More Free Stuff

Steve and I had a lovely kid-free Friday night. Victoria, Sophia, and Josiah are with their father and stepmother for the weekend. Alex and Ashley went over to Grandma P's abode. We stayed in a watched a movie (Chocolat) and slept wonderfully late this morning. I had wanted to get up early and go to breakfast (I have coupons), but bed was warm and comfortable and sleep feels so good. I decided to sleep in and just make breakfast at home.

We rolled out of bed around 10:30. I made my version of a Bob Evans Skillet Meal. I layered home fries, scrambled eggs, sausage gravy and topped it with cheddar cheese. Mmmm, nothing like starting the day with some heart attack inducing breakfast foods. Sure beats the Fibre One I normally eat most mornings that Victoria says tastes like cardboard. As a bonus, I saved money and didn't have to change out of my pajamas.

After we had breakfast, Steve and I headed into the boys' room to throw away some of their junk reorganize their stuff. We tried to get as much done as we could before we had to meet up with Rob and Gary. Gary had some extra tickets to a Bull and Oyster Roast thrown by a local business to benefit the American Cancer Society. Seriously, you think I'm going to pass up free food? Steve asked if I was interested. Um...yeah!

The Bull and Oyster Roast was interesting. Southern Maryland's finest were there. Nothing like some tasty meat cooked over a huge fire and good old people watching. The dj played songs like "The Electric Slide" and "Booty Call". They even had a "beer truck". If only I could've figured out a way to get a picture of the woman with the huge Tazmanian Devil tattoo on calf with the inscription "100% B*tch" to share with you all. Gotta give her props for putting a permanent warning label on herself.

I was the only one that ate the steamed oysters. For some reason, despite being born and raised in Maryland, Steve and his brothers just aren't big fans. I don't eat them raw. That is just nasty. Anything that resembles snot just isn't going into my stomach. I'm still curious as to who was the first person to discover that oysters are edible. What would make someone look at that and think, Oooh let me see if that is something I can actually eat.

Sadly, there wasn't any dessert. Seriously, what kind of shindig doesn't have anything sweet to finish off the meal? I had Steve stop off at Nick's so I could pick up some ice cream on the way back to his parent's house. I ended up with Haagan Daas Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream and Steve found another Boston Cream Pie. I couldn't pass it up knowing that it could be months before I see another one. So the money I saved by not going to breakfast paid for my ice cream and the pie. I'm on a personal quest to share this delicious pie with as many people as I can, so I made sure Mrs. P took a slice for everyone in her house. I wonder if she thinks it's the best pie ever like I do.

While we were hanging out at the P's, we watched Pushing Daisies. I forgot to DVR the encore presentation and I didn't want to risk having my neck punched by Cori. Steve and I are definitely adding it to our Fall tv schedule. Mainly because we liked it, but we also don't want to risk Cori punching us in the neck if we decided it wasn't worth watching on a weekly basis.

Now we are home. We've had some pie and Steve is waiting for me to wrap this up so we can watch an episode of Scrubs before bed. He keeps glancing over to see whether I am done or not. I think I'll type an extra paragraph of filler just to be a brat. Ok, not really. I'm out of stuff to say and that doesn't happen too often. So yeah, hope everyone is having a good weekend so far too.