Sunday, Funday.

We hung out at home & did nothing all morning, then headed to the park (ie FREE) to play this afternoon. It was a great day. :)

Valentine's Day

We had a nice day full of fun. Luke planned on taking us & the bikes to my favorite park - the park where he proposed 7.5 years ago - but he didn't check out the weather report. Oops. We decided maybe it was too cold (although it was nicer as the day dragged on). I wanted to take Kasen to the Children's Museum... but we opted for the [FREE] Tubes instead. He had a blast! Then we visited some family (also free - score!). It was getting towards dinner time though, and we were a long way from home, so we did go out to eat at Olive Garden. That was our first meal out as a family all year! (We are allowed 2 per month if we want to use them.) We spent about $40 when all was said & done, which we really didn't need to spend. sigh Kasen insisted on pizza, so I ordered him a pizza. Guess what? He didn't eat any of it! Urgh! He ate salad instead. I'm happy he chose salad over pizza (come on folks - he's 19 months old!!), but I wouldn't have ordered a pizza & wasted the money if I knew he'd decide salad was better. Oh well. Live & learn. It was a difficult meal (to say the least), but when I realized that it was a TWO HOUR ordeal (30+ min wait, then waiting forever to order, then for the food, then eating, then waiting forever for the check), he did well. Made me realize why eating out really isn't such a big deal though. Which is a good realization if you ask me. I spent $40 to struggle with a toddle who wasn't interested in being a part of the whole thing, and have a mediocre meal (which I totally could've made at home, sigh). Isn't that what everyone wants to spend $40 on?

Friday... THE THIRTEENTH.

Today is Friday the 13th. Which means absolutely nothing really, just thought I'd share what day it is. ha!
I spent no money today. Neither did Luke. boooring. ;)

I was hoping to take Kasen to the Children's Museum tomorrow (we are allowed one family outing per month if we want it), but Luke told me he was planning on taking us somewhere. He won't say where. Stinker! All he said is that it's "far, far away". From where we live, that could be basically ANYWHERE. lol! I'm guessing a park, but it's suppose to be cold so I don't think that'll be much fun... Guess we'll see tomorrow.

Wednesday & Thursday

I totally forgot that I didn't re-post yesterday. I typed out a whole blog then accidentally deleted it all somehow. sigh The jest of it was that I had Taco Bueno for lunch. I was beating myself up about it, but the rules allow us to go out to eat once/week if we want to, so I finally decided I should just go. They have these new vegetarian black bean & rice burritos... OMGosh they are sooo good! I wish I hadn't discovered them. ;)

On to today...

I generally buy groceries twice/month (one big trip & one "small" trip) & do any small fill-ins as needed (milk, fruit, etc.). This week was the week for the smaller trip & I decided to go this afternoon, since Kasen needed milk. Of course he hadn't had a nap all day so I was afraid I'd be pushing it, but he was great. Although I learned a lesson I should've already learned by now... Do not give a toddler a chunk of cheese to hold when he asks. He will take a bit of it - even though there is plastic wrap on it. LOL! I bought a few things for some new recipes I want to try out. I go through phases where I really want to cook/bake all the time & I'm in one of those right now. Granola bars, un-cheese dip, and no-fish fish sticks are the recipes calling my name now. Granola bars are SO easy to make, I've just got to figure out what combo of nuts/fruit/other stuff I really like. The un-cheese dip is waiting to be heated up. It smells yummy & my thinking is that since it actually has no cheese it has less calories & fat, so I can eat more... Right? The no-fish fish stick may or may not be good. I'll probably try them out this weekend. I hope I can at least convince Kasen to eat them with me. (I highly doubt I'll trick Luke into believe that the tofu is fish...)

Nothing. Again.

Another day of nothing. I did think about going out to lunch for a burrito, but I changed my mind. :)

I went to Target

It's true... I went to Target today. But, I didn't spend a dime. (Well, of my own money/for me.) It was time to fill the office candy jars & for some reason I chose Target as the place to shop. It was fun to look around & stuff & realize how much of a waste of money it all is. In fact, and end-cap got me. There were these really cute cups/plates/snack bowls for kiddos & I actually turned around to go check them out. As I walked away from them it hit me just how smart those marketing folks at Target are! How many moms (ie SUCKERS) did the same thing I did, but actually BOUGHT some of that stuff? If it hadn't been on the end-cap I wouldn't have even known it existed. Smart & sly those marketing types are!

Lazy Sunday

I'm seriously still in my pajamas. At 8:30pm. I DID take a shower, but still. We didn't even go outside to play today. I was just lazy! I think that's okay every once & a while, right? :)
Obviously, if I'm in my PJs, we didn't spend money. So - yay!