Yesterday's shower for my daughter-in-law was delightful. She got lots of STUFF! My grandson will be well-outfitted.
Afterward, I went to barbecue hosted by one of my co-workers. I had a good time there, too, sitting on hay bales under the hunter's moon, corn fields all around, barbecuing hot dogs and brats over an open fire. I love fall.
On the financial side it was a so-so day. I went to Wal-Mart before the shower to pick up some cards. I resisted the really cute $4 cards and bought a couple for $1.84 apiece. I also got some diapers to put with the shower gift, and I couldn't find the $1.00 coupon I had for Huggies, which was an irritation. The Huggies were $10.11. While I was there I saw that they had Chunky soup and Nutri-grain bars at good prices, so I picked up some of those. I spent $5.58 on the groceries.
I had been planning to stop for a fast-food breakfast on my way out of town, but since I had the Nutri-grain bars I had a couple of those instead, saving the money and the time.
When I got back to town I had to quickly pick up something to take to the barbecue. I called one of my co-workers, who was already there and asked what was needed. She said there was a ton of food already and suggested I bring a bag of chips. So I stopped at Kroger and got some Kettle chips on sale for half price, $1.29. I also picked up a diet coke ($1.29) and a bottle of Liebfraumilch ($4.50).
On the way to the party I had to stop for gas, which was $24.19 ($2.10 a gallon).
So I did some spending, but it was a happy, soul-fulfilling day!
Meals:
Breakfast: 2 Nutrigrain bars
Lunch: 1 piece fried chicken, biscuit, pasta salad, cheese & crackers, veggies & dip, chocolate cake, punch, coffee
Dinner: Hot dog, chili sauce, broccoli salad, fried rice, carrot cake, wine
Another day of partying
October 8th, 2006 at 01:39 pm
October 8th, 2006 at 01:42 pm 1160314979
I have 2 a boy and a girl and they bring so much joy to our lives!!
October 8th, 2006 at 01:55 pm 1160315745
http://www.foodreference.com/html/artliebfraumilch.html
Carolina Bound it sounds like a super day!
October 8th, 2006 at 03:23 pm 1160320990
Liebfraumilch is a nice, sweet-but-not-too-sweet white wine. There was about a third of the bottle left, so I brought it home to enjoy later.