I love Big Lots - especially right after they get a shipment of food in. Where else can you leave with 10 grocery bags stuffed for $40? Cereal, dried fruit, fitness water, a small surprise for Vixie, admittedly an evil brownie mix (or two) and lots of other odds and ends. Woohoo. There is something satisfying about feeling like a successful hunter and gatherer. Maybe that is the same satisfaction some men get from hunting?

Yes, I'm allowing myself this evening "off". I am down to just needing to write the two essays for my final so I deserve it. FYI, the semester isn't even over yet and I already started pondering again if I won't be starting back in the fall for the MBA.