Aldi?

A few months ago I was watching Unwrapped on the Food Network and they did a segment on Aldi. Now, I've never shopped there, but after watching the show I was intrigued. You pay a quarter to get a cart, you bring your own bags and it's all super cheap. I had to question the quality, but it looks all super fresh. I've heard that their produce is really fantastic.
So, my question is - does anyone stop at Aldi or have an experience? I was thinking of going tomorrow.

I have a huge urge to make roasted potato leek soup. Now, I'm sure Aldi won't have leeks, but they do have 5 lbs of potatoes for $.59. And I know they don't have creme fraiche. So, I'll have to make 2 different store trips.

I'm trying to start saving money where we can. I got the Ann Taylor Loft mailer today, and fell inlove with this dress. I don't have anywhere fabulous to wear it, but I need to somehow justify paying $80 for a dress. It's really $98 - but I have a 20% off coupon.

I Survived!

Well, I will have to say surgery isn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. For me, the worst part was the IV, which I anticipated. On Monday morning, Jeff and I arrived at the surgery center at St. John's. We got into a room and rested and then the madness started. At one time I had 3 nurses in the room, one wanting me to pee in a cup, one asking me about what I was getting surgery on. Of course, I said I was here for the boob job and tummy tuck. It was a much needed laugh to ease my worries. The worst part was the IV. They gave me a shot in my hand to numb my hand, and then inserted the IV. I just cried and cried and Jeff held my hand. They wrapped it up like a little kid so I didn't have to see the IV in my hand, so I had green tape wrapped up - it was pretty snazzy. Then the Drug doctor came in to pump some "relaxing drugs" into my IV.  Then my doctor came in, and in a matter of 20 minutes, I was wisked away to the operating room. My mom was crying and carrying on, and that got me crying. They had told me I wouldn't remember a whole lot once I started getting the drugs, and I couldn't wear contacts so I couldn't see either.

So, all I remember is they wheeled me into the room, I moved over to the OR table, they put my arms in some holders, oxygen went over my face and I was out. I woke up at 10:15 in the recovery room with oxygen in my nose and a nurse pumping morpine into my IV. She kept doing it about every 10 minutes. She finally realized I was awake and the morphine had left a strange taste in my mouth so she fed my ice chips. Then at 10:45, they wheeled me back into my own room. Mom and Jeff met me there and I was just kind of mush.

I just rested there, and they said everything went very well and that my gallbladder really needed to come out. The night before I was having really bad pains and Dr. Meiners told Jeff that I had an attack the night before and he could tell.

I handled the pain fairly well and we stayed until about 3. Mom left around 1, but overall, I was pretty happy that I could get up and walk out with no issues. I got a bit of nausea once I got home from the anti-nausea meds which was strange. So, I got a little sick the first night, but I managed to stay in one spot and keept ice on my tummy.

So 3 days later, I'm feeling alright. The incision in my belly button is what is hurting the most. As we speak, I'm sitting stacked up with pillows on the couch and ice on my tummy. My goal is to work from home tomorrow and be back in action on Monday. It's strange to think that I haven't gone anywhere in a week and the only thing I've eating are goldfish and Sprite. Last night I begged Jeff to get a Pepperidge Farm 3 layer chocolate cake. Now I don't like Chocolate and I never buy stuff like that, but I was craving chocolate cake.

I've watch a lot of cooking shows and I've been trying to take Riley for a small walk every day since I need to walk around. I left the house today for the first time to go to the OBGYN to get a new med since YAZ could have caused this. More on that later. Then, I went for an iced latte and a blueberry scone and now I'm back to the couch for the day. So, super exciting for Jen this week, but hey, it could have been much worse!

Tomorrow is the Day!

So, in prep for tomorrow, I've gotten a lot accomplished this weekend. The only thing left to do is wash sheets and towels so I sleep in clean sheets per the instructions for surgery. I have to shower tonight with this sponge-thing and then again in the morning. I'm more nervous about the IV than going under. I'm sure everything thing will be fine and nothing to worry about.

Today, I got Jeff up and we went to Brentwood for the Galleria and The Container Store. We have quite the collection of the OXO storage containers and I had a 20% off coupon from Real Simple Magazine, and wanted to see if they were cheaper than Bed Bath & Beyond. We also went over to Naturalizer for a pair of shoes that I had been eyeing for a while and it was Friends & Family weekend with 30% off.

 They are super comfortable, and I think I kind of need them in black too. We'll see how these go first. I'm sure they will go on sale more. They will be perfect with suits for summer. I have been wearing more earth tones lately rather than black, so I opted to go with the bronze.  After a quick lunch at Lenny's we headed home to Schnucks to get some food for the week. I stocked up on plain Goldfish, fruit cocktail, Jell-O, and pudding. They said I'll need to stick to a pretty plain diet for the first couple of days of toast, applesauce, rice and something else. So pretty blah food.

So, hopefully I will be with it tomorrow. I'll need visitors since I'll be home for a week. So call  me, as my life line is going to be strapped to my hip at all times.