'tis the season

ahem...me..me..me..meee...hit it!

On the 1st day of Christmas my true love sent to me...

a new gwen stefani CD

On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love sent to me...

2 prada bags

On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love sent to me...

3 peach martinis

On the 4th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

4 plasma tv's

On the 5th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

a 5 karat diamond ring!

On the 6th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

6 cashmere sweaters

On the 7th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

7 nights of dancin'

On the 8th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

an 8 month vacation

On the 9th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

9 first class tickets

On the 10th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

10 mini islands

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

11 bedroom mansion

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love sent to me..

a 12 figure jackpot ($X00,000,000,000)!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Holidays!!

Its not that I'm cheap...

.. I just love a good deal.

The thing I can't figure out about myself, is why my couponing strategy, zeal, passion doesn't carry over to grocery shopping. Although I'm pretty good about using the bonus discount card, there is absolutely no way that I EVER remember coupons for groceries. e.g. i will forget to use coupons that are attached to the item that I'm buying. "buy item x and save $1.00 now". yeah.. my pantry is filled with boxes with those coupons on them.. eh.. what can I do?

But I do I have a practice that is quite miserly. Actually its a practice that rides the fine line between genuis and cheapness. Okay.. so my little sony radio that I wear around my arm when I go to the gym, it uses triple A batteries that wear out in about 15 to 20 trips to the gym. But me being the genius that I am, I don't throw that batteries away. NO. I save them for my television/cable remote controls which require a significantly lower amount of battery power per use in order to operate. Seriously, the alleged dead batteries from the sony radio will last at least 6 months in the remote control.. Genius or cheapness? Either way, I'm sure mom and dad would be proud to know that I clearly learned something in my circuit design courses. Now that's tuition $$ well spent!