After we watch our evening shows, we usually take a break from whatever death, mayhem or drama we've been watching and wind down with an episode of West Wing. After that, J. goes to You Tube. We watch Jeopardy highlights and lately, he's been watching a guy giving tips for how to do things with your iPhone.
J. learned we can create shared reminders and/or lists so now we have a Costco list and a grocery list. We can both add or delete and changes are made on both lists (his and mine). It's revolutionizing everything. We started a 'to-do' list to keep track of the many things we know we need to do but often don't get to 'cuz there's not a list. It's nice being retired and having things be 'get to it when you like' but...a list keeps reminding us and that's a help.
We spent Thanksgiving at Atlantis in the Grand Ballroom Buffet which was epic as always. Somehow, I missed all the side dishes - no stuffing, mashed potatoes...I just never made it to the 'side station'. I got a delicious turkey wing, a crab cake, some cranberry sauce, lobster ravioli. All delicious. And berry pie for dessert.
We had already decided we would get the fixings for a small holiday meal to make at home. I thought of a turkey leg and maybe a turkey roll. With stuffing, green bean casserole, etc. . I made a shopping list and prepared to go to Walmart - usually do an online order and pickup but I wanted to choose the best options available for turkey - so thought I would go myself. Then I remembered it was Black Friday and there was no way I was going to head to Walmart on Black Friday.
J. accompanied me and we went to our (very) nearby Savemart. Found a turkey leg for $11. Found a whole turkey for $4.90 - 39 cents a pound. There was no way I could spend double that on one turkey leg...so we will be cooking an 11 pound turkey on Sunday along with all the trimmings. It will be delicious! And we can make all sorts of yummy things - including turkey tetrazzini which is delicious!
The store was also having their $5 each when you purchase 5 in their meat section so we got a bunch of meat. We have been successfully eating off the freezer for the past month or two so we have plenty of freezer space. We are well stocked as we head into December.
In other news, I received my December offers from the local casino here in Carson I frequent - and they dropped my freeplay down a ridiculous amount. I talked to the marketing department and they will be double checking it because it is a very steep drop. On a good note, I've been feeling like I'm ready to take a break so....might make it a very easy 'nudge' to do that. Skip going there twice a week starting in December. I think that will help my psyche a lot, actually.
Hope everyone had a great day of giving thanks and eating delicious food.
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