Oklahoma is OK!!

While Michael, J&J are headed off to Springfield,MO for the Homeschool National Basketball Tournament, Jeffrey and Josiah and I decided to stay in Oklahoma with my sister and spend the week. It was a tough choice to stay. I really LOVE watching J&J play basketball, but the reality is that they will probably only be playing a total of 4 or 5 hours all week long. The rest of the time we would have to be hanging out at the gym or the hotel with thousands of other people. There are 35 different courts all around Springfield where the games will be played, so that would mean LOTS more time just hangin' at gyms than we had at the state tournament. So, we decided to stay here and play.

Today, we cashed in big on Chick-Fil-A coupons and other freebies. The CFA here in OK has a "Repeat Reciept Day" where if you keep your receipt from a certain day in Feb. you can come back any day in March and get the exact thing for free! What a deal!! So combine that with 3 other coupons for free food that Julie and I had and you get all this food and drinks....(this pic was taken with my camera phone, which accounts for the wierd margins)

for $10. We also traded one of the kid's meal prizes (which was a Reader Rabbit CD) for an ice cream that all the kids shared. Then we went and picked up two free movies and Blockbuster and Redbox which we're going to employ tomorrow when my sister and I have a big "baking day". Gotta love freebies! I'm getting Julie hooked on cheapness...um I mean frugality! We scored several 25 cent Colgate toothpastes and $1.19 Tom's natural toothpastes and free Garnier Nutrisse shampoo and hair products last weekend. Her comment was "Yeah, I can see how this can be addictive!" No joke!!