I feel pretty sure she is supposed to have a sexy “come hither” look about her, but I just couldn’t get past thinking she looks like she’s in pain and she’s pointing to where she bit her lip. Whiner.

As a rule I don’t shop at Dierbergs. I LOVE walking into that grocery store. . . it is just so pretty. It makes you feel pretty to walk through it. The produce glistens. The shelves are well stocked and TALL. Even the lighting is different. It’s just pretty.

It’s also ridiculously expensive. Their sale prices are usually more than other stores regular prices. That bugs me.

This week I made an exception to my rule and I went to Dierbergs. I have subscribed to a new blog written by a woman here in town (locals can email me and I’ll tell you what it is). She goes through the grocery stores in town, does coupon matching, lists the BEST deals, tells you what she’s going to do, gives you a $5 option at Walgreens, etc. Good stuff. Usually I start with one of her posts and build from there. THAT’s what happened on Saturday and Dierbergs ate my dust!

Roll of Bounty – $.50
4 Boxes of Cereal – $.99 each
3 English Muffins – $1 each
1 lb. Broccoli Crowns – $1
3 Scotch Brite Sponges – $0
2 Yogurts – $1.98
Honey Butter Spread – $1
Total: $12.13

I didn’t keep track of the actual cost of all this, but I estimate it to be about $41 (that’s conservative) and that means I saved $28.87 (or 70%!)

I might just have to become a regular at Dierbergs!

My birthday month is only five days away.
I have always liked May. It’s a glorious month in most ways. Nice weather. School ends. People focus on me for a day. Good stuff.

Since we moved here in 2002, May has taken on a different flavor. Tornado weather. School ends and Honey’s job is STRESS filled. Hollywood releases a major action film and it gets all the focus.

2002 – Star Wars
2003 – Matrix Reloaded
2004 – Mom came to visit and almost died. No movie. No focus.
2005 – Star Wars
2006 – Honey graduates from Seminary. No movie. No focus.
2007 – Pirates of the Caribbean
2008 – ??
2009 – Star Trek
2010 – Iron Man

It’s not May yet. . . I have five days.
Today we had a tornado come through. Honey is stressed about work. As you see. . . Iron Man 2 is scheduled to open May 7! My thought is we might get everything over with early. Ha.

HOW SELF CENTERED IS THIS POST?????

My original point was to let parents and sisters and other book buying types (Brooke) know that there is a great gift option available. Futoshiki. Yea – if you can find a Futoshiki book I would love that. (For all my spare time, right?)