Still sick but got something done

Last night my nose went crazy.  I couldn't stop sneezing and it kept running like a faucet.  Although I had 2 boxes of tissues, I used every last one and am now almost entirely through a whole roll of toilet paper.  I've taken all the medication I can think to try and nothing seems to work.  Somehow I felt better when I was laying down.  The mucus must drip back and I breath through one nostril or the other and I just feel better.  After talking with my mom and forgoing dinner plans for this evening, I found myself back in bed sleeping until the early evening.  I'm just exhausted.

Before going to bed I contacted my cousin who's had some major issues and found an ear, nose, throat doctor who changed her life.  I'm not sure if they'll be open tomorrow with it being New Year's Eve Day and all but I think I'll give her a office a call just to see.  I think I really need to see someone other than my regular doctor or an allergy specialist.  I need a second opinion.  If she suggests the allergy shots then maybe I will start them back up again.  Really, I'm just so tired of this and I'm tired of being tired all the time because I'm not breathing properly.  I'm taking allergy medication regularly and still it doesn't seem to help.  Maybe there is something more going on.

Despite that, I did some meal planning and planned the meals for the week. In addition I created a grocery list using Stop & Shop's website.  I know that Stop and Shop is one of the most expensive grocery stores in the area but it allows me to create a whole shopping list and price it out at the same time.  To make my meal plan for the week, I went through our cabinets and made a list of everything we still have.  We've spent the last week only eating things from our cabinets and fridge so I had a pretty good idea already.  Unfortunately we need milk and eggs to make most of the stuff that remains so I built it from there.

My goal was to keep it under $50 for the week and I totally did it.  I also went online and ordered toilet paper, razor blades, and tissues seeing as we are out of blades and tissues and only have like two rolls of toilet paper left.  My goal was to keep that under $25 but it required a $25 minimum for free shipping so I spent $26.48.  We were actually slightly under $50 for the groceries so I don't feel all that upset by it.  Plus, we'll earn 10 points on the dollar so that will be helpful if we want to take a vacation sometime after this spending fast.