In my frugal way and not wanting to consume more things that are not really necessary, I decided to put out the Valentine place mats and napkins for our 4th celebration. I kept telling myself to go to the dollar store and get a few things, and then I would say NO!  This is consumerism at it's worst. You don't need plastic crap to throw away later.  Use what you have that can be washed and reused. So after realizing we were serving 8 and I only had 4 of these napkins, I ran downstairs and looked through my stash and found this cute red/white/blue seascape cotton I had purchased for $2.00 a yard.  I quickly (it took about 1/2 hour) put together 10 nice sized napkins which we will use all summer until Labor day. Then store for next summer. This is a picture of a snack I had about 2p.m. as the celebration would not really start until about 5 and I was starving.  Note the gold plastic cups that I received free from an event I catered.  My family did not use one of them.  They all went and got a glass out of the cup board.  I think we are all apposed.  Kind of how I raised them. I think it is an aversion to paper/plastic plates.

     Our barbecue grill is on it's last legs and yesterday decided to go belly up so we had to run to Lil sis's and get hers which is also not working the best, but better than ours.  Hubs is ready to call it quits on the gas grills and go back to charcoal.

     We all ate entirely too much yesterday.  I was miserable last night from too much food.  It was good food but I over indulged.   After company left about 7 p.m. I took a two hour nap and then Lil sis called and we hurried over to pick her up and go watch the fireworks overlooking the river.  Then home to go back to bed early, which just meant putting on pj's and laying in bed under a fan with a bad stomach until about 2:30.  But it was a fun day with the kids and the grandson and Lil sis.

     Today I have to get a bridesmaid dress done for pick up this afternoon and another really  hard pageant costume.  There is also a bride dress ready for pick up.  I need to get things out of this shop as it is getting hard to move around with everything hanging. 

     Daughter #2 was able to fit into her dress yesterday and I do not have to let it out!  Hooray for her and for me.  B tried her dress on again for the final fitting before I take it in.  So I have three wedding outfits I can get done this weekend.  No excuses those are going off my list.  I also have an American Indian regalia dress to cut and put buckskin fringe on.  I will try and get the fringe done today.  So lots to do and I feel like this should still be a Holiday not a work day.

How many of you have to go back to work to day?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim