Week-end Review

I'm happy to report the

snow is (once again) gone

and the sun is shining.

It's a tad

chilly right now,

but that's OK.

I had hope to post

pictures of the jewelry I bought

from the special ed group

at the expo I previously wrote about.

However, my usually

very, messy daughter,

wore one piece to school today

and has "put the others away"

and I can't find them.

I hope to post photos of them

later this week.

Let me tell you this...

they had some G O R G E O U S pieces!

I can't wait to hear how their sales were.

I think they may have been

pretty good by the looks of things

when I left.

While Becky worked the booth,

I walked the expo with a good

friend and got lots of

freebies.

I love freebies...

who doesn't?

After the expo,

we made a trip to Costco.

We needed to stock up on

a few very essential items

like cat food and

(shhhh) toilet paper.

My daughter just loves Costco,

No...she's not a cost savvy shopper...

she just loves all of the

free samples.

My challenge is usually

to keep her in my line of sight

while I shop and she grazes.

It's a good way to

keep her a little distracted

while I try to focus

(another challenge for me with all of the people in that place)!

This usually works for both of us.

Until Saturday, that is.

You see, I rarely indulge in those samples.

I'm too busy trying not to get

hit by other carts,

or trying to avoid hitting

the little tots with my cart.

Apparently,

Becky has realized this

and took it upon herself

to "share" with me on this day.

OH! MY! GOSH!

Before I knew it,

she (somewhat) gently

shoved a cracker into my mouth.

She was so excited to share

a morsel of a sample with me she

was giddy.

Until she noticed my face.

Her eyes got wide..

and wider still.

The corners of her mouth curled up on the sides.

All this while I was trying

to be a lady

while having something quite

disgusting

in my mouth.

I could not chew.

I could not swallow.

I had no napkin

or tissue to spit it out.

Instead,

I tried to continue shopping.

I could feel people looking at us,

since by now,

Becky was in a absolutely,

full blown case of the giggles

while my face turned 20 shades of green.

After perusing 3 aisles,

she turned to me and said

"Do you still have that in your mouth?"

Then instructed me to

"Chew it and swallow it!"

Over the course of 4 more aisles,

and with every fiber in my body,

I swallowed it.

And the taste lingered and lingered and...

well, you get the drift.

I'm sure you're wondering what it was.

It was some concoction

made with...

Ewwwww.....

Green Olives!

Once I could speak again,

I turned to my thoughtful daughter

and said "YOU OWE ME!"

"Find me something to get this taste out of my mouth!"

She set off in search

and proudly came back with a piece of chocolate

covered caramel.  I popped it in my mouth,

knowing it would soon wash away the

taste of those olives.

And then it hit me...

SEA SALT!

Lots and lots of SEA SALT!

On my chocolate covered caramel!

Noooooooooooo!

How could anyone ruin a good piece

of chocolate with SALT?

OK...

I know...

some of you love/like olives

and sea salt on chocolate,

but for me,

it was a trying, stressful

"girls day out."

It reminded me of the time

I bought some pistachios

and they had salt AND pepper

on them!

$15.00 worth of pistachios reduced to

the garbage can!

At least I didn't buy the

other stuff!

Next time we go to Costco,

I'm wearing a face mask!