Is there a support group for Twilight addicts?  If such a condition exists I think I have it.  I first watched the movie a month or two ago and was surprised that I liked it as much as I did.  I get lost in the scenery.  Maybe because it is such a stark contrast to hot, flat, tree barren Phoenix but I am mesmerized by the green trees, moss, wet ground, and cold air.  I’ve watched the movie at least a dozen times so far, if it wasn’t for my husband that number would be higher.  After enjoying the movie so much I read the first book which took me less then 24 hours.  Then I immediately ran to the library and got the second.  It took me about 2 days to finish that one….I paced myself a little bit more.  After that I had to wait an excruciating 7 days before the third book was available at the library.  I’m glad I was forced to wait though…it prolonged the excitement for me.  The anticipation of the drug is better then the actual experience of getting high.  That’s what I learned working with drug addicts anyway.  See what I mean?  Support group is badly needed.

I just can’t stop thinking about these characters.  After I finish one book and am waiting for the other I find myself going back and re-reading certain parts.  It’s intoxicating and a little bit disturbing.  I’ve never been so obsessed about a book before.  Everything about this series, the movie, and the author intrigues me.   Do you know how she came up these characters?  She had a dream!  It just blows my mind that all of this, the success of these books, and the movie has been the product of a dream.  She wasn’t even actively writing at the time or wishing to write a book.  It just came to her.  Of course there had to have been a lot of hard work on her part and not to mention talent.  She does a wonderful job building the characters up in your head. Yes, sometimes they are annoyingly sappy but it doesn’t make it any easier to put down the books.  I just can’t stop reading about them.

I just got an e-mail that the fourth book is ready at my library.  I’ll be comatose for the next day or two.

I guess this doesn’t really qualify as a random thoughts post so to get your fill head over to Keely’s blog The UnMom.

What I love most about having company over is it forces me to clean my house

I finished reading New Moon in two days.  Yes there was a little bit of that ooey gooey teenage mushy romance that made me want to vomit but really not very much.  I can’t wait for the movie.  I am so addicted to these characters.  I haven’t read a book like that in a long time so it was kind of nice to be able to escape into something that way.

Eva’s favorite book right now is Goodnight Gorilla.  It is the perfect book for her age.  Not very many words but a lot going on in the pictures.  It gives us a lot to talk about and she can tell me what is going on in the story.  She loves the page with just the two surprised eyes in the dark room.  She makes me read those last few pages over and over and over again.

I love saving money!  Ever since we started our Debt Diet I have been a coupon cutter.  Never have paid much attention to ads or coupons before but now that I have more time to do it I love it.  So far this year I have spent $162 at CVS and saved $201!  Everything I buy is something that I genuinely need, I don’t just buy stuff because it is on sale.  Today I went to Albertsons my final bill was $60 and I saved $58.  I cut my bill in half!  I know there are ways to save even more than that but I am still learning. 

I do buy the paper and get coupons that way but I find my best coupons come from registering on product websites.  It’s true I get a million E-mails a day but it’s worth it if it means I am saving more money.

Links:

http://www.afullcup.com/

http://www.thegrocerygame.com/

http://print.coupons.com/CouponWeb/Offers.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10

Hope you are having a Fantastical Friday too!