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Another fun weekend and lots of fun coming up too

June 7th, 2015 at 01:50 am

Last night was parents' night out, which is a wonderful day twice a year when our daycare lady and her husband keep all the kids for a sleepover on a Friday, and you pick them up Saturday late morning!

It was the first one since we'd had money to spare, so we went all out. First, I'd taken the day off because of a weird lull in my projects at work. (They'll pick up again on Monday.) AS and I went shopping and had lunch in downtown. I picked up the last few things my wardrobe was missing. I'd tried all the thrift store and discount store options that were within a reasonable distance, so I finally had to buy some stuff at higher prices than I care to pay for clothes. A cardigan for $37, 2 bras for $40 each, a pair of flats for $49, and 2 pairs of flip flops for $3 each (those were cheap at least!). But, now my wardrobe is in pretty good shape. Unless something wears out, I shouldn't need to buy anything for a while.

Then, we met up with NT and went to happy hour at a sushi place. We just stayed and stayed, ordering a series of small plates in lieu of dinner, as well as bottles of sake. We were there for over four hours! We spent $125 and tipped $25. Then we went for drinks at another place (I just had coffee at that point!). That place came to $46 with tip. So worth it to us!

Tomorrow there's a celebration called "Open Streets" where they block off traffic on a major road and let people walk/bike around. Local vendors set up stalls, musicians play, people take yoga on the street, etc. It's going to be really fun, and the street is only 3 short blocks from us!

Monday through Wednesday, we're doing a raw-foods cleanse. Today we bought a bunch of ingredients for the meals we have planned. I feel like a break from the indulgent eating and drinking will be good for us.

Monday we have a contractor coming over to look at our place while we tell him what we'd like to do with it. He'll help us figure out what's feasible and affordable, and from there we can develop a timeline and start saving up for each stage. That night, we're going to a raw vegan restaurant, and our neighbor is watching the kids and feeding them dinner.

Thursday there's a dads-only daycare event for Father's Day, and a happy hour for my alumni group. It's also technically 60 days from the WV option expiring. I wonder if my dad will hear anything from them?

Friday we have the day off, and we're renting a carshare and driving down to our friends' massive vacation home about 2 hours south of here. We'll drive back Monday afternoon (we have that day off too). I just realized I have a lot of 3- and 4-day weeks in a row all of a sudden! Smile

The following week we have our CSA starting, with a box of fresh veggies to pick up every Thursday. That weekend we have a going-away party for a friend, and it's Father's Day on Sunday. NT still has to decide what he wants to do for it.

The next week we have a going-away party for a fellow alumna, and then it's GLBT Pride weekend with parade, festival and more.

And that's June! That's how summers go here in Minnesota. Everyone's so eager to get together and have fun. Luckily there are some quiet weeknights in there. Sometimes we accidentally overbook ourselves and don't even have that.

That wasn't much of a financial update. I did set up AS's 2nd-quarter tax payments today. I scheduled them for June 15. And I advised one of my two friends whose finances I consult on about what debt she should tackle next -- she's about to pay off her first credit card since we started!

Our fence isn't up yet, but the guy has set a date for this coming week to work on it. Excited!

There was a smash-and-grab burglary on our block, and now our downstairs neighbors want to install a security system. I'm just letting them decide what to do. They just need to do something to make themselves feel better, because the news really freaked them out.

1 Responses to “Another fun weekend and lots of fun coming up too”

  1. snafu Says:
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    Security system: Suggest friends talk to police for security suggestions. We had a B&E, they used an industrial sized crowbar to pry off doorframe for access! Police explained clever thieves set a timer, smash and grab before security or police can get to location. Best is mere signage in hopes thieves pick easier target. Drop bars for glass doors, quality window locks, long deadbolt/dbl dead bolt to make access difficult. No easy to hide behind shrubbery.
    Issue #2: If alarm goes off due to outage or non criminal problem there is a substantial fee for non emergency call!

    Never keep valuables in M Bdrm or drugs in bthrm. Valuables in small safe that can be bolted from inside to shelf & studs in wall.
    DH initially installed a small safe in M Bdr, closet floor. BAAAd idea, had to lie on floor in dark corner to access putting stuff in...taking stuff out!

    Important to think it all through

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