We did sneak in two bottles of water and two juice boxes (that we had from home) and a box of candy ($1.69) that we all shared. Okay, I know it's wrong. I'm sorry! I just can't bear to pay $3.00 for a tiny box of candy, or $4.00 for a large soda. (Forgive me Jebus!)
Then the boys played in the backyard for a while and then we lit off the remainder of their fireworks. Dinner tonight was stew.
Slice up: two carrots, three celery stalks, three gold/yellow potatoes, and one big onion. Toss the veggies in a crock pot with some stew meat and a can or two of diced (or stewed) tomatoes, and a can of tomato paste. You can basically use whatever veggies you want and however many you want, so long as they'll fit in your crock pot. Mine is pretty big. It's oval shaped, not round. Some veggies work better than others. You have to experiment. Fresh always tastes better than canned (except for the tomatoes -- you should used canned tomato products because it's a more intense tomato flavor.) Then season to taste with garlic salt and chili powder. Canned green chilies also taste good in this (we used diced tomatoes with green chilies.) Cook for 6 hours on high or 8 hours on low. Serve with bread or tortillas.
Total spent today was $29.69. Total spent overall is $316.74. As of yesterday, Kay has only spent $184.11. She's heading to the coast for this weekend, so I know she'll have to fill up. Although, by watching her blog and all the driving she does and how little gas she'd used, I wonder if my car is holding late night gasoline parties and sharing its gas with the neighbors or something.
We have a ton of food, now, after all the grocery shopping I've done over the last few days. Time to make it count and let her spending creep past me.
I probably won't blog tomorrow. Check back on July 5th! Happy Independence Day to everyone!
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