Well, looks like I let another week slip up on me - already two days into it before I remembered to sit down and start the thread!!
Haven't really studied the sale ads yet - yesterday was a very busy day at work. Took my 'lunch break' around 2:45 pm; eating my sandwich as I walked between two buildings on an errand. Made a quick stop for milk ($1.99; get a $1 Extra Care Buck back) at CVS; scanned my card while I was there; then ran for home once I finally go off work!
Up this morning and out the door to pick up the neighbor lady - we went to a nearby town's community center for aqua aerobics. I went to two classes there last week - first class was free since I hadn't been before. There are a LOT of positives:
*The people there were SO nice; such a major change from the staff and the people at the morning aqua aerobics class at the Y!! (The Y evening class there has great people, but the front desk staff - umm, NO!) *
*The water in the pool was warm
*The Cost: $2 per class or buy a 30 punch card for $20 = $1.50 per class; and no membership required
*At the new place, I can stick with just pay-as-I-go for aqua aerobics, or get a membership for $190/year - since they consider anyone over 55 to be a senior citizen (bless their hearts!) That's half the cost of the Y ( they make you wait until you're 65.)
*The membership would allow me to go in and do my own water workout any time they are open, which was not really an option at the Y due to heavy scheduling of the pool.
*Based on the number of days per month that my work schedule would allow me to go to the classes, a membership would cost me just $10/year over the cost of pay-as-you-go to be able to go anytime.
*They have open swim for the community - no membership required!! $3/adult, $2/child under 16; members free. At the Y, you had to either be a member, or come in with a member and the guest fee was between $5~$8. I'm going to pop in and see what it's like during open swim; then try to snag the grandkids and take them up to see what they think before I decide on the membership or not.
I stopped by the Y the day after my first class at the other place and cancelled my membership, and Hubby's as well since he's now going to a gym in his work town - one that offers a discount for law enforcement personnel. I'd already cancelled our grandson's membership as he wasn't using it, so that is a savings of $50/month.
The neighbor lady and I took a short walk through the park after the aqua aerobics class, then headed home. Hubby and I are going down to our little range so I can get in a little practice; might go to the gun club tomorrow so I can practice with the rifles a bit too. I'll admit that the election has me a bit spooked - so glad a co-worker asked me to trade days and I now have election day and the 3 days following it off work!
This evening, I am either going to help daughter take the 2 younger grandkids trick-or-treating while SIL goes to the basketball game where granddaughter is cheering, or I am going to sit on their porch and hand out candy. If daughter needs my help, I will split the candy I purchased between the church based food bank my friend manages and the American Legion, who will send it to the troops. I went a little overboard on my candy purchases as it was pretty cheap between sales/coupons/etc... so I will likely have some to donate in any case.
Hubby's got the range bags on the kitchen table, looks like it's time to head outside! Take care all; have a wonderful week!
Haven't really studied the sale ads yet - yesterday was a very busy day at work. Took my 'lunch break' around 2:45 pm; eating my sandwich as I walked between two buildings on an errand. Made a quick stop for milk ($1.99; get a $1 Extra Care Buck back) at CVS; scanned my card while I was there; then ran for home once I finally go off work!
Up this morning and out the door to pick up the neighbor lady - we went to a nearby town's community center for aqua aerobics. I went to two classes there last week - first class was free since I hadn't been before. There are a LOT of positives:
*The people there were SO nice; such a major change from the staff and the people at the morning aqua aerobics class at the Y!! (The Y evening class there has great people, but the front desk staff - umm, NO!) *
*The water in the pool was warm
*The Cost: $2 per class or buy a 30 punch card for $20 = $1.50 per class; and no membership required
*At the new place, I can stick with just pay-as-I-go for aqua aerobics, or get a membership for $190/year - since they consider anyone over 55 to be a senior citizen (bless their hearts!) That's half the cost of the Y ( they make you wait until you're 65.)
*The membership would allow me to go in and do my own water workout any time they are open, which was not really an option at the Y due to heavy scheduling of the pool.
*Based on the number of days per month that my work schedule would allow me to go to the classes, a membership would cost me just $10/year over the cost of pay-as-you-go to be able to go anytime.
*They have open swim for the community - no membership required!! $3/adult, $2/child under 16; members free. At the Y, you had to either be a member, or come in with a member and the guest fee was between $5~$8. I'm going to pop in and see what it's like during open swim; then try to snag the grandkids and take them up to see what they think before I decide on the membership or not.
I stopped by the Y the day after my first class at the other place and cancelled my membership, and Hubby's as well since he's now going to a gym in his work town - one that offers a discount for law enforcement personnel. I'd already cancelled our grandson's membership as he wasn't using it, so that is a savings of $50/month.
The neighbor lady and I took a short walk through the park after the aqua aerobics class, then headed home. Hubby and I are going down to our little range so I can get in a little practice; might go to the gun club tomorrow so I can practice with the rifles a bit too. I'll admit that the election has me a bit spooked - so glad a co-worker asked me to trade days and I now have election day and the 3 days following it off work!
This evening, I am either going to help daughter take the 2 younger grandkids trick-or-treating while SIL goes to the basketball game where granddaughter is cheering, or I am going to sit on their porch and hand out candy. If daughter needs my help, I will split the candy I purchased between the church based food bank my friend manages and the American Legion, who will send it to the troops. I went a little overboard on my candy purchases as it was pretty cheap between sales/coupons/etc... so I will likely have some to donate in any case.
Hubby's got the range bags on the kitchen table, looks like it's time to head outside! Take care all; have a wonderful week!