Success......w/shopping !!

I barely had time for my morning cup of Fr. Roast before the 1st Lady was ready to leave for STL. OMG.....was she EVER organized for today.........getting into the car with her clip board in her hand....and it was filled with comparison data on gas ranges. She even had a list of the stores we would visit and in a definite order as we searched for the best gas range that our allotted money would purchase.

And....by early, early afternoon, I had signed a check for a new GE double oven with convection, 5 burner, stainless steel gas range. And I must admit......this WAS the best deal we had found in STL AND on the internet. We were prepared to order online as we would not have to pay state sales taxes, however, this particular range's price TODAY was cheaper by a couple of hundred dollars over any other range we had found. We decided to leave the microwave until next week as I wanted to get ahead of the Friday rush hour traffic headed south of the city.

We did purchase two new lamps for the bedroom side tables which we had seen on a previous trip to EXPO Home Design Center. Luckily they did have two in stock, so we grabbed them and brought them home with us. (The gas range I will have to pick up next week.)

We stopped in Farmington at a local Mexican restaurant......"El Tapatio". They always have good, authentic Mexican food and usually really great Margheritas, however......the drinks were not quite as good as usual. I will say they were FULL of Tequila, though!!!

We are leaving in the morning for Evansville, IN, to spend until Monday morning with our son, Jeremy(Jay). He is the campaign manager of the Democratic candidate for Congress from the southwest district of Indiana........and this is one of the few weekends that Jay has a bit of time to visit and have a dinner or two with us. He is soooooooooooo busy running the campaign and his staff of assistants, researchers, administrative staff, etc., etc. It is a HUGE operation and a big task to unseat the incumbent.....but the polls look GREAT.

I think I will have Wifi at the hotel which he has us housed in downtown Evansville......so hopefully I can keep everyone posted on our doings in the Hoosier state. Sooooo, it is time to get a few items together.......and as usual,

Life is GREAT.......and I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!