Yipee, spring break is here!!! Remember my spring break last year? Blanco Canyon, TX. Ah yes, it's all coming back - camping in below freezing weather during snow and wind storms. Good times. Actually, now that a year has passed I can look back on it and get a little nostaligic. The canyon beautiful and since we were not doing much archaeology, we went on some wonderful hikes. I even considered going back this year (I checked the weather and it's a lot warmer and dryer), but I decided to stay home to work on reasearching for a paper and some City Archaeologist stuff. If it's nice enough outside I might even go surveying here in Wichita. For those unfamiliar with the term, surveying means to walk around - maybe dig a couple holes - looking for artifacts. There are some areas of Wichita being developed that I should probably check for archaeological sites.
Now to the title. One of the main reasons I decided to stay home this spring break is because I am trying to conserve $ for Belize this summer. I'm doing pretty good, except last Friday I stepped into Jacob's Liquor on my way to Barnes and Noble. About a month ago I had a really good Cabernet Sauvignon (Columbia-Crest Reserve 2002) at a restaurant. I kept the cork and decided to see how much it would cost in a liquor store. My trip to Jacob's was just supposed to be an exploratory campaign, but the salesman started talking to me and once we found the wine we were both so excited our efforts paid off that I decided to buy it. It cost $35 (but it's really good, tee hee). At that moment I past the $10 point I didn't care anymore. On my way to the cash register I picked up two more bottles that looked worth a try. $60 later I was on my way to Barnes and Noble to study. Sigh... So much for trying to save money. On the bright side of things I am enjoying a glass of an Argentinian wine I bought that day and I must say it's delightful. I guess everyone has to splurge once in a while.
p.s. I'm having a birthday party next Tuesday (3/20) so if you are around give me a call and I give out the details. I'm getting old and I love it!
2 comments:
happy birthday amber ---Grandma hoppe and uncle karl
thanks for the deets, but i don't know if i'm going to make it tonight; i already have some other stuff going on. and one stupid additional complicating factor is that i'm trying to limit my car use b/c there are some things i need to get replaced/stitched up on it while it's still under bumper-to-bumper warranty, and my miles are quickly vanishing. i wouldn't have thought this would be a problem by now, but every time i go in for something (and i have to go to wichita for it), they tell me i have to come back again! this thursday will be my third time in in like a week. i think they're purposefully trying to drain my miles before i can get all of the work done!
but, hey, happy birthday!! hope it's a good one!
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