Dear readers, it is that time of day again. Time to curl up with one's coffee, one's thoughts, and one's cat inside one's jacket.

I'm being serious: my cat just crawled inside my fleece. I think she has womb issues (at age 7).

At any rate, the day is winding down, I've caught up on blogs and threads (is it just me or was it quiet here today?), and now I'm settling in.

I'll start off with the "coincidence", since I think that's what some might be most interested in *grin*. Tonight is DH's pool league night, so it's pretty much an evening apart. DOn't worry, it's by choice: I can go if I want, but all there is to do is sit there for 4 hours and watch people play pool. Once you've done it a couple of times, it starts to lose the thrill...

Anywho, DH asked me to meet him at Zaxby's on my way home from work so we could have dinner before he went to pool. He paid out of his allowance, and that's the third time this week. The house and I haven't had to pay yet. Hmmm.

But wait, the plot thickens. During our dinner DH somehow manages to bring up both the move "Bad Santa" and the fact that I haven't changed my last name, all in the course of casual conversation. I throw this out to you, readers. Is it coincidence that DH is bringing up topics that I have discussed online within the past week? More specifically: what's up with the "Bad Santa" reference? I dunno...

Anywho, on to more mundane blogging topics.

Went grocery shopping today since I pulled grocery/allowance money out early this week (it was payday, I was at the bank, I'm weak). As some of you have read in the threads, I got a great deal on a a bunch of meat. Over 10 lbs of steak and bacon for around $30.

As you probably have figured out, I'm not a vegetarian. Personally, I firmly belive that cows, pigs, and chickens would kill us all if given the chance Actually, I do have a general philosophy on eating meat, but that's another topic for another day.

To go with my meat I soda (sale) OJ (sale) coffee creamer (sale + coupon) bread (sale) organic fries (sale) chicken (reduced for quick... sale) and glad press'n'seal freezer edition (on sale and needed, what with 10 lbs of meat to deal with).

Anyone care to guess what I did at work this afternoon between database issues? Gotta love having sales papers online!

In addition to my sale items I got crushed tomatoes, local dairy milk, sage, garlic powder, wild rice, hulled barley, and split yellow peas. Combine this with the fact that it's going to hit freezing here in the next 2 days, I think I feel a soup coming on.

So there it is. I spent, I saved, I wondered at the coincidences.