Five things Friday:

1. I love having seasons again! In Vegas it’s probably still in the 90s but in Utah the leaves are changing, the weather cools off in the morning and night, people are starting to wear pants, and I can open my windows to let the fresh air in.

2. I’m sure this is ridiculous to many of you, but I’ve never been brave enough to put time and effort into couponing or price matching. Well I think I may be ready to start. I was at Walmart buying tissues because my family is plagued with allergies and constant colds when the lady passing me in the aisle said “Puffs is on sale for $.99 this week.” I graciously said “Thank you.” and grabbed a box of Puffs. At the checkout I handed my tissues over and told the man I didn’t have an add but Puffs are on sale for $.99 this week. He didn’t say anything, just rang it up and sent me on my way! NO QUESTIONS ASKED! I think I’ll continue to start small and maybe bring adds in to back my honesty up but I’m going to give this ‘saving more money’ thing a try.

3. Speaking of saving money: I stopped my cell phone service. I was content (not super happy) with MetroPCS because of its’ month to month plan that was a guaranteed flat rate. But when we moved from Vegas to West Valley my plan didn’t cover West Valley very well. I was paying too much a month for a phone that didn’t work well. So after much research I decided to march myself into Comcast (my internet provider) and tell them I wanted to add a landline but was quoted a price that I was unwilling to pay. Basically I told them if they can’t cut me a deal I’ll be switching providers (which I really didn’t want to do, Comcast is really good). The customer service lady was incredibly helpful. She offered me a great deal (different than I was quoted over the phone) where I add a landline with my fast internet for approximately $0.55 more a month! Granted, this deal is good for only 6 months but I’m moving in 6 months so It’s ok!

4. We had a scare this week with my pregnancy. Due to some bodily details that are unnecessary for a public journal they thought I might be going into pre-term labor. My OB/GYN said if the hormone tests came back positive I could expect to see my son in less than 2 weeks. Well I got my phone call yesterday that said the test results are negative! That’s a BIG relief-not that I love being pregnant but I really didn’t want to have a baby at 30 weeks.

5. We fell behind on Emma’s immunizations and had to get caught up yesterday...7 shots. SEVEN shots people! She was a trooper but boy did I feel like the worst parent ever. They had 2 nurses taking care of business at the same time while I pinned her arms down. The nurses gave her 3 stickers, an otter-pop, and I let her watch cartoons when we got home.