RETIRED: Target chit chat

Teacher supplies-You guys all know I'm a teacher, so I'm biased. Let me just say this: when you hear about teachers spending money out of their own pockets for classroom supplies, it's not pocket change they're spending--it's easily in the hundreds. That is all.

I didn't realize last night's drama was about posting links to coupons. I foolishly thought the hammer was falling on the beggars. Silly me.

I actually think I might just divert back to her costume from last year....I discovered it the other day when I was reorganizing her closet and I'm sure it will probably fit for the next year....or three And I love it, it was this bee with a big fluffy tu-tu-type skirt....here, I will try to attach a pic....first time trying that....

Yay, I think it worked....have to resize all of my extra-large files for everything though....

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Teacher supplies-You guys all know I'm a teacher, so I'm biased. Let me just say this: when you hear about teachers spending money out of their own pockets for classroom supplies, it's not pocket change they're spending--it's easily in the hundreds. That is all.

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she is sooooo cute!!! She makes an adorable bee.

Ok, that's it. I haven't been to T in 10 days and tomorrow I'm buying towels dammit.

I don't really blame the teachers....I think if I was a teacher and I was paying that much OOP on stuff I would not want to have to do it. But asking the parents to foot that bill more and more and more isn't exactly fair either....since they're usually paying a registration fee and money for supplies and sometimes textbook fees and other misc. fees. So much for free education Personally I think *before* the schools increase my property taxes they should have to have a balanced budget to begin with. That way I know they are being responsible with my hard-earned money.

In balancing a family budget I've learned that if the money isn't there, we don't spend it. We don't create more debt. We don't ask someone else to pay the bills for us. You start cutting out the least important stuff We just recently went through this whole thing here....all the debates within the community, etc. like I know a lot of ppl have probably had. But it just kills me when I hear, 'How dare you cut (insert random extracurricular activity) that?!? It's important!!!' Weeeellllll, common sense tells me that yes, it is important, but no, it isn't an absolute necessity and there are more important things to need to spend money on when we only have 'x' amount of dollars. And then next thing I know nothing is cut and my prop. taxes go up. The end.

I am just bitter today about everything going up Found out electricity (which is on the budget plan so it doesn't fluctuate each month) is going up $43/month And what KILLS me is that our kWh usage is LOWER than what it was this month last year Our electric provider just sees fit to raise their rates constantly.



Thanks!

What an adorable bee!

So DS ended up with some chipped paint, very bruised feelings, a $210 ticket and 2 points off his license. He is such a tender heart, was crying when we got home. The gal that called the cops? No damage, actually told the officer that her car must be made of steel, this was her third accident, and still no damage! Twatwaffle.

On a different topic - why won't my house just clean itself??? Seems like the majority of my time is spent picking up books, crayons, stuffed animals, shoes, socks, balls, cars, etc., that my kids leave in their wake, and then I just don't have the energy or motivation to tackle the "big stuff", like dusting, vacuuming, scrubbing, etc. I'm too embarrassed to have anyone over unless they're family, because my house is just that messy. ugh...

The 3.99 ones.

what? OMG why? That's such utter bullshit.