Weekend Recap

I think I am going to suggest that 2 day weeks become the norm.  2 days at work followed by 2 days of weekend was absolutely wonderful!  This being our last [almost] football-less weekend for several months, we took advantage of our freedom.  Friday night we headed to our local Indian Casino to indulge in their crab legs and prime rib buffet.  I thinks it's safe to say that we won....we beat the buffet. Out table looked like an episode of Deadliest Catch with all of the crab legs on it.  I am not much of a crab leg eater [too much work for so little meat], but I made up for it with prime rib, mac and cheese, and fried shrimp.  We attempted to walk some of our dinner off around the casino and in the process won a little cash. Let's put it this way...I won back what my dinner cost. =) A win is a win, right?  We barely made it home before our food comas kicked in and we were done.

Saturday morning I did something I swore I was not going to do this weekend.....I braved tax-free shopping weekend.  I think I figured out the best way to take advantage of it without being completely overwhelmed....get there early so you can leave before the crowds get too bad.  I was in the Old Navy parking lot before they opened but decided to wait in the car instead of at the door like several other anxious shoppers.  The trip ended up being a success because I scored 3 pairs of pants for Eric and 3 shirts for me for under $100, and didn't have to pay the 10% sales tax we have in Alabama.   After that I headed over to Target and found 2 pairs of jeans for me, one pair for $6 and the other pair for $13.  I couldn't NOT get them!  I finished up my shopping trip with Costco and a stop at the Farmer's Market and I was in the car on the way home by 11:15am. That my friends, is how you do tax-free shopping weekend like a pro.  We spent Saturday afternoon lounging by the pool and cooking out with some friends....basically the way summer should be done.

Sunday I decided it was time to be productive so after church I hit the grocery store, cleaned the house, got the laundry going, and had 3 dinners for this week marinating by the time Eric got home from golf.  I had high hopes for a little garden work, but the couch and this week's episode of Girl Meets World were calling my name, which turned into a nap.  By the time I'd roused myself a few friends had made their way over to sit by the pool which seemed like a much better idea than gardening.  Sunday evening was a repeat of Saturday evening, just a couple of houses down instead of at our house.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

1. I had to walk to the post office and the bank on Friday while I was at work, so naturally I stopped at the new donut shop we have close by for a reward in the form of a red velvet donut with cream cheese frosting and chopped pecans on top....best $1 I've ever spent!
2. The reason we went walking around the casino floor after dinner.  We'd heard they had a shark tank inside, and had to see it.  Granted the shark was only about 3 feet long, but a shark is a shark.
3. The item at the buffet that made me shriek like a school girl....a cookie sandwich with frosting in between the cookies.  I think my friends thought I'd lost it at this point, it was the best thing I ate all night.
4. My fellow Old Navy shoppers who were a lot more hardcore than me.
5. I made a cheese and cracker plate for us for lunch on Saturday.  For some reason after I made it I could not get the Iggy Azelea song, "I'm so Fancy" out of my head afterward.  But seriously, it was the best lunch ever and Eric agreed.  The cheese came from an excursion we took while were in Indiana (which I will be recapping this week).
6. Peanut and his new BFF Bandit/Gizmo (depending on who you ask).  Our neighbors got a shih tzu puppy and he's only 7 weeks old.  He and Peanut chased each other around the yard and the puppy tried to chase Hawk, but his bunny hops in the grass only got him so far and he'd get distracted by a leaf or a crepe myrtle flower and start playing with that instead.

Even though neither of us are teachers, this weekend was kind of the end of the summer for us with [real] football practice starting this week.  It won't be long before we'll be spending our Friday nights under the lights as another football season gets rolling!