Day 147: Food, Food, and More Food

Posted on | January 26, 2008 |

Basketball.  Most of the day today was dedicated to basketball.  And food.

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First I had to “bribe” The Son to come to the game and work concessions/admissions.  I promised him lunch.

Good Times — $7.10
Did you know that Good Times uses Coleman all-natural beef?  Did you know that they’re much more expensive than Wendy’s?  The Son ordered two full-sized cheeseburgers and a medium soda.

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Then, what’s a sporting event without munchies?  Avoiding munchies is even harder when you’re working concessions.  Between The Son, The Daughter, and the girls who needed a short-term loan,   I dropped $5 in cash on munchies and drinks.  At least I didn’t have to pay any admissions fees since it was a home game.

After working and watching during the girls’ game, I took off to run a quick errand while the boys warmed up and then started their game.

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Marshalls — ($42.93)
I returned the DLO FM transmitter I bought early this month.  I love the DLO FM transmitter I use in The Tank and bought this second unit for The Daughter to use in The Husband’s Subaru.  But then I found a Belkin transmitter at Costco.  This unit will fit better in the Subaru and it came packaged with several cool additional accessories.  Plus it was the last one on the shelf and was drastically reduced.  We decided to keep the Belkin (though, honestly, after using both I feel the DLO is a superior product).

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I got back from the errand in time to watch a very exciting but disappointing finish to the boys’ game, collect both of the kids, and finally head home.  But nothing is ever quite that simple, is it?  Of course not.  The Daughter was hungry.  And we were completely out of milk.

Wendy’s — $5.80
The Daughter ordered a grilled chicken sandwich, a side salad (instead of french fries — good for her), and a small Dr. Pepper.  I don’t like the kids to drink caffeine but I don’t police it as much as I used to when they were younger.  Neither one consumes much caffeine — certainly not daily doses.  I figure she could be into a lot worse things than a Dr. Pepper here and there.

And the last stop of the day:

Kroger — $17.47

• gallon of Horizon 2% milk — $4.88 (saved $0.07)
• 1/2 gallon of Horizon chocolate milk — $2.99 (saved $0.50)
• 1/2 gallon Dole orange/peach/mango juice — $3.34 (saved $.035)
• Planter’s mixed nuts — $2.99 (saved $2.00)
• Keebler chocolate chip cookies — $2.99
• bag credits — ($0.15)

Related Posts for Further Reading

• Day 235: Dinner & The Theater, etc
• Day 50
• $$: Groceries, an Odwalla, & “Harvey”
• $$: Chocolate Milk, Chocolate Candy & Snow Pants, etc.
• $$: Starbucks, Pizza & an animated Zombie-Hand-in-a-Bowl
• $$: Co-Pay, Fees, & Groceries

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