Spent the Day in Oswego, NY, Bargain Shopping with Her & Her Husband, a Tradition Cynde and I Will Hopefully Continue Down the Road

I love getting the 50-60% of holiday shit I don't need. I usually stock up, store away, and get excited during the next season when I bring materials up after Thanksgiving. This year, I bought much more for the ever-growing nativity set, and will add more tacky to it, summoning Grannie Annie with the little finds that come my way (I had to pass on the brass choir frogs for out front....They were $160 dollars, but I would not get them unless they were under $50...that's just the way I am.

The funny thing is I bought a bunch of items for Casey & Dave and, lo and behold, when I went to store the goods in the closet of her ol' bedroom from last year, I found a whole stack of things I bought her last year that I totally forgot about (which is a bummer). I will likely wrap it up for her birthday next year. It will be a lot of loot at once.

Boo on Maria's of Oswego for being closed. They riled me up for a good breakfast, but nope...so we ended up at a sandwich shop. It sufficed, but I was 100% ready for an omelet. Once I get that on my brain I'm unfocused until I have one. Nora's didn't quite cut it.

Today should be a day of football games and, I suppose, wrapping Casey's birthday presents for next year. Probably should help cut some of the food out of the fridge and do another Price Chopper run with Papa Butch (he says he's out of Pepsi...there is a lifetime supply of it downstairs).

As for the cookies and chocolates...that will be impossible to deplete by departure. I got mom tins so she can make gifts for her friends (as she had me cook them last week and now they are clogging the upstairs freezer). 

And my flights are booked to Daytona Beach for a spur-of-the-moment road trip with Chitunga (who has been on the road almost 24 hours as he heads to Miami with Lys. For now, though, taking one day at a time.