Healthy Me

My teenage daughter might be taking a trip with her band class to Disney this winter and I'm a bit nervous about it.  That's scary to me - her going that far away without parental supervision.  I'm slowly cutting the apron strings here but she is just a freshman.  I don't have to cut them completely yet!

I do my best to save money where we can, but I have one guilty pleasure - jeans from The Buckle.  They fit GREAT.  They look fantastic and they last.  From the attention my husband gives me when I wear them compared to other brands, they've become a favorite! With my kick to save money, I've been on the search for buckle coupons.  So happy I found them!!

Summer is coming to an end.  We took one vacation to our home state to see family back in June but that was all that was affordable this summer.  Between hotel, dog kennel, etc., it's just too expensive anymore.

My sister gave me an idea for us for a future purchase.  She has both a 5th wheel to pull and a regular RV to drive.  I'm wondering what 5th wheel insurance is like, but I am thinking - rather than pull a trailer, perhaps we should buy a regular RV that drives itself so I don't need to put the wear and tear on my new truck, we won't have hotel expenses, and we can even take a dog with us if we want.

Something to think about for next summer.

For the past month, I've dived into finding deals - deals on food, deals on health care needs, deals on school supplies, and even finding whatever great sale for school clothes that I just can't pass up.  When you combine drastically reduced prices on online school clothes with free shipping, how can you not buy it?  I actually have a small stockpile of things like toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, etc. so we won't run out (which happened too often before with all these kids in the house) and found a pretty little pair of Nike hi-top tennis shoes for my daughter at sale prices.  I've bought school supplies for little to nothing. In this economy, saving money is the way to go.

Once I'm done with school clothes, it'll be time to think about Christmas (can you believe it?).  I finally bought myself a Wii Fit (I really wanted it to help make exercising fun and it does), but the kids need some things for the Wii system too and Christmas is the perfect opportunity to get it for them. My son also wants those Monster Beats headphones all the kids are wearing.  It's become a challenge for me to find the best price for everything I buy now.  I keep watch on Buy.com for great deals!

It's been awhile since I've posted.  I took some time off and enjoyed the hectic schedule with my kids finishing up last school year, enjoyed the summer off with them, and now that school starts in little more than a week, I am getting excited about school starting and getting back to work myself.

In terms of healthy news - - I have kept off the weight I lost earlier this year.  Yeah for me!  I stopped dieting because I wasn't sure if I wanted to go further or not.  I've decided that I do.  So, on the day my kids start school, mom starts The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Designed for Rapid Results again.  It's just too easy to lose weight this way (and after all these months, I've kept it off) so I'm going to get it finished up.