The life of an OCP librarian

First ultrasound picture!

Ruth — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 23:38:53 +0000

I had my first ultrasound and OB visit today! Baby looks perfect and is measuring right at 11 weeks. My due date is May 6th. I really, really like my OB, and actually always enjoy going to see her. She’s really good about answering questions and taking as much time as you need with her. So, other than the lingering morning sickness, pregnancy is feeling really good, and I’m in love with baby already :)

Head is on the right, looking up

poor neglected blog

Ruth — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:47:32 +0000

Well, as is obvious to anyone looking at my site, my blog has been slightly neglected for the last few months. I just ran out of funny OCP things to post on a regular basis. Now that my husband and I are expecting baby #2, I’ve decided to stop limiting myself to posting just OCP stories, but to turn the blog into more of whatever I happen to feel like posting, which for the next 7-8 months will probably revolve around pregnancy! I’m sure some funny OCP stories will turn up eventually…

Watch my baby grow!

Ruth — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:34:44 +0000

Women’s pants sizes

Ruth — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:23:47 +0000

OK, I know this can’t be just an OCP thing, but women’s pants sizes drive me nuts. I currently have a skirt, size 4, that fits perfectly, and a pair of jeans, size 10, that also fit perfectly. (For the men out there with better sizing, that also means I have items size 6 and size 8 in my closet that fit.) This makes clothing shopping insane! I either have to take 4 of every kind of pants I want to try on into the dressing room, or make up to 4 trips. No wonder clothing shpping is such a royal pain sometimes. And, don’t even get me started on shirts. (Why can a medium fit in one store and a small fall off in the other one?!)

CVS deals

Ruth — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:03:56 +0000

I have been a bargain shopper for a while with sales and coupons, but I’ve just started to read a couple of great blogs with deals and freebies. I’ve noticed them talking about the great deals at CVS for a while, but finally got a chance to get my feet wet this week. CVS has a rewards card program called ECB (Extra Care Bucks) which is just like getting dollars back on a credit card, only these dollars are only good at CVS. You get 2% back on everything, and then they have bonus ECB deals each week. This week, CVS is having a great sale on diapers, so I decided to sign up for ECB and give it a whirl. Here’s how it went:

Transaction 1:

3 packages of jumbo diapers at 7.99 (saved 3.50/pkg)

3 cans of Pringles at .88 (saved .91/pkg)

1 box of Kelloggs Rice Krispies at 1.88 (saved 2.51/box)

Coupons: 3.50

Spent 26.67 Out Of Pocket, got 5 ECB, saved 19.24.

Transaction 2:

1 package of jumbo diapers at 7.99 (saved 3.50 pkg)

2 tubes of toothpaste at 3.59 but BOGO (saved 3.59)

Coupons: 3.00

Spent 4.04 Out Of Pocket and used 5 ECB, saved 15.09.

Now, given that CVS’s prices are much higher than Meijer or Walmart, I didn’t actually save as much as it looks like from initial observation, but I did get 120 diapers at .18/diaper. Normally, I use a coupon and buy boxes and spend between .25 and .28 a diaper, so that’s a HUGE savings on something I’ll definitely use!

Thanks to these blogs for all their money saving tips:

Baby Cheapskate
Freebies 4 Mom
Frugal, Freebies and Deals
Money Saving Mom

Look Ma, I can spell

Ruth — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:09:12 +0000

I Scored a 100%!

Eating food

Ruth — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:18:17 +0000

I eat food in a very Monk-like OCP way. As a general rule, it cannot touch. (Notable exceptions: chicken and rice, & frosty and fries). I’m not sure why it’s such a big deal for foods to touch, but it’s always been something I’ve hated.

OCP baby

Ruth — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:05:57 +0000

Apparently Nathaniel has inherited at least some of Mommy and Daddy’s OCP tendencies. For example, if we ask him to put something back where he got it, he always tries very hard to make sure it’s back perfectly in place. This is very cute, as well as sometimes annoying! (Think trying to put tissues back in the box or balancing objects.)

Personality tests

Ruth — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:40:27 +0000

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by personality tests. I think it’s some sort of OCP trait that likes to know what makes people tick. For a while, I made all of my friends take the Tempermant test (Melancholy, Sanguine, Choleric, Phelgmatic) and the results were very interesting and helped to explain what made each friendship work so well. I also like the Myers-Briggs and random other tests. Knowing the results of a personality test is like a glance inside someone else’s head for a brief moment. (And generally, after a glance into someone else’s brain, I am thankful for my own!)

sicknesses abound

Ruth — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:48:03 +0000

As a general rule, I don’t get sick. And, my husband hasn’t gotten too sick in recent years either. But, apparently having a baby changes all that! With maybe a day or two exception, at least one member of my extended family has been sick for about 6 weeks or so now, which has required lots of schedule juggling, medicines, vitamins, herbs, and homeopathic remedies. In the process of trying to figure out what remedies will help to cure each ailment, I have discovered a new OCP trait I possess. I like to know exactly which remedy(ies) will solve a problem and take that and only that. My husband, on the other hand opens up the herb cabinet, takes everything he can find, and then waits to see what happens. His Mom has a similar philosophy. I suppose there is nothing wrong with either choice–it’s just yet another way I happen to be different!