What a week end I had!

As i left off in my last blog entry i was struggling to lose the 2 lbs that i had gained over Easter and I'm happy to report on Friday i lost the 2 lbs!

My weekend was spent doing my basic weekly running around, going out to lunch, laundry and grocery shopping. I went a bit over budget this week, but it was on necessary items.

Saturday morning was spent helping do maintenance stuff. First on the list was the generator, it hadn’t been started since Sept when it was used for evacuation of Gustav. Oppps I had forgotten that Gabe had tried to start it before he left and it didn’t start so i told him to let it go. Of course I'm no mechanic and didn’t realize the battery was now ran to low to turn the generator. Of course it wouldn’t start and the battery was drained. So it was decided it was time to buy that battery charger that has been on the need to get list.

So a trip to Wal-mart was taken and this is what was purchased …….

3 fishing lure … 3.68 2 flav water … 1.16 conditioner … 1.69 salad dressing … 1.58 solarcaine … 5.78 Dog Food … 10.00 Dog Treats … 3.84 battery charger … 28.94 2 chips … 5.00 2 Lettuce … 2.00 mount tape … 2.57 strawberries … 1.50 rice … 1.58 radish … 1.48 shredded cheese … 6.38 fried chicken … 5.34

Total … $88.29

wow what a bite out of the wallet! Yes the lures were needed for next month when too much fishing will be done.

After coming back from Wal-mart all it took to get the generator started was hooking up the charger and turning it on and behold … it started instantly! Whewwww

Then it was time to start Ms. Southwind … oops i had neglected my job the past few months and hadn’t started her once a month as i normally do. Ms. Southwind wouldn’t start … uh oh … Yes you guessed it i ran the battery down so the new charger was used to re charge the battery. Not only did Ms. Southwind have a dead battery but remember the trip from Florida to here with the gas line so it was decided to get it fixed now before it’s time to roll out next month. So a trip to Auto zone was made and here is what was purchased …..

Auto Zone

fuel filter … 2.38 gas line …. 3.99

Total …….. $6.82

After recharging the battery and the gas line and fuel filter were installed, Ms. Southwind started right up and ran like a charm. Now to not to forget to start her each week.

Later it was time to do the weekly grocery shopping and here is where and what i purchased this week

Dollar Tree …….

night light bulbs … 1.00 triple antibiotic ointment …. 1.00 2 deodorant … 2.00 trash bags … 1.00 paper towels …. 1.00

Total ….. $ 6.42

Save A-lot ……

Bananas ….50 2 beans & franks … 1.38 bran flakes … 1.49 celery … 99 stuffing mix … 89 2 vienna wieners ….89 9 jell-o …2.64 2 cheese curls … 2.38 cream mushroom soup …59 2 frosting …2.38 frosted flakes …1.99 grapes …2.38 imitation bacon bits …1.29 mac & cheese …35 butter sticks …69 3 potted meat …99 2 ice cream …4.78 2 pot pies …1.00 crackers …99 soft butter …1.79 2 peas …98 candy …99 pudding … 99 2 whipped topping …1.78

Total ….. 37.82

Dollar General ….

misc … 2.25 2 pudding … 2.00 Mucinex DM …. 10.00

Total …… 15.25

Food Giant ……..

pork steak …. 7.03 Beef shoulder roast …. 8.89

Total ….. $17.03

Grand Total …. $171.63 …. ehhhhhhh

After all that grocery shopping it was time to do the laundry for the week … Man i am ever glad that work is all done! I didn’t even go out for my Saturday lunch date today as too many things to get done.

Sunday i went out for lunch to a new buffet and oh my was it ever good and was i ever bad! After losing my 2 lbs from the previous week, i rewarded myself by splurging at the new buffet .. uh oh …. I tried several of the desserts they had. It is one of the best buffet i have ever had, the food was excellent and the desserts were superb! Good thing i only took a few bites of each dessert and didn’t eat all of them all! Nice part of having a someone out to eat with you who doesn’t mind eating what you don’t … hehe

It was an exhausting weekend and I'm dreading the scale come Monday but the desserts were excellent and i truly savored them.