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Today is one of those days when I cannot keep my eyes open. I was talking to my best friend on the phone earlier and started to cough. It got so bad I had to get off the phone and totally had a little spell. Then, my throat was hurting so bad and my chest felt like I had an elephant sitting on it. I do feel like I’m kinda getting something. I was laying on the couch chilling as much as I could chill with an 8 year old climbing all over me. So tired.

Then we headed out to the orchard, grocery store, and for some Mexican food. We took a nice drive on the way to the orchard. They live right there on the premises and have a neat pool with a nice swimming pool fence to set it off from the rest of the property. Then, the kicker was the two golden retrievers that meet you when you are there. They are so nice and beautiful. It was a good after noon!

So it’s almost that time of year again…Christmas. I do not even want to think about what to buy people. My daughter is always the easiest to buy for because she wants everything. She is even into wrestling this year, which I blame the movie Fred 2 for. John Cena plays his dad and she’s realized he is on tv and actually flipped to a wrestling match and watched him. She got really, really excited to my dismay. So like I said, you can buy that kid anything.

As for me, I’m easy to buy for. I’ve found a few Fossil items that are to die for, and I am always up for pretty crafty things. I wish my husband was as easy to please. He never wants anything so I have to think hard and make good decisions on what he would like even though he can’t think of it himself! I’m thinking maybe a new watch, perhaps bulova watches are the place to start looking? I may need to add a fun Wii game in there and a couple items of clothing, but it sounds like a good start.

It’s quite funny when you start to think about all the things that can be allergens. My grandma is allergic to cockroach dust. Is that not weird? She doesn’t have cockroaches, but she sure did get sick and have to be tested for allergies. Of course she’s allergic to some of the old standards like mold and ragweed. Why am I talking about this topic? My allergies are killing me tonight! I’m not sure what exactly my culprits are either. I’ve always gotten really allergy ridden around cats and sometimes dogs. Perfumes seems to be doing it lately as well. I honestly wish there was a surgery that I could have to make allergies go away! I’d run right out and buy a dog and 4 cats!

I’m watching the XFactor for the first time. I know, I did that backwards they are half way or more through at this point. But, there is nothing on and I’m bored. There was a girl on here that looked about 12, she sang a mash up of Justin Bieber and she killed it. She was so cute. Now, it’s a 14 year old who is singing the slowest darn song and looks like she’s 30. Oh well. Anyway besides watching reality tv I’m thinking of Christmas. This year when I shop I’m using a new rfid credit card so the thieves can’t get to me. I’ve already had one scare with that this year and it’s not even a holiday timing thing. I have this feeling people will be desperate this year so I’m not taking any chances with my credit card numbers!

I’m not going to be on an episode of Extreme Couponing or anything…Hoarders would be more like it. My mom and I have been couponing for real for a while now. Not just clip out of the Sunday paper and take a couple to the store to save money. We buy or acquire multiple papers from multiple towns and seek out deals. We’ve done good. I’ve got 29 bottles of soft soap in my cabinet. I mean you know, it’s not edible or anything.

My goal was to find more food coupons because I don’t do really great on that. I do ok, but not to the extend that I have 29 random boxes of pancakes sitting there or anything. They tell me you can find coupons for anything, even victoria’s secret coupons are floating around out there. This is all going to come in handy for Black Friday and Christmas shopping. I’m planning on being as frugal as possible this year!

I am so in the mood for scary movies. Humm scary movies and a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks. Yum. Sounds like a good night huh? I have been watching Secret Circle on tv and oh my the theme song alone will put you in the mood for some Halloween. They did a great job getting crazy weird creepy music for that show. At first I did not like it, but it grew on me episode 3. Now I’m hooked. Of course I’m still all Vampire Diaries addicted and stuff too.

I was thinking of baking up some muffins that are pumpkin related with spiced cream cheese icing tomorrow? Not done any fall baking yet so it’s about time. I’d also like to have a good cup of cider before Halloween hits. I am seriously behind on my Fall to dos.

During the summer I signed up with At&t. I loved my phone but I hated my service and the hidden fees. I’ve been looking at new plans through Atrix, Verizon, etc. I finally settled on something, but banged up my phone. So now I’m on the look for a new phone. I don’t really need anything fancy. Although I wanted a blackberry until recently, and an iPhone seems so appealing. I am sticking with a small data plan so nothing too awesome.

I’m torn between a touch screen and not. Right now it’s touch and I think that is why it is so banged up. Well, that and my keys and dropping the stupid thing on the porch! Any suggestions?

You know what I love about Fall? Everything. I love the weather and colors. I love the smells and the little kidlets dressed up ready to trick or treat. I love the orchard and all the goodies that I want to bake up around this time of year. Something else I love is the festivals we have here. We have things that are history related, craft related, and charity related. It’s not hard to hit up a few trade show display booths on any given weekend.

Fall in Indiana is truly amazing. I can’t imagine it being any more perfect anywhere else except maybe around Maine. I have always imagined that the colors would be so gorgeous there. Other than that I think I’ll stick to my quaint little Indiana town!

It seems like there is a death of someone I know every other month. There was a death pretty close to me in August. Now, I found out that my childhood best friend’s little brother died in a wreck last night. He was only 26! Although we stopped being friends in the middle of high school I can remember him being born and remember him being a little guy when we were growing up. We were best friends from 5 years old until about 16 or 17 so I knew that family fairly well. As a little brother you can imagine he was always around.

Today I started thinking of Sydney’s little friends that we’ve known since school started and likening it to what it would be like if one of their siblings died. Ughh, it’s just a disgusting thought.

You know I usually buck traditional things like buying goofy gifts for Valentine’s Day or sending flowers to someone because you made them mad. My thoughts are usually just take that money and spend it on something that person really wants, and can use for more than a limited time only. Then I got my first flower delivery. Ok, yes, the money could be spent on something way more frugal. Can I actually use flowers for more than a week? No. Was I home alone when it happened with nobody around to see it or hear about it or brag about how someone loved me that much? Yes. However, the feeling I got from being sent flowers was well worth throwing my frugalities out the window!

If you want to make someone feel truly special send them a flower delivery. It could be a birthday, a random holiday, an I’m thinking of you, or a new arrival to the family. Getting that delivery will put an instant smile on the face of the recipient. I’ve decied that thekey is to not send them so much that it loses that special feeling, which doesn’t break the bank either.