Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Blog of mini stories

Over the weekend I experienced a funny bathroom incident. After riding in a car for 4 hours and walking through an unfamiliar mall for 15 minutes, I finally find a bathroom. Only problem is, the men's room is out of order for cleaning. Luckily the cleaning lady sees the pain on my face and lets me into the women's room. When exiting I noticed she wasn't letting any lady in until I left. At least this time there really was a man in the woman's room.

I was mowing the lawn and raking up the excess grass. I raked up what appeared to be a worm. Upon further inspection my worm looked a lot like a snake. Yes, I found a baby snake. He was probably about 6 inches long. Smaller than the SECOND one we found. The second one was upset because he got launched across the yard. He coiled up and opened his mouth at me. If I wasn't wearing shorts I would have been bolder, but I was afraid of getting bitten. So I attacked him with weed killer.

About two weeks after I filed my taxes my federal refund check was deposited into my account. Last week my mother texted me to tell me that a tax check came in the mail. Odd. She mailed it to me, and to my surprise it was addressed to Sarah. (The check, not the mail from my mother.) So I signed it over to myself and went to deposit it. The woman told me I couldn't deposit Sarah's tax refund unless she was also on the account. I told her that I changed my name and that was my tax refund. She said Oh and asked for ID. Then she deposited my check and I went on my happy way. When I got home I checked my account online and saw that my stimulus check was deposited. I don't quite understand why the federal government got it right and the state didn't.

I am a coupon warrior. I clip coupons and go through ads to see what's on sale. When it is on sale and I have a coupon, I buy. Glade spray is on sale for 97 cents at CVS and I had a buy 1 get 1 free coupon. However, when I used the coupon the cashier said the total came to 26 cents. I paid and left quickly. When she scanned the coupon it took off the maximum amount stated on the coupon, which was around $1.56. Definiatley the best deal I've gotten so far.