As a professional homemaker/domestic engineer, my job is to make sure the house runs as efficiently, effectively and as neatly as possible. Add in some breakfasts, lunches, dinners and errands and you have my job responsibilities in a nutshell. My quest is to find the best deals, the best products and the best ways of doing things to make my job easier, our budget/finances fatter (or, at least very comfortable) and our house nicer and more organized.
Therefore, part of my daily routine is to do "research" online. I visit many boards and forums of other stay at home "professionals" and domestic engineers to see what they do and what they recommend. I ran across something the other day that definitely has me intrigued. Maybe a new friend on the horizon?
Her name is Alice. It is actually http://www.alice.com/. It is a website where you can shop for very common household products, they will ship for free, let you know of coupons and special deals AND it is (supposedly) less money than what you would pay at the store. This definitely peaked my interest and has me researching this new friendship even further.
As I was browsing through the website, sure enough, they have brands that I definitely use. And, at first glance, it does seem to be at a lower price point than what I would find at Walmart. And, as I had heard, there were coupons offered and, yes, the shipping is FREE. There is everything from bathroom cleaning supplies to laundry detergent to diapers and a lot more.
But, before I roll my virtual cart down Alice's aisles, I want to really look into it more. My plan is to look through their inventory and write down the products and prices of the things I know I would buy. Then, the next time I head to the grocery (which will be Wednesday morning this week instead of Thursday - I am heading to Louisville on Thursday!!), I will compare the prices of the Alice items with the prices of Walmart. I am interested to see the difference.
Weekend Recap:
Friday: Friday was the day of my lovely Glucose Screening Test. For more details on that fun adventure, tune into the Appleseed blog. After that, we headed to lunch and then home. T went out to pick up Tay from school while I stayed home and prepared their dinner early. I had a hair and brow appointment starting at 5:30 so I wanted to be sure that they had a meal waiting for them when they were ready.
My hair turned out pretty decent. It is darker than usual (which I like) and I have thicker bangs (which I asked for). The best part was getting the wooly mammoths over my eye lids tamed! I felt like a million bucks (which is about how much I paid) when I walked out of there!
Saturday: We really had a laid back day. T, Tay and I watched a couple of movies and hung around the house. T and I started to get ancy around 3 or so and just felt like we needed to get out for a while. We all headed to Target where T bought some much needed new shorts for himself, I bought a long sleeve maternity top and Tay picked out a couple of cute outfits.
We decided to have an impromptu dinner for Steph and Jim. They came over and hung out with Tay for the evening. Tay put on a fashion show with her new outfits. She always LOVES when we have company. More attention for her!
I made a chicken and rice casserole that turned out eh. I don't think I cooked it in the right casserole dish because the rice really dried out and hardened on the sides. But the chicken turned out ok. So, when I saw the condition of the rice, I hurried to put a packet of microwaveable rice (butter and herb) in the microwave to help supplement the rice under the chicken. Along with that crazy dish, we had steamed broccoli and carrots as well as a green leaf salad. I think the salad was my favorite part.
Sunday: Today was a pretty low key day as well. I did my usual Circle K run first thing to get my 32 oz tea and a paper. I came home, did my daily morning chores while Tay watched cartoons and T played around on the Mac. After my chores, I made cinnamon rolls for T and I (Tay is allergic to cinnamon) and made Tay a blueberry bagel with cream cheese. I read the paper and clipped coupons while Sprouts played on TV.
After I was done with the paper, Tay and I broke out the watercolor paints so she could create. I promised her Saturday that we would do it today and I told her I will never break a promise with her. So we rolled out some art paper on the kitchen table and she went to work on several masterpieces. T even painted a very lovely desert sunset scene. I was the water changer and paper roller upper.
We all got showered and cleaned up after that followed by a modge podge lunch of leftovers. Then we just hung out, watched cartoons and read books until we had to take her back to meet her Mom. She wasn't looking forward to leaving - as usual - but we made it out the door and was only about 10 or so minutes late getting there.
After we dropped her off, we headed to AutoZone so that T could find a brush to wash "blue" with. He didn't find one there (but did buy an interior duster and some Sour Patch Kids for me) so we headed to Walmart where we had success. Now we are home.
T is outside washing the cars with pride. I am catching up on blog time, about to call my Dad for our weekly call and working on some crochet. T is off tomorrow so we are planning on spending the day hanging out together after I get my chores done. I am hoping for an early morning walk, chores and then maybe a little Christmas shopping early. Who knows what we will get into?
Final note, back to the topic, if anyone has any experience with Alice, please let me know. I am very curious as to how it works and how WELL it works!
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