Project 365- Day 22

Yesterday was a really good day. First the baby girl had no issues being without her binky all day. I even got her to bed without any crying and with barely a fuss. Then the little man and I left the big guy to relax and we headed to our CVS for some coupon deals. I was able to snag all this stuff worth $77, on sale even, for a total of $6 out of pocket!

I had lots of good coupons, including a few freebies, and combined with the extra care bucks I had, I came away spending just under $30 and with $24 in extra care bucks to spend on another trip.
So I saved something like 92% off my bill. The Starbucks drinks are a total treat for my husband to have at work and I would never pay money for those normally since they were still $5 each on sale. I also would have only spent $4 but my husband needed deodorant and I could not make the poor guy wait for another sale. Luckily it was 50% so only $2 but still more than I would normally spend on deodorant these days.
And I already have another shopping trip planned for today.

But my night got even better. Two days ago while I was doing a search on my name I found a page that read: Winner of the bread machine: Rosalinda (rosalinda_herrick@).

My eyes almost popped out of my head. Now I know I have a very unusual name and to top it off that is exactly how one of my email accounts begins. It HAD to be me right? Then I remembered. During Christmas time a lot of the blogs I follow had giveaways. I probably entered dozens of them and me being the ever organized one didn't write down a single word about which ones I entered and how the winners would be announced.

You know the saying, a day late and a dollar short?
That is literally the story of my life. So I guess I figured, no way I am winning any of these contests.
But I DID win!! Except now, it is a month later and because of the whole "day late" thing I wrote an email to the blogger, completely convinced that I was going to be told it had been given to another.

Last night, my luck changed. She sent me an email saying, yes I had won. And they had emailed me. And could I send my ADDRESS SO THEY COULD SEND ME MY BREAD MACHINE!!

I had tears in my eyes because I really wanted this machine!
I almost asked my husband to get it for me as a Christmas gift but I knew we could not afford it.

Yesterday was a really, really, good day.
So good it makes me feel like dancing!!
I love this guy's voice and the lyrics say it all!