Formally Yours
Okay - you know you have gone down the drain as a Mom when..... rather than bake up a storm you go to Sam's Club. Tonight is J's Awards Night and Spring Formal (aka "The Prom"). To say the boy is excited is a vast understatement. Afterall, she may be there. The boy appears to be a trifle smitten.
Anyway - back to me. Last year I baked two big platters of appetizers for J to take. He told me they were gobbled up quickly. This year - well - I'm still recovering from the cold - and I don't feel like spending the day on my feet in the kitchen. Sam's to the rescue. They just opened a brand new Sam's Club next door to the new Wally World in Oakwood. Off we drove in search of the perfect snack food.
The parking lot was full as they are still in the throes of celebrating the new store. They had a live radio broadcast going and "Rocky's Theme" was blaring through the speakers. Love that music. For some reason, Jbird seemed disinclined to dance through the parking lot with me!
If you tasted all the freebies, you would have had the full meal deal. We ended up getting Minh Chicken Mini Egg Rolls. There are approximately 50 in a box. Sweet and sour sauce is included. They microwave very well. We got two boxes for the dance and I arranged them on some nice commercial type plastic trays with heavy duty lids. The eggrolls are delicious - highly recommend.
Next - I got Poppies Belgian Mini Eclairs. These things are evil super! There are about 50 in a box. I got two boxes. I let them thaw for a bit and then arranged them artfully on my doily clad tray with lid. How can Eclairs be anything but good? One small comment: they need just a touch more filling and these guys are truly just a bite full. They are about two inches long.
Then I had a choice to make: let him go one his own (about an hour away) or do we drive him, attend the awards ceremony as a family, and then pick him up after the dance? I handed him a camera, told him to take lots of pictures, we prayed as a family, and sent him on his way. Oh my.
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