1. My work schedule for the past several weeks has literally been insane. I am working most days from 8am till 5:45pm. I have to leave at 5:45 in order to pick up Lily from practice at Lexington Youth Theater.
2. Yesterday, was a very long and stressful day. Our good friend experienced a stroke. We are praising God that he has regained all movement and is expected to make a full recovery.
3. I spent most of the morning working on bill paying and update our budget. I am happy to say that we have survived! Our state tax return came in and with that I finally feel like we are on a solid financial track. We are still working on paying for summer camps and pool dues but those are the only extra expenses I see from this point forward.
4. Our cable was scheduled to increase by $35 dollars this month. Matt and I are in agreement that we can not continue to pay so much for internet, cable and home phone service. After 3 separate phone calls, we managed to keep our favorite television stations and increase our internet speed but reduced out bill down $60. We are losing our home phone but in the end this works well for us.
5. Zach is playing spring baseball, we have purchased a new bat and glove. We are very fortunate that he has been loaned the gear to play catcher. I am most definitely ready for warm weather and baseball.
6. Kendall will be completing both her sign language club and Battle of the Books this month. This will definitely allow for more home time.
7. We are expecting (predicted) to have one last winter event Monday. I am so ready for spring.

I often post about how I save money but today I am going to share about why it is important that we save everywhere we can.

Today, all three of the little kids have eye appointments. The appointments are in Greensboro, which is approximately 30 minutes north,   The first stop of the day is Costco.  We needed to fill my van, $26.50.  We needed to pick up several spices and I found a new dress that I love !    Total spent is $58.70. By 10:30, we have already spent $85.20.

Actual eye appointments cost because we have to see a specialist out of network, is $225.   The reason for going out of network is simple, there is currently not a provider in network.

Lunch is a requirement because it is 12:30 and every one is hangry.  We agreed on Mo’s Southwest Grill.   Each of the kids ate an entire kids meal, guess I miss the days of one kids meal for all three,   Our total for lunch $38.70.  Total at 1:30pm is. $348.90.

Now that we are civil again, we are headed to VisionWorks to purchase glasses,  VisionWoorks has a special Buy One Get One Free.   The original plan was for each of the kids and me to get a new pair of glass.  The estimate for my pair was $630 so we decided to order online.  Zach ended up with 2 pair for a total of $299.95 and both the girls got a pair for $229.

The final stop is Costco to order Lily,s contacts.  Lily,s total is $177.95

Total for day= $1054.90,   Yes that is expensive,