Lately everything has felt like a struggle … trying to get out of bed, trying to concentrate enough to read, getting to sleep & staying asleep all night. So I bit the bullet and made an appointment with my doctor for tomorrow morning to discuss starting anti-depressants again. Do I feel sad about the situation that I am in now? Yes. Do I feel totally hopeless & like jumping off a bridge? No. But, I do know if I don’t try to address the beginnings of depression now, later it will be harder to deal with.

I have been trying to save money while still paying rent and also, attempting to help my Mom with additional money. My Mom herself is struggling to pay her own personal bills not to mention household bills and carrying her boyfriend’s bills for 2 years. My Mother’s boyfriend just started working again after 2 years of being unemployed so he has to catch up with his bills. Me not having a job right now greatly reduces the money coming into the house … my unemployment is less than ¼ of what my salary was.

I have been slowly buying school supplies for Kidlet when they have been on deep sale. I managed to score 6 single subject notebooks at 3 for 99 cents, 6 composition notebooks at 3 for 98 cents and 2 packages of highlighters at 2 for $1.50. I will be sharing some of the supplies that I manage to get with Kat for her daughter as well.

I am working to collect coupons & find online deals when it comes to buying Kidlet’s school clothes. I sort of miss when she had a uniform because then I would only have to buy a certain number of each item and they would last all school year. That doesn’t work so well with t-shirts, tank tops & jeans because they just see too much wear.

If anyone has any hits or tips about saving money during this back to school season please comment to let me know!