Thursday: Blood Test and June Grocery Shopping Week 2

Thursday, I had a blood test to see how my white blood cell count was, etc.  Results will be made available at Friday's hydration session.

After the blood test, I stopped by the grocery store!  This is the first time I've gone grocery shopping in person since I started chemo therapy in December!

June Week 2 Groceries

I only needed bread, ham cold cuts, and bananas, but I also bought a few extra groceries (it felt so good to just look around and decide to pick up a couple of items just because the were either on sale or I just felt like having it!) and some non-grocery items such as cat food, toiletries, and an air freshener!  I spent a total of $26.39, but the groceries only came to $11.16.

Receipt

Instead of bread, I bought 2 bagels and 4 whole wheat bolillo rolls.

Juice = $2.49
1 can tuna = $1.00
1 individual frozen pizza = $1.29
1 yellow cake mix = $1.00
Bananas, @ $.69/lb = $.80
1/2 lb. ham cold cuts = $2.00
2 bagels, @$.79 = $1.58
4 bolillo rolls @.25 = $1.00
Total = $11.16

Total spent on groceries so far in June = $9.78 + $11.16 = $20.94

I had a bolillo roll sandwiched with some ham cold cuts for brunch, along with a glass of juice.  Normally, passion fruit juice is a favorite, but my taste was slightly off and I didn't enjoy it as much.  The ham sandwich tasted slightly bitter, as well. But I ate it all!

I spent the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon doing office work.  I did manage to sneak in an afternoon nap!  In the evening, I put water to the back garden using the sprinklers and took out the trash.  Then, I did my decluttering for the day:

June 16 Declutterings Part 1

- A jewellery box with a saying about grandmothers that I had bought for my daughter to give to her grandmother.  My mother had kept it, along with its outer box, and two "necklaces" a pre-school daughter had made with beads strung together. 

- A CD my daughter had received, which she didn't want, still in its wrapper.

- A bunch of pens/pencils/markers.

- 3 staple removers

- A partial card of sponge animals (drop in water to make them "grow")

- Some scrapbooking items

June 16 Declutterings Part 2

- Craft supplies - mostly packets of beads (11 packets), a packet of feathers, two "necklaces" of strung beads

I am going to count this lot as being 10 items.  The jewellery box, scrapbooking items, and craft supplies will be donated; other items will be tossed.

I had a phone call from one of my aunts and a friend, today, and I called a cousin and left a message.  Plus I've been video chatting with my daughter.

Tomorrow, I have to go in for hydration in the morning and I need to call and schedule my bone density test (forgot to do it today).

Today, I am grateful for:

- More items being decluttered.
- Being able to do my own grocery shopping again!
- An afternoon nap.
- The blood test got done without any problems.
- Sprinklers to help water the garden.

Today, I spent:

$2 for parking at the lab when I went for the blood test
$26.39 at the grocery store for groceries, cat food, toiletries, and household items.
$160.58 for the phone bill (house phone, daughter's cell phone, my cell phone).

How was your Thursday?  What have you planned for tomorrow?