I Suck At Panera Bread

I suck at Panera Bread. It's not that I think the place is terrible or anything. I just don't think to go there that often. As luck would have it, that changed today when my friends (Renee, Christine, and Christine's mom) came down for a visit.

Renee, Christine, and Christine's mom graciously brought lunch from Panera. For anyone curious, I had the steak balsamico. Yum! Unfortunately, Christine has informed me that the steak balsamico will no longer be on the menu soon. Oh well. The panini was good while it lasted.

Regardless, it was good to see them. For anyone curious, Renee is pregnant and is due sometime in August. Apparently, she wants to arrange a marriage between her unborn child and my newborn daughter (Bridget). Luckily for her, the marriage would still be considered legal should Renee have a girl here in Massachusetts.

Among the other topics of discussion was Tupperware. Christine was roped into having a Tupperware party, which naturally got Karen all excited because Karen's family is a Tupperware family.

Shortly after their brief visit, the only other highlight of the day was my trip to Rite Aid. Today was the last day of the sale in which Rite Aid was providing a store coupon for a Playtex baby item. Yep, Playtex makes more than just feminine products. If anyone is curious, Playtex originally got its name from "perforated latex", which was used between the cloth of women's underwear for elasticity.

Anyway, I was able to stack a manufacturer's coupon onto the store coupon for the Playtex baby bottle, which was nice to have with a newborn. When all was said and done, the bottle ended up costing 11 cents. Yay!

I Suck At Installing A Towel Ring

Among the many items on my "to-do" list is to install a towel ring in our first floor bathroom. Now, I suck at installing a towel ring. It's not that I can't physically install one. Like many of my other home improvement projects, the project remains on my list and remains there... for months if not years.

But not tonight. After a quick visit to Rite Aid, in which I only paid a whopping $0.32 for a chocolate covered cherry and a jumbo pack of Pamper diapers, I installed the towel ring. I guess I was riding the high of my shopping endeavor.

Interestingly enough, the associates at Rite Aid seem to know me now. I don't know if that is a good thing or not yet. When I walked in tonight, they immediately greeted me and asked if I were getting a good deal.

Anyway, the installation of the towel ring took no time at all. I think more time was spent cleaning up and bringing my tools back and forth from the garage. (I find that is generally the case.) But now, I can cross one item off of that home improvement "to-do" list. Too bad there are so many other items on it.