I AM NOT NORMAL, I HATE SHOPPING!

Ohh where to begin?!! Sooo many issues and side stories.  It has been a crazy messed up day.  I guess I will start with the morning up till now..

Last night I signed up with my bank's website so I could view my info online.  I LOVE THIS OPTION!!  They have it where you can pay your bills or send money to anyone threw the website, but I am not sure I am ready to be that deep with online banking. Anyone do this? How do you like it if you do?  Anyway, so this morning I looked up my balance so I could start a budget and figuring out what bills to pay and how much money I will have for school shopping and groceries.  Then I decided to look over our statement and see what we spend all our money on.  A lot for the gas station, and the grocery store, some here and there for renting movies, and one or two for ordering out, and oh ya, that thing I ordered online and still haven't gotten yet! And then I come across something called Paycom.net!  What the heck is that!? and why have they charged me 7 times in 2 months that add up to almost $80!!!!!!!  NO WONDER MY WATER BILLED BOUNCED! So I am steaming mad, because I know these are fraudulent charges but I decided to call Josh before I called the bank, just to see.  He is working but I ask him if he has a free min to talk and he says yes no problem.  I told him about me looking up our banking info online and asked if he ever heard of paycom.net.  A brief moment of silence and then a "um, ya, maybe, why?" If you could have saw me you would have seen steam coming out of my ears. Then he cuts me off and says he has to go and he will call me later about it. (chicken) Then I go online and looked the company up and what I found is not very nice to say the least.  All sorts of ppl have complaints agenst this company. here is a link. And I am not stupid either, I know this was for a porn site.  I don't want to air my dirty laundry but COME ONE, $80!  I am not condemning him or anything, but this has been an on going issue and I thought he had come close to victory over this pet sin. Later on this issue..

So that puts me in a real pissy mood as I am doing my bills and deciding what not to pay this week and save for next week.  I budged $250 for the school shopping and grocery shopping combined.  The kids start Monday and I have been putting it off and they keep nagging me when are we going to go.  So I promised them today was the day. I get out to go and my seat is all wet because I left my window down and it rained last night. UGH! So I have to put a towel down on my seat and off we go. Our first stop is at the bank.  I run in and leave them in the car, with the radio on as Zane requested.  As I am waiting in line I hear my horn tooted a few times.  This does not help my mood any because I know it was one of my kids up out of their seat playing with the radio and messing with the horn.  I get my cash and a money order for the water bill and hurry back to the van.  I was gone 10 min tops.  With a knowing glance I ask "so who was it that honked the horn, cuz I heard it all the way in the bank" Annie points to Zane and he gives that look of being guilty but trying not be and yells NO I DIDN'T.  Usually this is grounds for a slap on the butt but my anger is rising and I didn't want to take it out on him.  I tell them you know better and you guys better behave in the stores we are going to.  Our next stop is   Right away Sophia starts to throw a fit cuz she doesn't want to sit in the cart right, she wants to sit in the buggy part but BigLot's carts are too small for her to.  I mean she threw a screaming fit, so loud I got looks and I heard a cashier make the comment "Oh someone isn't happy" NO DUH!  As I am fussing with her the other three run ahead of me to the School Stuff.  They are excited but more gurrrrr, they KNOW the rules when we are out in a store.  Stay right by the cart, and if possible hold on to the side of it. So I catch up with them and again with the stern voice, COME ON GUYS, YOU KNOW BETTER, STAY WITH ME HERE OR WE WILL LEAVE. So out with the lists the teachers sent out.  Ofcourse they are specific about what kind of binder and folders and pencils and crayons and glue and each kid is different.  I was able to get about half the stuff at Big Lots.  My bill there came to $45 BUT some of that stuff was mine.  I did get some glade candles  and something I have been thinking a lot about and it was cheap It was only $3.99 a box and I got two because I have a lot of hair.  I am already blond but it needs to be lightened up some since I have been pretty much inside all summer and it has turned into a dishwater color.  A surprise for Josh when he gets home.(as if he deserves it!)  If time permits I will do it tomorrow and take PICS. I am slightly nervous about it, this will be the second time I have put color to my hair. The last time was about 3 years ago, a strawberry blond/red color that didn't make much of a differ in my opinion.  Anyway our next stop was going to be Wal-Mart and the plan was to eat there at the little restaurant they have but I saw  and thought we would give them a shot to see if they had what we needed.  Thankfully they had the rest of what we needed, it may not be the exact brand requested on the list, but if the teachers don't like it oh well, sorry, we are on a budget.  I did get some dish towels and stove top burner covers with an apple graphic on it, to match my kitchen. Oh a whole $2 on me! lol and I did get Lilly and Sophia a pack of crayons and coloring books since they felt so left out. Dollar Tree does have tight isle so while we was in line Annie was a bit behind me but I still see her with the eyes that are behind my head.  I noticed her pick up a package of candy, try to put it in her pocket but since her pants are too tight, she puts it back. OH NO SHE DIDN'T JUST TRY TO DO THAT! Yes, I made a big deal of it and a scene.  ANN MARIE HAMM, did you just try to put that in your pocket? THAT WOULD OF BEEN STEALING! You wasn't going to steal that were you?!  Do I have to start patting you down after before we leave stores now?! You know stealing is wrong."but I put it back" Still, even to think about it is the same as doing it in God's eyes. *sigh* I pay for our stuff, $31 is our totally at this store.  I gave kids the snacks I got there so we could go on with our shopping.

AND THEN.. I try and shut my driver's side door.  The dang latch wont click! and the door wont stay shut!  This happen about a month ago to Josh and he showed me how to fix it, so I was messing with it for about 20 min and still couldn't get the door to stay shut!  So I had to drive with one hand and the other holding the door shut. My hand cramped too.  But I stayed off the hwy. and didn't go over 35mph on the street.  Our next stop was .  I was hoping that maybe I could find decent pair of shoes for Annie and some jeans, since hers are so tight and she can't hardly button them. UGH Good Will is right next to Tumble Drum and as soon as the kids see it they want to go there! NOT TODAY!  Again Sophia throws a fit about going into the cart.  Lilly found one of those play carts to push around and ofcourse this only pisses Sophia off more and she is doing the loud screaming again! Finally I calm her down and make Lilly put the toy cart back, she kept hitting me on the back of my heels with it and it hurt. So then Lilly pitches a grandmall fit.  I put her in the cart and we start to do our looking. Not two min into it Sophia has to go potty. So we do that and then two min later Lilly has to go, and then after that Zane, until finally Annie has to also.  You can you tell I HATE SHOPPING WITH KIDS???  I got Zane two nice and "cool" out fits and Annie, as you can see the pics of the fashion show she put on, four and a pair of shoes.  I wasn't going to get the shoes, they was clean and looked like they was never worn but I thought they was about a size too big for her.  But she begged me and said they are very comfy, so I gave in, if she falls while in gym class because of them, she cant say I didn't warn her.  I didn't see much for me but I did get a scarf that is my fav green, I will sport it with my new hair color tomorrow for ya all.  Our total at Good Will was about $32.  Not bad I think.  I feel like the queen of thrifty today! We haven't even gotten to the grocery shopping and its almost 6 so I break down and get KFC.  The drive thru line was very long.  The wait to order was 30 min.  By the time we get home Sophia and Lilly are passed out and after being waken they are grumpy.  Zane and Annie fight about who gets to take the stuff we bought in and I am just completely worn out.  Tomorrow I have to do this all over again at the grocery store and hopefully I can get my van door to latch so I wont be driving one handed.  I had a voice mail from the water company and I then remember I didn't get there, BUT I DO HAVE THE MONEY ORDER, so that will also be a stop for us.  Tomorrow our church's praise band is joining a bunch of other groups to put on a concert. I want to go but with 4 kids by myself?? We will see how they do with our running tomorrow.  I did talk with Josh and that is a post for later I guess.