SHOPPING!!! By freedom, I mean, the whole empty nest thing. I had $20 "free" money I had to spend at Kohl's by today. We live about 25 miles from the city (where Kohl's is), so I don't go "shopping" all that often (good thing!) For the first time in over 20 years, I really relaxed and enjoyed my shopping trip. I've always had to 'hurry up and get home' for someone or something. I've been wanting to try a couple craft projects (I'm not crafty, so these should be interesting...), so I went to Michael's after Kohl's to get some things. Normally I would hurry up and skip Michaels because I 'don't have time to go there and don't have time to do any crafts...' I wandered around in there for awhile. Then I stopped at a "real" grocery store ~ as opposed to our little store here in town ~ and got stocked up on lots of stuff. I took my time, in no hurry. Wow. What a feeling of....Freedom! This empty nest isn't bad at all :)
An afterthought... I was doing a really good job of being frugal as well as buying low-fat stuff for dh and me at the grocery (we're both determined to lose weight,) until I rounded the last corner. Isn't it great how the stores make sure there's the deli that you have to pass on your way to the check-out? Here it was, close to 6:00, and the place smelled like fried chicken. As I started to pass the deli, I noticed they were putting out fresh chicken, and it was chicken Wednesday -- 8 pieces of chicken and 2 large sides for 6.99. Guess what we had for dinner?
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