The Post Where I Realize How Cheap I Really Am.....

 today charlotte and i got away for a few hours of girl-time. we went to target, pier 1 and panera. 

i am looking for an outdoor rug for my new favorite little spot on the front porch but had no luck today. 

i refuse to pay an arm and a leg for an outdoor rug that is going to get wet, dirty, buggy, bubbles 

spilled on it, popsicles dripped on it and rained on. plus i am cheap, so i'm just not.

that little old copper watering can belonged to eric's great-grandma i think.

this little canister holds a whole bunch of chalk and sits on a little book case on the porch. 

we are set on chalk and bubbles for a while, along while.

whenever i see either of them for a really good price i guess i buy more.

 bubbles and chalk are essential for summer days at the bramer homestead. 

i love those birds on that canister, i scrounged it up at one of my favorite junk stores for under a dollar.

charlotte took this camera with her on our errands today. she said she was a real photographer. 

in target she said she was video taping people with her camera and at one point she dropped the camera, looked at a lady in the aisle by us and said; "now THAT is ridiculous to be that full! " i looked up and the lady's cart was actually overflowing and yes, it was ridiculous.

 i hung my head in shame and made a quick exit out of that aisle. that girl of mine....!!!

i got this necklace at a rummage sale for twenty five cents last week. 

mmmm hmmm...a whole quarter. 

and actually all i had on me was a twenty dollar bill so wyatt bought it for me from his

 rummaging money. what a sweetie. 

although i guess i did give him his rummaging money in the first place.

i smuggled these in when i took the kids to the movie the other day.

i know, it's illegal and stuff but i did.

and if i must tell the whole truth i also smuggled in a capri sun for each kid.

some days i have no shame to my game.

i confess the main reason i bought the animal crackers is because i really wanted to
 make these with the kids though. so, so cute.

i usually avoid wal-mart in favor of target but some times i give in because i actually need something specifically from wal-mart. well, yesterday was one of those days. the trip was worth it because i scored this shirt for myself for $1 and an even cuter one for miss charlotte for $2. oh yeah. i have to admit that one reason i avoid that place is because i usually cannot get out of there without seeing one of 

my families from school. 

{translation: one of the families that i did home visits with or that came to our playgroups when

 i worked in the birth-3 program for our school district}

some days it's a good thing to see my families and some days i just want to block that 

jerry springer-drama from my mind completely.

wyatt and his best and favorite cousin, ben,  playing with the water guns today.

best $3 i ever spent? quite possibly.

 now i need to remember to go buy a few back-ups for when these break. 

they can't last long with the amount of use they have gotten already.

Wow- this whole post was pretty much all about how CHEAP i am, huh?

i'm not sure if that's a good thing, but i just re-read the post so i guess it's true.

well, time for me to go lay in bed and watch a little crime/prison/investigation/mystery tv.
it might just be another "Lock-Up" (anyone?) night for me again if there is nothing else on tonight...
yep, love me some crime tv, not gonna lie. 

good night, y'all!