Today was a thankful day. We didn't have church until noon so when I woke up around 930am, I let hubby sleep in until he woke up around 1045. I just laid in bed and read. I guess he had gotten up earlier and opened the back door for the dogs since they were still passed out when I woke up. I find it very relaxing to wake up and just stay in bed and read.
When hubby woke up, we talked about the day ahead. We were going to church and then taking my parents out to lunch at Yakatori's. Well, on our way to church, we stopped by Yakatori's and found out that they are closed on Sundays, so we decided to take them to Cracker Barrel instead. Good food for good prices. And my dad said that my Aunt Coleen was a waitress for them for 25 years in Missouri.
Father Paul was back in church and he gave a very rousting sermon! It was very moving. They also did a baptism at the beginning of services. The little girl was newborn and had this thick hair. Reminded me of when I had Cassie baptized.
I wanted to go pick up my parents and take them up to Cracker Barrel but hubby didn't want to since we don't have a working air conditioner in the car. So I called them when we were done with church and we met them there. Hubby and I sat in the rocking chairs in front of the store waiting. They are quite comfortable!
We were after the church crowd so got a seat right away. It has been quite a while since mom and dad had been to Cracker Barrel so it took them a little while to go through all the menus, but eventually we all got ordered. We placed the mind teaser game they have on the table and both hubby and dad got only 2 left. Both mom and I got 3. We had a good conversation.
When we were done, we walked through the store, hubby buying some candy that he always gets when he goes there. I found birthday cards for the girls since yesterday was the twin's 33rd birthdays and today was Tara's 14th birthday. We will mail out everything tomorrow. I got make up brushes, a watch and a flute for Tara. We are sending the girls $20 each.
We said goodbye to my parents and went to Walmart. There we bought hubby two new pairs of pants, 3 button down shirts, a tie, and socks. I got new socks and underwear. $138.
We went over to hubby's pot shop and he picked up some pot for the pay period. He has an allowance of $40 every pay period for that and he knows how to make the pot last.
We got home just in time to see Frank order dinner. Pizza was on him tonight! That was nice. He had also vacuumed the house and cleaned all three bathrooms! Yeah!
Hubby and I have been researching new ways to save money so that we have a bigger income for debt repayment so today, I showed him Republic Wireless as a cell phone company. It is a company that has android phones that are only $99, $129 or $299. The plans start at $5 a month. The premise is you use wifi whenever you can, like at home and at work. Then when there is no wifi, it will automatically switch over to cellular. The plan we chose for each of us is unlimited talk, text, data on wifi with unlimited talk and text, and 0.5 gig data on cellular. Since I only use data if I am lost or need a coupon, that should be enough. And any data that you don't use, gets you a refund. The plan we chose will cost us $17.50 each a month. Compare that to $60 each a month, we are saving $65 a month! And we can keep our old telephone numbers.
So hubby and I decided to buy the phones and switch to this new company. We looked them up on Wikipedia and read up on them and I had been following a budget website blog that has been using them for a year with no problems. With cases and screen protectors, paying for the service a month in advance, it came to $410.12. That is with 2 day shipping. It was only $2 more for 2 day shipping over the base of 3 day shipping, so I got the extra day early.
The phones are android phone and 3G-4G capable. They do have cameras and 8 gig memories. There is a 30 day return policy if we don't like them and we can keep our old phone numbers. Hubby wants a new number, I like mine and we use my number as a house phone. I figured out that in 6 months, these phones will pay for themselves in the money we will be saving.
Tomorrow I will be home all day. I plan on getting up and walking Cookie and Kira first, then walking Baby. With Frank working at the Temp Agency, he leaves at 5am to get to work so he can't help me, I'm on my own.
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