Well...two things I swore I would never do, actually. I bought stuff at Wal-Mart today just because I had a coupon and I've started a stockpile. I guess this is the fist sign that you are becoming a crazy coupon lady. Maybe I need an intervention. Regardless, I did get some awesome bargains today...here's a quick run down:
4 boxes of Ronzoni Penne pasta for $1 each
2 boxes of Ronzoni linguini for $.87 each
4 bags of beggin strips ( for Baylee and Bosley, NOT Kasey, he prefers real bacon) for $1.48 each
2 boxes of Lance's peanut butter and cheese crackers for $1.78 each
2 jars of Peanut butter for $1.38 each
2 packages of sausages for the grill for $2 each
2 pack of tootbrushes (as Gavin would say) for $3.97 or $1.98 each
2 bottles of BBQ sauce for $.88 each (this is what I bought just because I had a coup...I am welcoming all BBQ sauce recipes, by the way)
And some other random things...dog food (saved $3), loofahs, etc. Those details aren't important.
My coup savings came out to about $25....$31 dollars total after tax. I had some buy one get one free ones, and several $1.00 off 2...and a few just coups for single items. The nice Wal-Mart checker lady said she felt like she was on TV...I just felt awkward knowing that the people behind me in line were probably getting annoyed. However, I was pretty stoked that I got some good bargains...and Kasey kindly offered to build me another pantry for the stockpile I swore I would never have.
So 3 weeks into summer I am find myself feeling like I'm on an episode of Hoarders (no correlation to the stockpile starting, for the record). I like to think of it as "organized" organizing. I have however finished the bathroom shelves, and almost done with the hall storage shelves. I have lots and lots of give away piles though so I consider the mess a success. My "give away" piles would normally be garage sale piles... however after meeting a very special goup of amazing ladies last weekend, all of my things will go to Broadway Treasures (second hand store in downtown Plainview...just FYI for all my out of town readers...all 2 of you-ha ha).
It's amazing how God humbles you sometimes. After working a Walk to Emmaus last weekend, I felt this uncomfortable sense of being "adored" I guess is the word for it. It seemed like all the ladies wanted to come and talk to me or ask me questions because I was a "counselor" or they would say "You have the counselor at your table...y'all are so lucky." It was like they thought I had it all together and I am in the business of "fixing" people's problems. But I'm a nobody...I'm not this great and wonderful helper who has all the answers and can "fix" it all. I'm just a regular person that has been called by God to minister to others. I can't fix anything, I can just listen to them and love them. As I looked at the other ladies on the walk most of them were "poor" and had "nothing" by MY standards. But as the weekend progressed, these ladies were acting as if they had all the riches in the world and felt like they had EVERYTHING because for the first time they understood their riches in Christ. They understood that God loved them, had forgiven them, and continue to forgive them everyday. Talk about being served an entire humble pie. It made me realize how often I take for granted my identity in Christ, how much He loves me, how precious the cross is, and how trememdously I have been blessed. In the end, the ladies who felt blessed BY me were actually a blessing TO me. Praise God!
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