Yesterday was the day.
I had lunch with my favorite handsome little man.
And then, since Sweet Tooth Fairy was right across the street... (Coincidence? I'll never tell.)
Jaxon had the "grasshopper" cupcake. That was the one he chose the first time we went there and it's the only one he'll ever get. If it ain't broke, don't fix it I guess.
Next stop: Best Buy. In another bold move to reduce our costs, I am leaving Verizon. Ack! Scary, right?
I bought a new phone. A prepaid plan will give me more features for half the price I was paying Verizon.
Of course, it's not set up yet. I wanted to keep my old phone number but the half dozen Best Buy associates at the cell phone desk were WAY too busy discussing the impending BYU basketball game to be of any assistance to little old me. Pfft! So I'm doing it on my own. If you need to call me...you might want to try the home phone for a couple of days.
Stupid sports!!!
Next stop was the bank.
Then the water place. No matter how much I want to save money, I CANNOT drink the water that comes from our tap. Gag!
Then on to Comcast to deliver one box full of expensive television paraphernalia.
I'm not gonna lie. I had some anxiety while disconnecting all this stuff. With each wire I removed I was thinking about the 15 episodes of Castle that I DVRed but never got around to watching. And the 12 episodes of The Upside Down Show that Jaxon has watched about 30 times each.
But we still have basic cable and now we have Netflix streaming in whenever we want, so I think we'll be okay.
We'll be okay, right? *whimper*
Next stop was the airport to pick up Dad returning from a business trip.
It's already a pretty tight squeeze in there and they just kind of pull off to the side of the entry and exit lanes and make it even harder to maneuver around when your pick up is ready. Grr!!!
The rest of the evening was spent having some dinner and getting the TV's hooked back up with basic cable.
Refreshingly simple task when you decide to go "old school" with television.
Dave Ramsey would be so proud. I'll be calling his show to yell, "We're debt free! FREEEEEDOOOOMMM!!!!" if it kills me.
4 comments:
Ahh, we're turning in our cable boxes tomorrow. It is kind of a scary move, but I figure if we miss it all that much after our 6 month trial, we can always get them back! We can run hulu-plus through our tv and we'll get digital ears to watch the news, so I don't think we'll be hurting too much... I hope!
I'm curious to hear how your phone stuff works. I'm not sure I could get my husband on board for that, but it's a great idea. We're not big phone talkers anyway.
Wow, good for you on the major changes. If you are 5 yrs ago I'm about 10. I keep wishing lately that things would go back about 20 years to where computers were helpful but the internet and cell phones did not control everyone's lives. And.... here I am on the internet.
We only have basic as well. Netflix streaming is a lifesaver with the kids. Wish I was one that could survive without TV totally but I'm not. I sure complain every month when I see the comcast bill, though!!
I love all of your money saving changes!
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