A great day!

So the day started out with an absolute surprise! After Teresa left for the rest of her trip, Tiana and I went back to Kohl's. We'd been there on Sunday and if you spend $50 they will give you $10 to spend on your next visit. Well, we earned $20 and I decided, though, not to get the dress that I had tried on and liked because I'm, well, cheap! I figured we'd spent enough. Well, then I decided, though, I could take the $20 back and apply it to the dress and it wouldn't be so much. We went back and I couldn't find the dress. Two days later and I couldn't believe it, it looked to be gone! But NO!! It was now on the clearance rack for -- any guesses? $20!!! So, now the dress is FREE!! Tiana asked if she could at least buy a shirt then so we wouldn't look so cheap. I said yes, and the one SHE found was on clearance, too, for a whopping $3.80!! So, we walked out of Kohl's with a new dress for me and a new shirt for her for $4.16 with tax!! I like shopping when I get deals like that! We then went home to get ready for the National Night Out for Crime Prevention block potluck I organized (MUCH to Kent's dismay!). Having never done such a thing I wasn't at all sure what to expect. And our neighborhood pretty much sticks to itself, except for the littlest kids, of course, who end up at our house. So, the invites were out, the RSVPs weren't really in and we're set to roll. I would say about 35 of us gathered, we had a good show of food - homemade pico de gallo, some Bosnian desserts, home grown veggies, friendship bread, typical bachelor food, and really, overall, a good time! If we registered our block party with the city, they would send out Police cars, Fire equipment, other city representatives and they'd hang out for a few minutes, answer questions, leave contact info, whatever. Target is a sponsor of the program and so they gave CHALK to the kids for having fun in the street!! AWESOME! Anyway, we had fun, and I hope it's just the beginning of an even friendlier neighborhood!