I went to Target, and other nonsense

I love coupons. I love coupons like Will Ferrell loves Scotch in Anchorman. "I love coupons. Coupons, coupons, coupons..."

As much as I love saving money--even if it's fifty cents--I think I end up buying crap I don't need just because I have a coupon. Like today at Target, I bought double Tide, tampons, and Triscuits because my coupons said "$1 off two." So now we're stocked. I didn't have to buy toothpaste or toilet paper this time because we still have overflow from the last time I shopped. Angela laughs at my tendency to buy backups for everything, most notably coffee, fat free french vanilla creamer, and dog food, but I think it's a genius plan. All of the absolute essentials must have a backup, just so we can't be caught off guard and run out. This probably causes us to spend more money than necessary because once we get a little low on something I buy another backup, but knowing that backups are in our possession makes me feel better for some reason and I find it incredibly difficult to break the habit.

We're staying in tonight since it's going to be so dang cold. We're making tilapia and red new potatoes with leftover Valentine crab cakes. That's probably not how they would write it on a fancy menu, but I just can't bring myself to be fancy. I'm sure we'll light a fire too. Brrr! I may be slippin' and slidin' to work at 5am tomorrow. Hope you all have a nice warm weekend!