Wow, that was some symphony of Lush-lessness. Glad--oops, I mean sorry I missed it. I thought Sugar was the one with the extra kidney?? Lush was posting as Lohana or something. She had to keep changing signin names everywhere because she could never remember a password. Or write it down apparently...
What I remember are the horrifying breakfasts she related -- full of cream and cheese and butter and fat and bacon. But not just a "normal" amount of those things, more like fat wrapped in butter and fried with bacon with cheese melted over it swimming in a dish of cream. Or something.
I have just come home from a lovely weekend with DD. Although really I was only there 24 hours. We went out to Grendel's Den in Harvard Square, where I treated her to a nice but unbelievably cheap meal. Then she treated me to dessert at Finale, where they serve these gorgeous plated desserts, all fancy with different shaped chocolate and layered thises and thats and sugar skewers. Just amazing. Today we had brunch together and I met a couple of her friends I hadn't met before. Then DD had to go set up for the concert and I went back to Harvard Sq to shop at "Curious George" bookshop. I got a beautiful stuffed kitty for my niece along with a lovely picture book plus a couple of Golden book reprints -- $2.99 each; they had all the titles from way back. I got her Dumbo, and The Color Kittens I think it's called.
Then back to campus for the chorale concert -- it was beautiful, and well worth seeing a second time! Afterwards DD and I were both starving (she's always starving -- the prerogative of the skinny!) so we got lovely (dirt cheap) tacos, with the most fantastic salsa on them. Oh those are the best.
I could not believe how little I spent on food, or on anything for that matter -- my motel room was a reward night for points I've been accumulating, so it was free. I didn't pay for parking at the college; I kept finding free spaces, and the police told me they weren't ticketing this weekend anyway. Brunch this morning was free -- they usually let parents in free when they come to the cafeteria with a student. And dinner last night was 1/2 price because we ordered before 7:30 -- Two nice meals plus drinks and tax came to $22, seriously. And the luscious tacos cost $15 for 4 of them plus 2 drinks. Wow. I think I spent more on tolls than I spent on food.
Then back to campus again to load some of her stuff into the car for me to lug home, and I left Boston about 6 PM. Didn't need to eat a meal on the way home, so I made really good time (only stopped once, at the Tim Horton's --yay-- ). Puppy was glad glad glad to see me. DH was asleep!
My car is going back down to Mass. at the end of the week, but without me in it -- DD and the BF both finish exams a week from Thurs. and his car is too small to load their stuff into (especially since they want to haul BOTH their stuff at the same time), so they will come home this Friday and the BF will trade me for my SUV, and then he will pick up DD next week and they will get home someday or other. Meanwhile I will get to drive a snazzy little red car with a stick shift.
Night girlie cows.
Kiwi