A penny saved...
To my couple of faithful readers, I apologize for the absence. I've been in a "state" recently and words failed me.
Suffice it to say that I wanted to pass on something I discovered quite by accident and think it's worth relaying to all interested parties.
I don't know about anyone else, but I'm desperately trying to find ways to cut spending. Money is all fine and well until you don't have any and then it becomes a source of agony.
For example, I tried to go back to work full-time, only to find myself trapped in a company from an alternate universe where slavery is not only accepted by management but apparently quite all right with the poor workers as well.
I didn't think places like this still existed outside "the land that time forgot". But leave it to me to find it.
After 6 horrible days of feeling as though I couldn't leave my desk for a drink of water or relieve myself and more work than any human being should have to deal with, I finally told them it wasn't going to work.
(Note to self: You are not a bookkeeper.)
I may be desperate but I'm not that desperate.
Many tears later I am finally getting over the guilt of "failure" and am trying to cut as much from the budget as I can.
A good portion of money goes into my drugs. Not recreational ones unfortunately. Oh no, these are the ones that doctors put you on because they don't have the slightest clue what else to do with you.
So I'm on two blood pressure meds, three diabetes drugs and fairly certain I'll be on a thyroid drug pretty soon too.
Even with a prescription plan, this adds up!
If they were all drugs that you could get the cheaper alternatives for it would be bad enough.
But for three of them there is no cheaper anything. And I'm beginning to think "prescription plan" is just a sneaky way to conceal the face that you are paying way more than you should have to for something you can't live without.
Anyway, I came across an internet ad about Wal-Mart's $4 prescription plan today. I had seen this before but I discounted it because I assumed it would not cover any of my prescriptions.
WRONG! I followed the link...and found out that two of my diabetes meds can be purchased for a mere $10 each for a 90-day supply!!!! Wow! Maybe $30 bucks a month savings doesn't sound like much but it adds up ... that's $120 a year for those who are math-impaired (no names D!)...so the next time I need refills I'm going to ask my doctor for new prescriptions and I'll send them in...
I can hold my nose long enough to save money and shop at Wal-Mart...besides, I don't think they get their drugs from China...do they?
2+2=8!!!