SNAP SNAP!!

Girlllll...I'm on food stamps. Food stamps. Me! Professional diva! SNAP card recipient.

OMG! This is the BEST thing EVER! I get so excited on the first of the month. I get to go to the store and pick out the food I want and then I buy it. For free! OMG!

Food stamps were the most embarrassing, yet greatest come up in my new situation. I literally cried in the checkout line at Tom Thumb when I went shopping the first time. (By the way, I totally dressed "down" and went almost near closing so no one would know I was using a SNAP card.) But my checkout girl was so cool. She let me know there was nothing to be ashamed of, then hooked me up with all kinds of coupons to boot! Joy!

Since that day, I cry no more! I am able to buy really great, fresh produce. (Why is fruit so ding dang expensive?!) I'm cooking more. And generally enjoying food lately. Interesting, huh? I'm also on a quest to become an extreme couponer like those people on that TLC show. I saved $20 on a recent shopping trip and literally danced a jig! A jig I tell you!! 

Yeah. Picture me rollin! :-)

Introducing the House Hottie

I was kicking butt and taking names at a FORTUNE 500 company. I loved it. Climbing up that corporate ladder. Hobnobbing with the pretty people. Hugging the CEO. Having drinks with the Chief Counsel. Power suits and large-scale events. Galas and community service outreaches. I loved it! And then...I was laid off.

I mean, them heiffas LAID. ME. OFF!! I was in the middle of my game! I was headed to the top! All of sudden, I didn't have anything to do. I was banished to unemployment because decisions were made that didn't have anything to do with me.

If I were married, it would be the perfect time to step up my housewifing skills. But I'm single. No husbands shirts to iron, or big dinners to plan when the kids get home. No carpools. No spring cleaning lists to tackle. I'm just home. Chilling. "Unemployed" sounded so blah. I had to come up with something better than that! So when the next person asked me what I was up to, I proclaimed that I was now a "House Hottie." They loved it. I loved it! My new persona was born.

Dammit that's right! I'm hot. And I'm home. So, it's fitting, don't you think?! So, while I have this time on my hands, I'm going to figure out what the hell I wanna do when I grow up. And I'm gonna be honest about the trials and tribulations, the ups and downs.

You'll get all the goody good good scoop right here. So check with me every now and then. It'll make you feel good **HalleBerryMonsterBallvoice**!

Toodles!