You know what’s around the corner. I know you do. I can feel the pressure mounting and every ounce of “Betty Crocker” that I have in my being is slowly gaining strength and suggesting things like, “do the laundry” and “once school starts we’ll need to get back to putting dinner on the table by 6!”

BTS… sounds like a nickname for a serial killer.

Back To School.

I hate the term and am still angry from JULY THIRD. That’s when I tripped into a local store with a giant bull’s eye as their logo and found that all the summer stuff was gone, no more citronella candles, the patio furniture was being packed away (THE THIRD DAY OF JULY) and what were they stocking? Backpacks, folders, pencils, highlighters, lunch pails and every other type of product that flies in the face of summer freedom. They were blaspheming SUMMER. And nary a sparkler or firework had been set off!!!!!

We can add P.O.’d to our list of acronyms there.

But, here we are encroaching on August and I admit, that last week I bought Maggie’s first backpack and lunch pail (matching, of course!) and I’m looking around for the best deals on things that have words like “3 Ring” and “index” and “tabbed divider” or “#2″ in their titles.

Which, given the economy who isn’t looking for a good deal or some way to save money, right? There’s a nifty website with lots of great money-saving articles and tips here http://www.savemoney.info/

They even have articles on how to save money on your wedding. Which, while a tad out of season, or is it? I’ve been married so long I don’t remember what wedding season is anymore. I had a friend who got married in July… in an air conditioned building thank goodness!

I digress, sorry, the point is, that website has tips on saving money in just about every category you can think of and from what I’ve seen it goes beyond the usual stuff of “check out the second hand clothing stores” which is good because that one has been so over done.

This “starting over” stuff is for the birds, my friends. I have to think about pre-Kindergarten check ups and hair cuts and clothes… a senior, a freshman, and one in kindergarten. Someone shoot me.