As you wipe it

Well, things have slowed down a bit on our YouCaring site, but we are still getting a few readers and kind souls donating every day. We are in crunch mode for finding a rental for the next year (unless by a miracle we raise enough for a down payment! Ooooooh, how I am hoping for a miracle), and our lives are getting intensely crazy again. This blog will provide some much needed comic relief for me, and I hope you find some sense of happiness/peace/humor/insert-adjective-of-your-choice in it, too!

My latest poll results are in, and according to the majority (3 votes, which I'm quite certain are all from Mark Brandt), you want to see a post about toilet paper.

"I want a paragraph regarding the thought process you use in regards to the decision making process you use for toilet paper purchasing"

So, you really want to know how my brain works when deciding to buy toilet paper? It goes a bit like this...

"Crap. No one filled the toilet paper holder? Why can't my 2 year old do this, yet? Oh, maybe she hid it in her room under the bed. Nope. There better be some in the closet. Nope. Seriously, Aaron? You can't tell me when there's none left? Maybe we should just order this off Amazon. Maybe it's cheaper. Nah- what if we run out before the next delivery, then I have to buy more at the store anyway."

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Log onto Target to check coupons... 153 coupons later, there's only one coupon for the most expensive toilet paper so I wasted 10 minutes and now I'm getting annoyed. Check the Cartwheel app and find 5% off Target brand TP.

"Alright, so I guess we'll just get the Up & Up kind again. Aaron said he hates that kind... we can't afford fancy TP- his butt will just have to man up. Was there a coupon for Up & Up products online?" Return to computer to check, get through 140 coupons and Lili slams the computer shut.

"FORGET IT!"

Head to Target, spend 20 minutes in dollar section wondering what I could use in the classroom, decide not to spend any money on my classroom, pick up some baby food, check out baby clothing clearance, put everything back I pick up, check if any food is on super sale, check every clearance end cap in the store, check out with baby food and fruit snacks, get home,

"CRAP. I forgot the damn toilet paper. &!)#($#*@O@$!!!!!!"

Repeat process and hopefully remember to bring it home instead of leaving it under the cart.

So there ya go, folks. That's how someone tries really hard to save money on everyday items, and ultimately saves a ton because she forgets to buy them. Good thing we subscribe to paper towel on Amazon...