weekend was a bust

I feel like I am treading water. It isn't that we didn't get stuff done this weekend - we did - just not around the house. We did get some shopping done.

Today was the grocery store. We saved about $30 on $100 worth of groceries thanks to our Ralph's card coupons. We had about four pages of coupons and we spent some time in the aisles trying to figure out which ones to use. For example we had coupons for $1.00 off fresh vegetables when you bought either three or four dollars worth. I am sure anyone watching was laughing at our debates, especially in the toilet paper aisle. Why does that have to be so confusing? We determined that the dollar 4-packs were not the deal. Best deal was 5-pound sack of russet potatoes for 75 cents.

Saturday we had a fun day shopping. We found something for the nephew that is living 9000 miles from his parents. We even figured out a way to get said present to him - hopefully even by Christmas day. I guess that is progress. I hadn't thought about it when we bought said present, but leaving it here could have caused all sorts of problems. Would the parents take it back to New York or would the grandparents take it back with them? Give me bonus points for avoiding that scenario.

We also found this amazing little restaurant. It's called Pie 'N Burger. We were actually hoping to go for breakfast, but arrived about 15 minutes too late. As the review promised, it is a bit reminiscent of The Apple Pan. It certainly has the counter and similar service. I'd say it reminds me a little of the recently closed Walkers of Albany California. We got a slice of cherry pie to go. Oh my - pie!

The list keeps growing, and it looks like I am going to lose a couple of days to a side trip to San Diego. Probably need to make myself sparse around the Internet for a day or three. I can get this done.


on the night stand :: Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer