Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Good morning crew,

It was so close to a completely successful Fall Fest this weekend.

Saturday started out raining so the wife and I camped out in the Old Plank Trail Tavern's beer garden to wait out the weather. That was fine with me considering the proximity to bratwursts and beer.

But eventually the rain did stop and we took a lap around the fest to check out the arts and crafts. It is no easy thing, keeping my wife from spending money, but with a little strategy and judicious navigating around high risk locations like the jewelry stalls, we were able to make it through without blowing too much cash.

Then we made our big mistake. At that point, augmented by my brother Nino, his wife and a couple other people, we decided to abandon the beer and bratwursts to go across the street to a little ristorante called Francesca's. There, instead of four dollar beers we were drinking nine dollar glasses of wine, and instead of five dollar brats we were eating fifteen dollar plates of pasta and ensalada.

By the time we left there we had blown all the cash we didn't spend on arts and crafts, and then some. But, in my opinion, we got more enjoyment out of the dinner, drinks and company than we would have gotten out of a wrought iron silhouette of a flower in a vase.

The wife might disagree, of course.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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After I applied for jobs at both a library and a shoe store, my husband said he hoped that I'd get the one at the store. "It would be nice to have employee discounts on shoes," he explained.

Then, without thinking, he added, "Of course, if you get the job at the library, we'll get free books."


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Trying to do my share for the environment, I set up a recycling basket at my church and posted above it this suggestion: "Empty water bottles here."

I should have been a little more specific, because when I went to check it later, I didn't find any bottles in it. But it was full of water.