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Finall!! Sorry for the delay, totally forgot! Blush4DohFacepalmMarshmallowWhee

Who took their kids out Trick or Treating for Halloween?
What costumes were they? Did YOU dress up?
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Lets chat!! Then get on with the deals and stuff!!

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12-26-2023 at 06:47 PM.
12-26-2023 at 06:47 PM.
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Just ran across this article; might provide some ideas for what someone may want to watch on Hulu. It's titled the 71 Best TV Shows on Hulu Right Now and is quite recent.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/best-shows-on-hulu/
Thank you for the list. I almost made it to the bottom but then I gave up. I only found one thing that I wanted to watch but I forgot what it was.
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12-26-2023 at 07:39 PM.
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Just ran across this article; might provide some ideas for what someone may want to watch on Hulu. It's titled the 71 Best TV Shows on Hulu Right Now and is quite recent.

https://www.tvguide.com/news/best-shows-on-hulu/
I decided on The Other Black Girl. It's ok. I don't hate it.
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12-26-2023 at 08:04 PM.
12-26-2023 at 08:04 PM.
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Thank you for the list. I almost made it to the bottom but then I gave up. I only found one thing that I wanted to watch but I forgot what it was.
The two I made note of is Unprisoned and Under the Banner of Heaven. I'll probably check them out eventually.
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12-26-2023 at 08:15 PM.
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I decided on The Other Black Girl. It's ok. I don't hate it.
I already have this on my list.

The list reminded me of a few others I've watched that were okay - The Patient and Class of '09.

And if you didn't catch The Americans when it aired on FX, I'd recommend that show.
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12-26-2023 at 11:11 PM.
12-26-2023 at 11:11 PM.
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I already have this on my list.

The list reminded me of a few others I've watched that were okay - The Patient and Class of '09.

And if you didn't catch The Americans when it aired on FX, I'd recommend that show.
You're reading my mind. The Americans is the one I forgot. I've never seen it but I heard that it was excellent.
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12-27-2023 at 01:28 AM.
12-27-2023 at 01:28 AM.
I gave up on that Hulu show. It got too stupid for me. It was ok as a drama but the supernatural stuff didn't work and I couldn't stand her best friend. I think I'll watch the true crime thing about a guy who goes to Yosemite and throws his wife off a cliff.
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12-27-2023 at 12:18 PM.
12-27-2023 at 12:18 PM.
I had a horrible CVS shopping experience. Probably the worst one of my life. I don't want to talk about it or vent. It will just make me upset again. I've been having chest pains for the past few days. I almost went to the ER last night. I really didn't need today.
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12-27-2023 at 01:00 PM.
12-27-2023 at 01:00 PM.
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I had a horrible CVS shopping experience. Probably the worst one of my life. I don't want to talk about it or vent. It will just make me upset again. I've been having chest pains for the past few days. I almost went to the ER last night. I really didn't need today.
Sorry to hear it, I am still in my phase of getting out of the CVS business, but it will not happen overnight.

All my CVS cards are OLD and get the crappy CRTs. The best I could do yesterday, with what I HAD to spend and the coupons I had, was to spend $50 in ecbs to get $30 in ecbs back. The only saving grace was I had no cash out of pocket because of how our tax is calculated.
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12-27-2023 at 02:43 PM.
12-27-2023 at 02:43 PM.
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I had a horrible CVS shopping experience. Probably the worst one of my life. I don't want to talk about it or vent. It will just make me upset again. I've been having chest pains for the past few days. I almost went to the ER last night. I really didn't need today.
I'm sorry. I gave up on CVS a couple years ago. It wasn't worth the aggravation. I hope you can find something relaxing to do to take your mind off of it.
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12-27-2023 at 03:10 PM.
12-27-2023 at 03:10 PM.
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Sorry to hear it, I am still in my phase of getting out of the CVS business, but it will not happen overnight.

All my CVS cards are OLD and get the crappy CRTs. The best I could do yesterday, with what I HAD to spend and the coupons I had, was to spend $50 in ecbs to get $30 in ecbs back. The only saving grace was I had no cash out of pocket because of how our tax is calculated.
My trip started off when my shopping cart was missing the red flap on the child seat which caused my coupon bag to fall on the floor and spill all over the place. Then some guy on his phone walked right over it. My shopping trip got really bad after that. All of the staff was helping this lady with something so the only way that I could check out was with the SCO and I had problem after problem. All I was buying was 2 tubes of cheap toothpaste and my total was coming out to 8 bucks when it should've been a dollar. After about 20 voids I finally got it to work right and then I did exactly the same thing on the next transaction and of course it didn't work. I had $4 in ecb's that were expiring on that card so I spent 20 minutes walking around the store trying to find something to buy. I finally said aha Caliber tape but the price here is $3.69 for the cheap roll so that was out. I finally found some clearance shampoo and Christmas gummies. I was so glad to get out of the store after wasting my time for almost an hour. My experience wasn't really the problem. My chest pain was. I can't handle any stress at all without getting chest pain and it was completely unnecessary. I'm ok now. I'll just stay in bed for the rest of the day.
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12-27-2023 at 03:16 PM.
12-27-2023 at 03:16 PM.
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I'm sorry. I gave up on CVS a couple years ago. It wasn't worth the aggravation. I hope you can find something relaxing to do to take your mind off of it.
Smart of you. You were ahead of the curve.
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12-27-2023 at 05:24 PM.
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My trip started off when my shopping cart was missing the red flap on the child seat which caused my coupon bag to fall on the floor and spill all over the place. Then some guy on his phone walked right over it. My shopping trip got really bad after that. All of the staff was helping this lady with something so the only way that I could check out was with the SCO and I had problem after problem. All I was buying was 2 tubes of cheap toothpaste and my total was coming out to 8 bucks when it should've been a dollar. After about 20 voids I finally got it to work right and then I did exactly the same thing on the next transaction and of course it didn't work. I had $4 in ecb's that were expiring on that card so I spent 20 minutes walking around the store trying to find something to buy. I finally said aha Caliber tape but the price here is $3.69 for the cheap roll so that was out. I finally found some clearance shampoo and Christmas gummies. I was so glad to get out of the store after wasting my time for almost an hour. My experience wasn't really the problem. My chest pain was. I can't handle any stress at all without getting chest pain and it was completely unnecessary. I'm ok now. I'll just stay in bed for the rest of the day.
If it causes you that kind of stress, you definitely need to get out!

Today I was going to buy $20 of food stuffs to waste more ecbs. Then I realized if I really want to get out, I should do the Joah deal so I could get one of my favorite products to put up for future use. So I got $15 of Joah and $5 of food and will have $10 to spend next month.

Maybe I'll make it to 90% off with ecbs, unless I turn this trainwreck around. I usually do, I know it's a head space thing, but it has definitely hit harder and more frequently in the last few weeks.

This year, I was able to provide Christmas for a neighbor who has had some hard times, thanks to this past year's 90% CVS sales. She can't work after having recently recovered from cancer, they have four kids and the husband is trying to finish his PhD with a very small stipend. It really is a great feeling to have gifts already on the shelf that can help a family like theirs. So getting to 90% with ecbs to blow would be a chance to replace those gifts with things for someone else in need next year.
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12-27-2023 at 07:42 PM.
12-27-2023 at 07:42 PM.
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If it causes you that kind of stress, you definitely need to get out!

Today I was going to buy $20 of food stuffs to waste more ecbs. Then I realized if I really want to get out, I should do the Joah deal so I could get one of my favorite products to put up for future use. So I got $15 of Joah and $5 of food and will have $10 to spend next month.

Maybe I'll make it to 90% off with ecbs, unless I turn this trainwreck around. I usually do, I know it's a head space thing, but it has definitely hit harder and more frequently in the last few weeks.

This year, I was able to provide Christmas for a neighbor who has had some hard times, thanks to this past year's 90% CVS sales. She can't work after having recently recovered from cancer, they have four kids and the husband is trying to finish his PhD with a very small stipend. It really is a great feeling to have gifts already on the shelf that can help a family like theirs. So getting to 90% with ecbs to blow would be a chance to replace those gifts with things for someone else in need next year.
It looks like Wags will be on fire this Sunday. If you don't have a stockpile of RR's to make your Sunday transactions easier, now is the time to stock up.

I went out to get a burger in the afternoon and decided to go to RA since it was close by. I wasn't expecting to get anything because I hadn't been there since Sunday morning and all of the good stuff should've been gone. Well, they had full stock of the Gain deals and Old Spice gift sets at 50% off with a $2 dq. Combine this with the store coupons and it was a very hot deal. I got a car full of stuff.

Unlike CVS, everything at RA and Wags went perfectly.



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12-28-2023 at 07:19 AM.
12-28-2023 at 07:19 AM.
Off to Wags. CVS is right across the street (isn't it always?) but I'm skipping it.
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12-28-2023 at 12:05 PM.
12-28-2023 at 12:05 PM.
Any ideas for Hulu? I tried The Americans yesterday. I only watched the first 5 minutes and I wasn't into it. I like dramas where the world is against the person but I'm not much on comedy or romance and definitely not action or the Marvel stuff. I'll watch old sci-fi and horror movies, too. Old classics for sure. True crime if it's really interesting.
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