental spoons. To put it another way- I had run out of mental bandwidth. I couldn’t anymore. I just couldn’t.
To top off all the things attacking from every direction, I forgot to put my turkey in the oven or the crockpot. The turkey that was going to feed us that night. The turkey that was going to feed us for several nights. I couldn’t decide whether to cry, or invent new curse words. It’s been that kind of few weeks, y’all. I know some of you feel where I am coming from.
My husband, bless him, was like “tell me what to make and I’ll make dinner. You just relax. Or we could go out. That might make you feel better.”
Magic words. “We could go out.” He even hopped on some apps and looked at coupons.
He’s a keeper.
But I had to take some time and think about it. Because part of me screamed JUST GO OUT and the other part that I wanted to smack screamed back BUT YOU’LL SPEND $15+ ON NUGGETS AND FRIES…….and we have nuggets and fries in the freezer. We know how much cheaper it is to eat at home. So finally, begrudgingly, I said let’s just eat here. I was grumpy about it.
And it was good. He had leftover steak in tacos. I had chicken nuggets in tacos. Miss Bongo had chicken nuggets. It wasn’t fancy, but it was cheap and it was easy and somehow, even without my turkey, the world kept spinning. I just had to argue with myself a little. Afterwards, I felt a little better- because I wasn’t hungry and I saved $15+. I didn’t add on the stress of unnecessary spending.
It was a pretty decent week of earning! Not my best, but as always, I keep on hustlin’. What doesn’t cash out this week will be there for me next week. I’m in a big panel right now that is going to run two weeks, but man when it pays out it’s gonna be a good day you guys. Kiddo found 15 cents at the post office, but opted to put it in her own piggy bank instead of the one for Disney. It’s all good, I’m just jealous I didn’t spot it first! I got the penny on the ground before she did though. I still need to get some clothes to the consignment store. I gave up on Mercari, so at this point I just want it gone, whether that means I sell it for pennies or it goes out as a donation.
We got our taxes done and while we paid an obscene amount to have them taken care of, we are actually get a small refund this year. I’m going to follow Kristen B.’s advice– though I don’t have enough to pay for a Disney vacation, there are things I need to take care of before I just lump sum the eventual refund into our next adventure. Adulting sucks sometimes.
March 2– March 8
$44- Secret shop
$25- Swagbucks
$10-Panel
$10- ReceiptPal
$6- Mindfield Online
$5- Crowdtap
$5- Fetch
$1.50- Misc
$0.01- Found
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