Today was a together day! Hubby and I woke up about 830am. We got up, peed, I got my yogurt and cola, and he just came back to bed. We sat there watching stuff on Netflix for the morning. We started to watch The Ridiculous 6 with Adam Sandler and other actors I know by sight but not by name, and he got bored, hubby's not an Adam fan, so he went to take a shower. I finished up the movie and got dressed, then we headed out.
We went to the store Entertainment. It's a New but mostly Used Record, DVD, CD and Games store. Hubby and I walked side by side reading all the titles of the boxed collections. They were alphabetical. TV series and Actors collections of movies in one box. I picked up the first two seasons of The Commish for $10 and $15. Hubby is going to look up to see how many seasons there were all together. We went over to their sale area, huge, and looked at dvds that were $3.99 or less, which is much more my style. We were looking when I got the idea that at this price, we could buy one movie to give to Laura and the kids, and one each to the two girls who are living with their boyfriends. To supplement the other stuff we are giving them. So we decided on Die Hard, the Ultimate Christmas Movie! And since Cassie and Drew will be coming down on the 27th to have an early dinner with the whole extended family at Laura's, we got one for them too. And one for my parents. They will be there too.
If you have never seen Die Hard with Bruce Willis, watch it on Christmas Day. It takes place at his wife's Christmas Party on one of the top floors in a building in LA. Bad guys take the Christmas Party hostage. Bruce Willis is a detective or homicide cop or something. He fights the bad guys, shoots them up, walks bare footed through glass, and almost gets blown up. It's thrilling, action packed, and nail biting crazy. There is love, threats, betrayal, smack downs, and heroism. Fun watch. We got Die Hard for everyone but Laura and the kids at her house. For them we got Die Harder, the sequel. We figured this way one of the kids would have to come to her house so the kids and her can watch Die Hard, then stay to watch Die Harder. Family time!
We went to Independence Records Annex, the used record store. Went you first walk in, there is a mud room of record that are 99 cents each, or two for $1. So hubby and I always spend some time searching through there, looking for good finds. Today I found two collections of old country and western that has a mixed group of famous singers like Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and others. Then I found two more collections of other music, one never even opened! I can't remember what they are but I think they were Reader's Digest Collections. One was called Blowing In The Wind, and I recognized songs on all of them. Not your everyday listening, but once in a while is good.
Then hubby and I made it all the way in. He found a Led Zeplin album that has the naked children on the cover that was in excellent shape for $14 and another different music group for $9. He wasn't going to get them, but I told him that they would be part of my Christmas present to him, get them, so he did.
Then we had to go to both our banks to take some money out of one checking account and put into the other to cover because we were in a minus and would otherwise get bounce charges tomorrow. I got to see the new location for our bank, I hadn't realized them moved to the other side of the parking lot. And while we were in that parking lot, we stopped at the used book store, because you can never have too many books. We walked in and I found the water pen reusable activity pads that Holly had recommended for our two year old granddaughter. There is a fat short pen with a paintbrush tip. You fill the pen with water. The pad has a resealable place for the pen to go. There is a spiral at the top and 4 or 5 thick pages. There is scenes on the page and they are white. Well, when the child starts "painting" with the water, the colors and hidden stuff comes up. When it dries out, it will disappear again. We got one for Shay Li and one for Li An.
I also found a dog bone recipe book that came with new dog bone cookie cutters and a book with a collection of three books. Each one was $5, $1 more than the regular price of their hardback, which are $4. Paperbacks are $2. The activity pads were $5 each too. Then we started looking around but apparently they were closing and wanted to hurry us all out right NOW!
We got over to the other bank, just down the street, and put in the money. Good thing we did because we were in the hole for $20! Now we are covered. Hubby is paying the mortgage tonight for next month, we always like to pay that two weeks early, and we figured out that all the rest of the bills are paid. We had about $300 extra dollars, so that was the money we went shopping with today. We each took $100 and used that to spend on each other.
I was going to get hubby an Ancestry DNA test to tell him what he is made up of, where he comes from. But I talked to him last night, to make sure he would like it, since it's $99, but he said that is something I want to do, which I do, and he doesn't really care. So I went to my back up plan.
I had seen a mechanic's tool box, the kind you see in the auto shops in the garage, big like a dresser, with the many drawers to keep tools laid out so you can easily find them. Hubby and I had looked at Sears at them and they were running $200 plus. But Walmart.com had one with a 68 tool bonus included, with free delivery for only $88 plus tax. And they will deliver it on Wednesday. Woo hoo! I think he will be surprised! I also got a royal purple velour sweat suit with hoodie for only $14, perfect to wear to Red Hat functions.
I ordered canned cat food from Jet.com along with several other things, in hubby's name through my phone so I could get the first time buyer's discount of 20% off. I got it over $35 so shipping is free through them also. That should be here in two days too. The only other thing I need to do is go to Target and get two packs of Pedigree canned dog food for the dogs. Hubby went to the grocery store to buy stuff to make spaghetti, so I had him pick up milk, 10 more cherry yogurts, a spiral ham for Christmas dinner, and a irs rewatching this past season of The Walking Dead, start watching The Commish, and just be together. With things being so tense with bedbugs, money and new car registration looming, we had been snappy at each other without meaning to, which has resulted in strong words on occasion. So we are making up now.
Tomorrow I'm going to make dog biscuits and pullout everything in our gift closet. It will vomit unto the craft room floor. Then I will get all the present put together for the girls and grandkids. Then start wfew cans of cat and dog food to last us until the other stuff gets here.
We are taking the night off again, to spend time upstarapping. Hubby will have to help when he gets home. I will put all the wrapped gifts in sealed plastic bags for hubby to take to work on Tuesday and mail overnight to them.
Tonight I got a Partylite Candle, Big heavy sucker, 3 wick, 8 inches tall and 6 inches wide, off of Offer UP for only $5. I saw it last night, offered the $5 that the seller was asking and met her at Walgreen's to do the exchange. Offer UP is an ap on my phone that you can buy and sell stuff and it lists stuff by picture that you take with your phone, fill out a couple of lines of information, and boom! It's listed. When you go to browse, you have started an account by filling out your confidential address and telephone number. So it lists things by those closest to you and when you go down the list, things get farther away. You put in how far away you want to look at things. It's a big list. When you browse, you see a collection of pictures only. If you want to know more, you click on the picture. If you want to ask a question, there is a button you click on and type in your question. There is a chat feature that you use to communicate so the other party doesn't get any of your personal information, like you do on Craigslist. I like this much better. You chat via this chat room. It just means when I meet, I turn on my Cell Data feature on my cell phone in case the other party has to get a hold of me.
So this candle is even nicer than I expected. It can in it's own box and is ready for shipping. I went to a Partylite Candle party once and bought a small candle just to be nice to the hostess. It was around $5 for a votive. I am guessing the pillar candle I bought went for $50 or so! Score! So I'm revamping what I am giving Drew and Cassie. Once I get all the gifts figured out tomorrow, and look for my mom's birthday present, I will let you know.
I forgot my mom's birthday on Friday! I felt so bad when she told me Saturday! I so have to look at the calendar more! I got her bulldog salt and pepper shakers. For Christmas, one of the things we got my parents was the matching cookie jar. The other thing is 1000 doggie poop bags with a leash dispenser. Practical.
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