Day 256: Dining & a Book

Posted on | May 14, 2008 |

Wild Oats — $8.42
I spent nearly 2 hours sitting and waiting for the kids I was supposed to transport from the off-site theater where they’re performing their school play back to school.  On the way back to school, we stopped at Wild Oats for snacks (and next-class avoidance).  I bought myself an avocado sushi tray and an Odwalla Strawberry C Monster.

Wendy’s — $2.36
For the most part, now that The Son no longer goes from Wednesday’s cello lesson straight to orchestral rehearsal, we’ve given up our usual Wednesday’s Wendy’s dinner stop.  But tonight was a exception because we couldn’t go straight home for dinner together.  So we stopped for a “snack” of a Bacon Cheeseburger and a small vanilla Frosty.

Bookstore — $27.99
We duplicated yesterday’s book purchase, this time over the phone to an independent book seller in town.  Here’s why — the author is coming to town for a reading, discussion, and book signing.  The Daughter and several friends from school are big fans and want to go to the event.  The only way to get a ticket to the event is to buy a book from the sponsoring store.

When The Daughter bought yesterday’s book at the wrong store, she asked about the tickets but the clerk knew nothing about them.  I encouraged The Daughter to wait on the purchase until we had all the right info but, naturally, being a 16-yo know-it-all with a specific goal in mind, there was no dissuading her.The plan is to return the first book for a full refund and have The Daughter pay me back for the entire (book & ticket) purchase.

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