Weekend Fun!

I gave you a break from all my writings for the weekend, but I'm back again! I hope you all took advantage of the TAX-FREE weekend in Dothan and other areas. I did! Friday night the "soon to be teenager" and I did a Walmart run. Of course, it was all a guess of what she would need for school because 7th graders don't get a list, like they did in elementary school. It's almost enough to make you cry! Anyway, we decided we would take a guess at what we might need and then go back on Monday and get anything we missed. Like I said in an earlier post, patience is the key to all this tax-free stuff, and needless to say, in the isles of Walmart in the school supplies patience was definitely tried and tested and graded! Everyone was very nice, just moving slowly down the isles trying to retrieve every item on the list, on that isle, so you didn't have to make another pass. It got to the point, while you were waiting you would try to help others find what they needed to pass the time. Great service for others since the shelves were so messy. In that kind of frenzy "messy" is bound to be. My hat is off to those Walmart employees who had the job of correcting the "mess". I was so disappointed that I found no 5 cent 1-subject,70 page spiral notebooks that they had advertised. I just love those things for around the house stuff. I use that type of notebook to write my notes for my Sunday school lesson. Shelby uses them in school and when she needs a little entertainment, they are great to grab for her to write in and doodle. I ask an associate if they had more and he went off to check. He came back with the answer that they were gone and people had come in and they were buying them by the CASE. My favorite little notebooks gone! I couldn't be leave it. I'm sure they will get more in, but I wanted to take advantage of the tax-free days. Anyway, on Saturday I got out and did a little clothes shopping for Lance and I. Got some great deals! I try to buy late in the season anyway, but with sales, extra % off and no tax--it just can't be beat!

I hope you did well on all your TAX-FREE shopping. It just makes you think you got a deal and everyone loves a deal!

Michelle