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2/12/09: Thursday Syndrome

Let me preface this by saying I am one of only 3 females in an office with 10 males. Thursday syndrome is a common problem in the workplace today, but especially prevalent in my office. Especially today. The symptoms of Thursday Syndrome is as follows: Disorientation I just had a guy come up to my desk, look around, and stand there for a moment because he was lost. This is the same guy that walked past my desk like 4 times in 5 minutes this morning and was going to wear a path in the new carpet. Increased appetite awareness I went into the break room to heat up my lunch and within 10 minutes, there was what seamed like just short of half the office all in there at the same time. Lack of patience We have 1 main printer in the office it serves as a printer, copy machine and scanner for the 13 people in the office and the occasional 2 or 3 guys from the shop. When someone tries to print off a drawing, it plugs up the printer by taking a while to process the print request and everyone else...

2/11/09

So I am totally excited! I was able to go to a restaurant I havent beento in a few months. The last time I was at one of their locations, I ended up filing a complaint and they gave me $15 in gift certificates!(woo hoo!) so I ended up paying a whopping 78 cents for lunch, dinner(aka leftovers) and a dissert!Then I went to the grocery store in the same town I work in and had someAWSOME coupons to use there! Went a bit coupon crazy (only a bit becauseI have DEFFINATELY used more coupons in one visit than this trip, but when you see the total, you will understand why.....) Yea, that's right. Lunch for the next 2 days, 2 desserts, and a drink for..... Nada, zilch, zero, 100% off!!!! I am thinking of writing more about my couponing adventures here on myblog, so if you would like to check it out once in a while, feel free.And I am always accepting coupons from the Sunday paper (as long as theyhavent expired)! Please contribute to my coupon fettish!