Valentine’s Day on a budget?
You know when Valentine’s Day is REALLY tough? When you really, really like the person you are dating but you don’t have money to buy a gift that would “show” them. Thankfully, the right person won’t care that you are on a budget. They will care if you do or say nothing. It’s the zero effort and irrational anger towards the “made up commercial holiday” that won’t go over well.
The good news is that your serious love jones, coupled with a little attention to details can help you become a little creative. No money? NO problem! Here are a few of my favorite date ideas that are low-budget with a high romantic ROI:
Light the table and room with candles (tea lights are cheap!). Make a home cooked meal. Bonus points if it is their favorite food. Make a playlist of your favorite love songs (no booty music mixtapes!). Spend the evening feeding each other dessert while (insert your favorite non-sexual activity) watching sports, playing video games, reading a book, watching movie). End your night slow dancing cheek to cheek. *swoon*
Set up an indoor picnic. Lots of pillows. Lots of candles. Pick the sexiest, yummiest foods to munch on. Swap stories of childhood. Get to know one another better. Turn off your phones.
You know we live in one of the coolest cities, right? Atlanta has so many things to do that don’t cost much. A lot of great places are Marta accessible! Look up any specials or deals that are around the city. AJC’s fabulous Bargain Hunter has tips to save on those Valentine’s Day traditions too.
Whatever you decide to do, make it thoughtful and meaningful for the both of you. Oh, and if thought of doing something nice for the person you are dating bothers you in anyway, please let them go. Immediately. It’s the most loving gesture you could ever do for them.
Do you guys have any ideas on how to pull off Valentine’s Day on a budget?
What is the least amount of money you have ever spent on a date? What did you do?
Happy Wednesday!
By Wise Diva, Misadventures in Atlanta Dating Blog
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Single and Happy I Digress!!
February 13th, 2013
9:05 am
Bah Humbug!! Oh wait that Christmas, but same meaning! (LOL)
Hey all
disco
February 13th, 2013
9:08 am
S/H – Ditto. maybe instead of bah humbug we can say Eff Cupid.
Lee
February 13th, 2013
9:08 am
I rather have my valentine all year long, not just one day..
Single and Happy I Digress!!
February 13th, 2013
9:15 am
Disco, You know all the fake lovers will be out
Oh wait, am I hating again?? (LOL)
Lee that’s the way it should be.
Button
February 13th, 2013
9:19 am
Good morning! Love me everyday not just one day that someone else says you should. It’s not geniune and you’re just going with the flow, so why even bother?
Exiled!
February 13th, 2013
9:21 am
Ohh dammit,it’s tmrw?!!!
I am completely clueless on this…..And broke!
My goodness.
But not worries,I will enlist the services of my dual personality daughter. I am sure together,she can help me conjure up some collective ‘family valentine durprise’ for mommy.
I will stick to that.
Thanks Diva for the alert!
……whew…at this point I ain’t even thinking bout bootey…rather,just hoping she will have a smile on her face when it’s all said and done,marveling at ‘our’ creativity. And I can retire to bed,with a clean,win conscience.
Exiled!
February 13th, 2013
9:22 am
surprise
Button
February 13th, 2013
9:22 am
lol @Single & disco
disco
February 13th, 2013
9:24 am
I understand the principle and the sentiment behind vday everyday but I’m not feeding into it. it’s almost like folks who celebrate their birthdays all month. I’m all for you having a good time and all but you weren’t born every freaking day of the month. lol. vday everyday would take away from the so-called special of the day and a lot of folks can’t get the special they seek on one day let alone everyday. ijs. now, folks who talk about Christmas everyday I can get with. some kids take way too much for granted.
s/h – I think we both snorted some stank dust this morning. and to think yesterday I was all upbeat. today I’m like “mf please”.
Exiled!
February 13th, 2013
9:25 am
Can’t wait for her to cone back h from school!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
9:30 am
Some folks call it Valentine’s Day…I call it Thursday…
I have dated guys in the past who didn’t “believe” in Valentine’s Day. What a crock…
Exiled!
February 13th, 2013
9:36 am
You expecting any surprises for Valentines Disco….even a bouquet?
or you just so ‘real’with it u wld rather he dontes you the money?
I bet you don’t even orgasm….?
Tell me I am wrong….
Coz I have a hard time imagining ur short thick legs wrapped around a dude’s frame,moaning, as he is pounding on u….
I on know…ur edges seem so rough..
Maybe u do…but wanting to be in charge maybe u just order dude:
Undress!,lay up on the bed!
Let me just kneck that,I need to hurry for work!!
Done..no romance,nada!
disco
February 13th, 2013
9:38 am
bluz – you silly. back in January I was trying to determine if I was going to be the single chick who treated myself on vday or the single chick who tried to ignore the fact that it was vday. as it turns out, I never made a decision. lol. I’m not going to front though. I am on a mission to get me some chocolate covered strawberries.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
9:40 am
Single ~ Bah Humbug is something I often say. My friends laugh and say I can’t use it since it’s not Christmas. Oh well.
Valentine’s Day is so commercialized making people believe they have to spend boo coo $$. Proflowers commercials ($29.99 on flowers that will die), commercials saying you “must” bring chocolate home or else, etc. is crazy. I don’t need chocolate, don’t need flowers. Give me a kiss, a hug and something to eat.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
9:40 am
Oops, I meant food.
Good morning, good morning!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
9:41 am
disco – I have girl scout cookies, so I’ll treat myself to a night on the couch, watching a movie and eating cookies! LOL! I can tell I’m growing up some because it doesn’t bother me at all being single on VDay!!! Last year, I had issue with it, but that was because the break up was only a week and a half before it…then, I realized that the ex wouldn’t have done anything special anyways!!!
I’ll just continue to love myself! Eff cupid! LOL
disco
February 13th, 2013
9:43 am
ex – don’t sleep on me. I’m a she-player from way back. just because I’m in retirement right now doesn’t mean I don’t still have game. while I don’t have anything lined up for tomorrow I do have one joker calling wanting to take me out this weekend for his birthday. lol. dude calling me up the other day to remind me it was his birthday. I was like I know. he was like why didn’t you call. I responded because you are a grown azz man, why should I care about your birthday. and what? he still asks me out to a bday dinner.
bluz – I don’t understand all the hype surrounding girl scout cookies. I wouldn’t consider that a treat but if you do, have at it.
hey leggs.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
9:46 am
If I was in a relationship, I would expect much. I’m not materialistic. A nice card with something sweet hand written in it and a small box of chocolates would be good for me. I don’t need roses! I would prefer daisies or sunflowers over roses anyway!!!
The deceased ex didn’t get into VDay and I went all out and got upset. He did, however, cook me a nice dinner. He did learn that a nice card would have made all the difference and did that the next two years, along with cute little trinkets…
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
9:48 am
disco – I love me some girl scout cookies!!! I have to keep them in my office this year because if I take them home, my brother will eat them up…lol
Button
February 13th, 2013
9:51 am
I get it that vday is the only day some will get flowers/chocolates etc but is that really how some want to recieve it? ijs, not judging.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
9:53 am
Morning All!
I am not the type that needs something exorbitant for Valentine’s Day; simple is okay with me. The ex would make a big production and send dozens of roses and candy to my job. However, it was only for show, at home it was business as usual. I would prefer small real over huge fake.
disco
February 13th, 2013
9:56 am
button – you almost hit on the real meaning for the season. vday is about chicks showing off and getting their brag on. shoot the local radio station is having a “make ‘em jealous” promotions. it’s about what “my man did and your man didn’t”. and yeah a lot of chicks deny that they play that game but the real is that a lot of them do. this is why you have some chicks sending themselves flowers to work so they don’t look bad in front of co-workers. lol.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
9:59 am
hey disco!
I buy GS cookies, but never eat them (lol). I give them away.
MsAtl ~ last year, this lady in the bldg received 4 different assortment of flowers through out the day. They were GORGEOUS. That’s what he wanted to do, good for him (or them). However, I smiled and thought of what I could have done with the $$. In case you’re wondering how I knew, the receptionist would call me and say “she got another one!”
Courtside Seats!!! Caught on the Kiss Cam :)
February 13th, 2013
10:04 am
I for one do not believe in V-day…Never have and never will….. I have no problem talking to those I date about it and explaining my POV…. I always have high hopes that they will understand, but sometimes they don’t….
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:06 am
Well, I’m certainly not hating on cupid this year
I do think folks go all out and stuff, but either way, with me, do you and what you like. If you’re showy and pull out all the stops, just for a day, knock yourself out. If you are thoughtful year round and thoughtful in keeping with VDay, even better. People are going to be people and some folks live for the day their coworkers can “see” a display. I don’t get moved over that kind of stuff.
I’m looking forward to a rather nice and simplistic day/evening tomorrow
I have a few plans of my own 
The potato chip gal is gonna get hooked up for sure. Her hubs does nice stuff year round for her.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
10:08 am
Who here thinks it’s Christopher Donner’s body they found in that house?
disco ~ on one of the radio stations here, Steve Harvey (lol), they’re suggesting that men buy their women flowers 2-3 days before VD with a card saying “I know VD is around the corner, but I couldn’t wait to show you how much I love you.” They think that’s a real playa move…
Lee
February 13th, 2013
10:10 am
i hate flowers, every guy i been with gets me flowers no matter how many times i have stated i don’t like them. I love BALLOONS!!!!! I think flowers are a easy thing for a guy to get no real thought or care into them. So it has never impressed me that others get flowers ; big deal..
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:10 am
Court…even though you don’t “believe” in VDay, if your girl does, would you do something nice for her to appease her?
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:11 am
Off topic (cause she just IM’d me), a coworker and myself are on a year long project with my manager. I was sooo blown away at how she was outright saying stuff like, “we don’t need to have additional training for folks that don’t want to do their job.” I was speechless. If that was me, my manager would have been saying that was too brash. Unbelievable. My manager was asking both of ur our thoughts in rolling out a project to the team, so my manager and I went the with idea of doing a “refresher” to the team and them drop the project to them, with a due date. This chick was going on and on about how she know of folks that are not doing their job….blah blah blah. I soooooo don’t trust folks like her.
Sorry, I’m still shocked this morning. That was was at 4:00 yesterday. Aaaamazing. Boy, that was a reminder to stay on the grind and keep watch of folks like her.
Sorry folks, she just IM’d me and that sort of brought everything back up. She wanted my “feedback” on the deck she created from our meeting.
Exiled!
February 13th, 2013
10:11 am
Disco…based on that scenario I think u play the game well..a Lil impressed actually.
Just go on the bday dinner at his expense…even suggest a better restaurant if dude’s eat game is whack.
You could go to dinner every day oif the week with different dudes if u so desired.
Just have to make sure the dudes have full decks….u don’t want anybody going crazy coz u didn’t lay up with them.
disco
February 13th, 2013
10:12 am
courtside – here I go bringing up tv episodes again. the episode when dude tells joan he’s not into vday, she gets all upset. he concedes and hooks her up and then she goes “I can’t wait to see what you do for st. patrick’s day”. yep. joan was indeed a trip.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:12 am
Leggs – I’m really wondering if it is Dorner’s body…I sure hope they stop on high alert until they find out for sure…
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:15 am
I think it was last year that Purple said the day before and after VDay is for side hos…lolololol I thought about that when listening to Nephew Tommy this morning. I don’t really care for him but when I turned to the station, he was ranting (I believe) on the side hos getting a box of 12 piece dark (chicken) and 2 large sides. To shut up about it and be happy and at least it fell on the 15, a nice round number….not that ole 14th day of February. I can’t lie, I had to laugh.
Courtside Seats!!! Caught on the Kiss Cam :)
February 13th, 2013
10:15 am
Bluzgirl…In a word, No….I do not believe in appeasment. Now If we are like that, then she understands my feeling on the matter and she also enjoys the acknowledgemnet of my affection for herr much more often that on 2-14….. i.e. Hand written notes sent thru the mail. Cards expressing my feeling just because, I refuse to allow Halmark to set the standard for how my relationship should go.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:22 am
A couple of years ago, a good friend sent an edible arrangement. That’s the only time I’ve gotten one and that wins hands down for me over and above flowers and stuff. I really didn’t see that one coming. It was showy at all cause that ain’t their personality, but generosity is.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:22 am
it WASN’T showy
disco
February 13th, 2013
10:26 am
leggs –really? what’s player about that? dude ain’t even saving no money. smdh.
ex – the game is not that much fun as you get older. not because one is too old to play games so much as the players aren’t as hot as they used to be (yes I’m shallow like that). lol. so… I just finished reading one of those “urban fiction” novels. thug something or other. I ain’t gone lie. I was straight nostalgic with the whole aspect of being a “baller’s girl”. the good old days I tell ya. lol.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:28 am
Court…well, I guess it makes a difference that you do nice things often. When I was with the guy who didn’t “believe” in VDay, he didn’t really do the random cards, flowers, etc. I wanted at least one day for him to show me that I was special…
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
10:32 am
Morning All!!
Dang, you all are sure negative about Vday!!LOL!! And folks kill me with the “show me you love me every day, not just Vday” mess. How about, if you don’t show me you care all the other days, you really don’t have to worry about Vday either, okay? Real simple.
Folks overthink a sweet day. If the person you are with trips because you gotta do a budget Vday, then guess what you need to be doing first thing February 15th? Dumping their superficial behind, or you’ll be like Courtside’s buddy having to buy a bigger ring and “re-propose”! If you’re not balling like you can afford to pick them up on the private jet, if you guys are that close, they should probably already understand that. If you don’t have it the other days, how are you going to magically come up with it for Vday?
I’m so feeling what Wise said – if it’s killing you that much to do a little something nice for them, let them GO. That’s the best, and cheapest, gift you can give them.
Disco, too bad you are not in the ATL. Chocolate-dipped strawberries are one of my specialties and I would make you some!
My hubs does not care for them, so it would be fun to have someone to make some for, other than those I cater for on occasion.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
10:33 am
“I do not believe in appeasment.” – Interesting. In life, you’ve never had to do something simply to appease another? To reduce angst?
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:34 am
I was just remembering the first VDay with the ex. We were only together for a month, so no huge deal. It fell on a Sunday and I had to work at a hockey game and he had a band rehearsal. We planned to hang out that evening (he was already basically living with me). I got home about 5 or so that evening and there was no sign of him. He had no cell phone at the time, so I couldn’t call to find out when he was coming home. He called me a few hours later from a friend’s phone to inform me that he went out to have beers with the band after rehearsal and would be home later. I think he got home around 10. I was NOT happy. Also, that day, I took a pregnancy test because I was late. Thank God it was negative…it was not a very good VDay!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:34 am
Kimmie – Do you have a website for your catering business? I would love to see some of your work
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
10:36 am
How about, if you don’t show me you care all the other days, you really don’t have to worry about Vday either, okay? Real simple. = SLAM DUNK!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:37 am
I should have known then that he was no good. SMH! LOL
Button
February 13th, 2013
10:38 am
disco – I think I heard something similar about bragging rites. lol it’s too funny and childish. I remember a few selects buying their own roses and have it delivered to the office pretending that it came from the boyfriend/husband, lol it was too funny.
disco
February 13th, 2013
10:45 am
kimmie – it is too bad indeed. I love chocolate covered strawberries. don’t get them often but when I do – yum.
bluz – you sure can pick ‘em.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
10:48 am
“Also, that day, I took a pregnancy test because I was late. Thank God it was negative…it was not a very good VDay!” – Sounds like it was a beautifully, blessed Vday!!!
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
10:50 am
Celisea – No, I don’t. I’m kinda in semi-retirement with it now to be honest. Back about 5 or 6 years ago, when I was really into it, I was about to set up a website. I already had business cards and flyers. Becoming an instant mom and getting married, and moving into a house with a smaller kitchen kind of put the breaks on things. Before I was single and had a house and kitchen I could spread out and run my operation.
Now I just do small things from time to time, for friends and family. But I’ll let you know when I get it cranking again!!
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
10:51 am
I’m sorry, unless you wanted to be pregnant.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:53 am
Kimmie – Dern it! I got a few things (birthdays, celebrations) up and coming and thought you’d be a really good resource. Okay, cool. We travel the road of life.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:53 am
disco – Right?!?!?! Not anymore, though…
Robert
February 13th, 2013
10:53 am
“Do you guys have any ideas on how to pull off Valentine’s Day on a budget?”
Valentine’s Day is a good time to share your love. This year I will share my love by taking my woman to my Church which is celebrating romance and love for couples (dinner, praise, etc.). What better way to share your love for each than celebrating the love Christ showed for you and me and the best part is it is free.
I am in a new season and I love it.
Courtside Seats!!! Caught on the Kiss Cam :)
February 13th, 2013
10:54 am
“In life, you’ve never had to do something simply to appease another? To reduce angst?”
Not if I can help it….. Why would anyone want to do something that they are against just to make someone else happy??? Like I said I have no issue talking and explaining my problem with V-day, and I always make it a point to express my feelings a on the regular. Tell ya what, I will be more than happy to breakdown and do the flowers, candy, stuffed animals, mariachi band outside of her window, if she is willing to Pick up a hot girl and bring her to my house for us to share as my V-Day present.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
10:57 am
I hear you, Courtside, but it’s almost akin to doing something you don’t want to do for the sake of someone important in your life. But if you haven’t, you’re rare.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
10:57 am
Leggs – GOD NO!!! I was super happy it came out negative!!! I just p*ssed off that he wasn’t there with me while I was going through that scare…
disco
February 13th, 2013
10:59 am
kimmie – I am the occasional when I feel like it cook but I love cookbooks. recently during a book purge I took all my cookbooks off of the bookshelves and placed them above the cabinets in the kitchen. naturally I don’t have enough to cover the cabinets so I will be on a cookbook purchasing mission in the coming months. lol. just the other day I bought a meatball cookbook in marshalls for 70cents (the paper cover was torn) and a brownie cookbook for a dollar. I immediately emailed a friend the recipe for salmon/sushi meatballs.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
10:59 am
I am in a new season and I love it.
Me too!! I hope no one wakes me
Life is great!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
11:01 am
We ain’t having VDay Services at church though…lol My paster would probably birth a cow at that…lolololol
disco
February 13th, 2013
11:03 am
I was at the gym last night (finally) and saw that they were having couples yoga classes for the “holiday”. I wondered about that briefly because I know I can’t be the only one that thinks some of those yoga poses are just a wee bit erotic. lol.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
11:09 am
disco – have you seen the movie Couples Retreat? There is a scene where they are doing couple’s yoga with a hot male instructor who is wearing a speedo. He starts pushing up against the women very erotically to “show” the men how to do it. It’s a hilarious scene…probably the most funny part about the movie…
disco
February 13th, 2013
11:13 am
bluz – naw. not my type of movie. I finally watched the hangover on tv recently and though many people went on and on about how hilarious it was I simply thought it was stupid. to each his own.
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
11:18 am
Thinking back on past Vdays, I was honestly okay being single and not having ANY special man, thus no expectations and no possible disappointment. My dad would always give my mom, me & my sister candy and we would all send each other cards and such.
But being single but dating or seeing someone and you’re not quite sure if they will even acknowledge the day by at least giving you a card, that always sucked. Same with my birthday too, not just Vday.
And H no, no fake “sending myself flowers” mess. I’m not trying to impress anybody and not about to make some sorry dude look like he did something!
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
11:20 am
disco ~ that’s how I used to feel feel about Laurel and Hardy, The Three Stooges, Albert and Costello, and The Marx Brothers back in the day. Slapstick comedy didn’t make me laugh. I didn’t laugh at The Hangover like many did, but I wanted to see how things got the way they got. The Tiger in the bathroom was just dumb to me.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
11:25 am
kimmie ~ I’m like that. I swear for the Love of God, I don’t understand why people fall apart on Vday wallowing in self-pity that they going through the holiday alone. Man up women, it’s just a day. Not THE only day to show you’re special.
Like kimmie said at 10:32.
Button
February 13th, 2013
11:26 am
I for one don’t celebrate vday never have and never will. It tickles me that this is the most highly rated holiday for love yet the divorce rate is high and most people are saying they’re having a hard time finding someone.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
11:35 am
I don’t get carried away with VDay. I never have. IMO and experience only teenagers and young folks get a pass for getting hyped. I get that. I’ve been there and I’ve done that. Also, I see nothing wrong, if you’re coupled, doing a little something or (even) not. I don’t think doing something, “date penciled for declaring love” is exacty appealing to me. I’m not impressed if you’re mindful one day of the year. I don’t think NOT doing something is a deal breaker either, especially when you’re thoughful year round. I will toss a side eye if you’re an adult getting all hyped up and excited, like a youngin. Better yet, don’t send my stuff to work, if that’s the plan. Just wait til I’m home.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
11:38 am
Now, if you want to whisk me away to Chateau Elan or some cabin or even a room at one of the nicer hotels for a couple of days in celebration, and we just chill and lay back (ain’t gotta have rose pedals leading to the door or bells and whistles), and treat it like mini-vacay, I’m ever so cool with that. Folks ain’t even gotta know. We’re just taking a vacay
A plan maybe?
Button
February 13th, 2013
11:40 am
Kimmie – it’s sad but true, ever since seeing that happen I lol whenever I see flowers come thru the office.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
11:43 am
I don’t get mad or assume anything about folks though that get their stuff delivered….lol Shoot, more power to ya. I don’t assume their fronting or anything either. I don’t assume it’s for show or that it’s the only day they declar love. I’m happy for them. Just not my style.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
11:44 am
they’re not their
Alright, BBL….maybe
disco
February 13th, 2013
11:45 am
do any of you all remember a few years back when some group initiated “marry your baby daddy” day?
Button
February 13th, 2013
12:04 pm
I know I shouldn’t go there but I’m going to – who do you marry when there’s more than one baby daddy? decisions decisions.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
12:04 pm
I think I’ll wear all black tomorrow just to be funny…everyone in my office will probably be wearing pink and red and I’ll look like I’m in mourning…
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
12:05 pm
Button – I was thinking the same thing. I know a few people who have multiple baby daddies.
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
12:06 pm
Cel – I don’t get all caught up in it either. It was always just a fun little day, like in elementary school we would always have a party with cupcakes, cookies & other treats and exchange those little valentines you buy 100 per box! I always looked forward to the candy my dad would give me.
When I got older, it seems like whenever a guy would not acknowledge the day, he would be a little stank about it and like he didn’t do anything for me to be hurtful and kind of “show me” how little I meant to him. I can’t explain it. But it never was a dealbreaker by itself, just part of a whole pattern of behavior that let me know I was wasting my time.
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
12:11 pm
Maybe Valentines Day could also be a Singles Lets Cry together Day…singles without could do tag teams and go watch a movie together or some like that, just to take the pressure of singledom away.
Its pathetic when some females have to gift themselves flowers etc on vday just to be in with the Jones who are lucky to be in luv with der mens.
This pityfulness and loneliness is widespread in society, it is actually Prevalent but blog females front as if they are all spared that pressure.
It feels good to be a man, I tell ya!
disco
February 13th, 2013
12:12 pm
actually the objective of marry your baby daddy day was to encourage folks that were shacking to go ahead and make the plunge since they were living like married anyway.
kimmie – re school holidays. my son and I discussed recently (after I watched a chick bake a zillion hello kitty cupcakes for her daughter’s class and she even had a fancy cupcake holder for them) how I always sent him to school with seasonal little Debbie cakes. heartshaped cakes. Christmas tree shaped cakes. pumpkin shaped cakes. whatever. I didn’t have time for that mess. lol.
disco
February 13th, 2013
12:14 pm
ex – your post makes me think of my aversion to “girls night out”. I’m always telling chicks that girls night out is for women with husbands/SOs/kids. for the rest of us everyday is girls nights out. lol.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:22 pm
Kimmie – Girl! Your post make me think back to when we’d put the chairs up against the wall, the teacher would pull on the single turntable and play a little music. You had “special friends”, where the night before you made out the little cards that came multiples to a pack. My mama would buy a bag of chocolate or heartshaped candies and I’d tape one inside the card. You couldn’t wait until it was time for the teacher to cut off work and the rest of the day was spent Valentining….lolol
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
12:23 pm
disco – Even though I love to bake, my daughter wanted to take some cupcakes to school for the class Christmas party. I bought the ingredients and all a few weeks ahead. A few nights before the party, I told her she’d have to be happy with some Publix cupcakes, cause I just was not up to baking. She was cool with it!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:24 pm
Oh and the box of tiny VD candy with the little writings on them.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:26 pm
When my kid was little, I was probably one of ones/parents sponsoring most of the little bad kids….lololol It was me (and a couple of others), dropping off cupcakes and Hawaiian Punch and cookies and stuff. She would always come home tombout, “mama you gotta bring this that or the other.” Get there and it’s just me, a couple other parents and the teacher feeding a gang of kids.
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
12:27 pm
Cel – Girl, it was just like that for us!! That was so much fun, special memories!! And growing up here in Atlanta, the Coca Cola Co used to send little bottles of cold Cokes to all of the schools for their Christmas and Valentine parties, no joke. That was the bomb!!
When you got grown and expecting dudes to “be your Valentine” is when stuff stopped being fun!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:31 pm
When you got grown and expecting dudes to “be your Valentine” is when stuff stopped being fun!
Mmm hmmm, that’s why it must be royal to be a kid
Innocence and good little hearts…even though they’re bad little jokers. They’re stuff a deep rooted and deepseated like grown folks. They’re handing out VD kiddie cards and candy and mean it from their little hearts. I’m talking elementary kids now. Middle schoolers and high schoolers are a hot mess and bout bad as the grown jokers…nowadays.
Hazel
February 13th, 2013
12:32 pm
I will order some thai to-go, some candles and a romantic card for my awesome husband. Something private and low-key! He will appreciate that better then going out to eat after a long day of work.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:33 pm
Hazel – I’m torn between cooking or getting something. I ain’t feeling cooking. Just not. Ordering Thai sounds good. Well, maybe not Thai but something, shoot anything.
Hazel
February 13th, 2013
12:33 pm
I dont think its a big deal, if someone who you are dating does NOT believe in Valentines day. It is overrated at this point. What about u guys?
disco
February 13th, 2013
12:33 pm
C – I know these days a lot of schools have banned homemade snacks. still, I wasn’t the one anyway. I can proudly say that I managed to get through all my son’s years of school without ever attending a parent/teacher conference. as far as I was concerned those needed to be reserved for the parents of the bad kids. a friend told me a few years ago that parents had to attend them in order to get their kid’s report card. I was like wtf???
kimmie – what you talking about? those little elementary kids can be fierce about their valentines. lol. don’t start none won’t be none. lol.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:36 pm
disco – Well, that’s one problem they didn’t have from me….”baked goods.” Can you say Publix, Krogers, etc. I “depended” on knowing I could run in the morning of and be straight. Don’t have to worry about stuff becoming uncovered while transporting from the house, or burning or not tasting good, etc etc etc…
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:42 pm
I’ve done a couple of conferences, mainly for TALKING TOO MUCH….lol But for the most part, my appearances or attendance was as some sort of “mother” and in the form of pitching in.
I remember going on a field trip with those bad kids to Fern Bank, they nearly tore the place apart. I had to catch myself from snatching other folks’ kids. I had more control than the teacher. Oh, wait or the trip to see Aladdin live. Girls waiting on the bus to come back and pick us up had a “drop it like it’s hot” contest. Right there in public, on the street. I was REEEEAL close to calling the besties (that dropped the P word), to pick me up. I was done at that point. No more field trips. I was embarrassed. Oh, and that ain’t nothing on them almost stopping the play because of the catcalls and yells from the little boys at the women in the play. Um, yeah. And that wasn’t just my kid’s school. That was all of the little heathens. Even the uppity schools. To boot, it was nothing but middleschoolers.
Hazel
February 13th, 2013
12:44 pm
@ Celisia – ordering out is the best option other then cooking. No clean-up + great food. Haven’t had thai for a while so it sounds good at this point.
I do intend to make brownies tonite and bring some to work tomorrow. Share the calories ha ha
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:45 pm
Hazel – Yep, sounds like a great plan. Any favorite Thai places? I’ve only had Thai once, maybe twice. My preference is Chinese over Thai.
Hazel
February 13th, 2013
12:50 pm
we r not in atlanta at the moment..so there is this thai place where we r now. Being Indian, im biased towards thai more then chinese. Ive trained my american husband to love it too.. : )
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
12:50 pm
I loved VDay as a kid. I miss those cute little parties where everyone handed out those cheesy valentine cards to everyone. Years ago, I bought some of those and handed them out at work. We got a good laugh over it. I did it to be funny…
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:52 pm
Oh, or the bad kid that didn’t make the trip because he kept making remarks about the teacher’s (very young) “big ole badonkadonk.” She threatened him and said one more time and you’re not going. Well, he did it one more time.
disco
February 13th, 2013
12:52 pm
bluz – what I would like to do to be funny is roll up in the spot with a bow and arrow and shoot some folks in the azz. all in the name of love. lol.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
12:53 pm
Gotcha, Hazel.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
12:53 pm
Sorry All- dipped out for a 2.5 hour meeting.
Kimmie- I am in the ATL and you can make me chocolate covered strawberries…
Leggs- That’s the thing, he sent 2 dozen flowers the day before V-Day, on actual V-Day, there was a tower of Godiva (4 boxes that took me months to eat), a few thousand dollars in jewelry, 2 dozen roses after V-Day. However, on actual V-Day you still worked late because you were boinking your patient in your office? Come on man!
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
12:54 pm
Thai wld be good Hazel, i havent had that ethnic food in a while..im sure Queen wld appreciate me taking her azz somewhere, alone.
Now where is the nearest Thai restrant anyway?
I usually do family restrants visits..my whole entourage in tow…
lemme see…my budget is low tho….
Might have to pay this meal with the health insherance visa card….on the sly!
Just for Vday sake..keeping up wuith the Jones I am..
Dirty Birds (Disco please don't retire)
February 13th, 2013
12:57 pm
V-Day what a day it can be! I don’t care if we just met, I am going to do something for you. I am big on doing something you would like. Women appreciate effort and that you pay attention to what they are saying.
@BluzGirl…Sexy u need someone to treat you right….I almost think I want to step up and put a smile on the pretty face…
It’s good to see Celisea getting the good, good, when she is happy it reflects in her words and attitude.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
12:57 pm
disco – That would be funny!!! Maybe I should go to a toy store and see if Nerf makes a bow and arrow and go around shooting people tomorrow…
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
12:58 pm
Exiled- Wait a minute! Don’t they limit those cards to pharmacies?
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:02 pm
MsAtl..as long as it has a visa/mastercard sign on it, u can buy anything…it works just like any other credit/debit card…
I have used my card to buy lunch tho,sparingly, when im strapped for mula
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
1:06 pm
Awww Dirty…you actually sound sweet!
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
1:07 pm
You are a braver soul than I am. I have gotten letters asking me to justify my charges even though it was clearly a physician’s office or pharmacy. Not to mention, after seeing that whole issue with the state purchasing cards and the arrests, “I’m afeared”, lol.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
1:07 pm
Dirty – It’s good to see Celisea getting the good, good, when she is happy it reflects in her words and attitude.
Um, okay. Imma take this as a compliment. I’m always happy. I don’t have a bad attitude. I’m just not mushy and fluffy. Not my style. Now, if/when I don’t take to kind to “stuff”, I get snappy. That’s just in that moment. Otherwise, it’s back to happy. Imma take it though as a compliement….I think
Hazel
February 13th, 2013
1:10 pm
@ exiled – yes. thai food is delicous. Cant go wrong with it, plus its not expensive. Def good when on a budget
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
1:11 pm
Dang, Mrs. Atl. You got “guilty” flowers, chocolate and jewelry. Some men are just plain emotionally compromised and greedy!
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:18 pm
MsAtl…does the state contribute on ur card…which is why they ask for justification i think.
This is my money i defer, pre-tax, for medical co-pays and such…i know i may be foul with IRS by spending on non meds but i dont make the purchases that material to warrant an investigation….$5 here, $6 there..infrequently.
If u spending tax payer dollars, then i understand the need to justify.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
1:24 pm
Ummm, I fund my own FSA account and we can’t buy stuff other than prescriptions and copays and bills. No more over the counter and never have we been able to buy lunch
Now my sister bought my mom’s diapers when she was working, but I don’t see anything wrong with that. Shame on you MMeello!! You’re such a playa playa, but you’re buying lunch with you’re buying lunch with your Health Care Card?? SMH at you.
You know that’s a turn off right? To your self professed playa playa status….lololololol
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
1:25 pm
Let me get back to work….
BBL, maybe
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
1:25 pm
Exiled- Heck naw! This money was coming out of my check and going into a healthcare expense account. The state does not contribute anything to it. I think it was merely the company that administered the card.
Leggs- Lol. I called them guilt gifts. I guess he did also, because after I left him, he asked me to give him back a tennis bracelet and said why would you want to keep something I gave you out of guilt. (insert wide-eyed look here).
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
1:30 pm
Ex ~ I’m surprised. I have one of those cards but can only use for medical reasons. Lunch would not be honored. E.g., I can buy adhesive bandages, but not the tape to secure the bandage. Go figure. It all has to be medicinal.
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:31 pm
I know Cel I play myself..u know my money is really spend wisely and if i can nible a tad on the IRS, then i will..lol
u know Martha stewart is a multi mill but went to jail for a couple of thousand $$$, it happens..
Right now, im broke and im thinking, when i take Queen to the vday rest, i wil coble the $40 balnce from thjis credit card and add the $50 from that card to make the bill complete..
Even when single, i used to never have enough for Vday..I would feed the girl and then i would eat a lesser meal….
Thats sacrifice!
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
1:32 pm
Ex ~ mine is funded by me, but only good for co-pays and prescriptions, and certain other items, but never food.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
1:33 pm
MMeello – Boy stop…..lololol It’s all an act huh?
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:34 pm
Cel and Leggs and MsAtl..u ladies are balling then..
remeber the discussion about bootleg electricity..i feel thats what i do sometimes then :lol
u can buy anything with that card…if u can help it..
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
1:34 pm
I just came back from “Valentine” shopping!LOL! Got hubs 3 Heath(his favorite) and a 6-pack of Bud Black Crown(he’s been too cheap to try). Got the kids each a Dove cookies & cream bar. That’s it, I’m done!! Sent grandmama her valentine card the other day, so she probably has it by now.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
1:35 pm
Who what that, that came on talking about spending $100 at Pappaudeaux’s being a lot of money and we told him Church’s Chicken wasn’t that far removed?? I can’t remember but Mmeello’s post of using his last $40 made me think of him…lol
Mmeello – What are you going to do the rest of the year? Wasn’t it you chastising “black folks” for eating out too much? What happened to your balance this early in the year? Unless it was for medical stuff, cause stuff happens, whether it’s January or August, you should still have a balance. Unless you’re eating out with it. I think you’re pulling the blog’s leg now…lol
kimmie
February 13th, 2013
1:37 pm
Even when single, i used to never have enough for Vday
Exiled – Heck, it’s too close to Christmas!LOL!!
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:39 pm
Cel..we rarely eat out..truthfully speaking.
We buy raw food and cook…
Eve now and then, yea we might go out to eat..but not frequently..
I am the guy who maxes my 401k contrib…i dont waste money.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
1:42 pm
MMeello – Mmm hmmm, I knew you were kidding.
Okay, I’m out of here for here for now. Ned to grab lunch and clean a couple of things off my desk.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
1:43 pm
Come on Exiled! Haven’t us blog ladies taught you anything? Go to Restaurants.com and buy a certificate for the restaurant. I have paid $4.00 for a $50 certificate. That will bring that $90 meal down to $54.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
1:43 pm
Ex ~ I wouldn’t necessarily say you have a bootleg card. Seems like you don’t have any restrictions placed on it. Guess that’s a good and a bad thing.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
1:44 pm
We buy raw food and cook… – Who talks like that (lol). MMeelllo!
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
1:51 pm
Afternoon, all.
I had to laugh at some of the Valentine memories y’all posted. I used to love making my valentine box when I was a kid. Shoot, I’d have that shoebox looking like Martha Stewart threw up on it, but you couldn’t tell me it wasn’t beautiful. Oh, and if you got one of those valentines with the sucker stuck through the card? Man, that was IT!!!
Tomorrow night, I’m going to relax and enjoy myself.
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:53 pm
I have paid $4.00 for a $50 certificate. That will bring that $90 meal down to $54.
MsAtl..see, i wldnt even know that unless i was focused on eating out….and then want to bring down my costs…
but thanks, i will see if that site is not already oversubscribed due to valentines.
@Leggs…im just a country boy,and stuck in my ways…grandmom grew everything we ate….heck most africans i know off dont have money to waste on fast food…they have Huge family responsibilities and wldnt waste money,overpaying on fast or restsrant food.
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
1:56 pm
Tomorrow night, I’m going to relax and enjoy myself.
ITL….what??…so u bought urself the vaseline,lube,batteries, straps,cuffs and BO black ding?
Willie Dynamite
February 13th, 2013
1:58 pm
Afternoon all,
V day was always low key for me. I didn’t wanna disappoint but never went overboard either. Nowadays Wifey is the one screaming about a made up holiday. We just have a nice dinner at home and I usually pick up a few things for her and the girls (they love chocolate).
On the flip side i did find when I was single that going out that night was usually pretty good to chat up the ladies, go figure.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:01 pm
so u bought urself the vaseline,lube,batteries, straps,cuffs and BO black ding
LOLOLOLOLOL….foooo real. I hit refresh so I could read, eat, work and lurk and this is what I got. I am NOT kidding. I laughed out loud…still laughing. Dude you are relentless.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:02 pm
I’m going back in the shadows and staying there….I think. That was funny though. Please, just stop it I say….whew buddy.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
2:15 pm
ITL – You are sooooo right…the cards with the suckers stuck through were the best ones! You could tell they came from a wealthier family! LOL
disco
February 13th, 2013
2:23 pm
bluz – re wealthier families: you couldn’t tell us nothing at Halloween time talking about we were going trick or treating in the “rich” neighborhoods. little did we know we would have been walking a long azz time to get to a rich neighborhood.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
2:28 pm
Disco- When I was a kid, the neighborhood number runner would throw a bucket of coins off the stoop for Halloween. We would be jingling for days and eating Now & Laters all day long and didn’t even have to buy the neighborhood old ladies cigarettes to get it.
DuShawn
February 13th, 2013
2:28 pm
When I was single, Valentine’s Day represented the resurfacing period. I would’ve gone missing right after Thanksgiving. February 15th is when you start going thru your call log. Call them up and say “Happy New Year girl! How were your holidays?”
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
2:28 pm
LOL@Bluz. So true. I love those retro designs. I wonder if they still make them.
disco
February 13th, 2013
2:30 pm
ms atl – not that y’all was jingling. now that’s what’s up. girl you put me in the mind of when we’d stand there anxiously waiting for the grown folks to finish their sodas so we could cash in the bottle and get some candy. boy the corner store was the premiere destination of childhood.
dushawn – no offense but you been full of isht since way back. lol.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
2:37 pm
boy the corner store was the premiere destination of childhood.
I can remember forging notes to the bus driver saying it was okay for us to get off the bus at the corner store. We’d get a small Slush Puppy and a blow pop and think we had arrived. We were IT!!
Willie Dynamite
February 13th, 2013
2:43 pm
Du- Feb.15th was the first day of free agency.
disco
February 13th, 2013
2:43 pm
ITL – dang. y’all were forging notes to the bus driver? that’s deep. our only real hustle on the bus was passing a bus pass out the back window so someone else could get on with it.
DuShawn
February 13th, 2013
2:45 pm
Yeah disco. I didn’t get this trifling over night, it years of practice. I see yall talkin bout the corner store. What about the “candy lady house”….with the frozen cups.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:50 pm
Nothing like Bubba’s for recycling bottles for .05 cents and the candy lady with the weird smelling house but a kitchen table full of goodies and “big ole nounlaters (now & laters)” and floor freezer with freezie cups. Red koolaid, that melted just enough to flip that bad boy over and suck from the bottom. It was always sweetest there. By the time the “red” was gone and there was pink ice left, it was time for another. Or, the big ole cookies for .05 cents.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:53 pm
I remember walking around with a red wagon picking up bottles on the side of the road and in the dirt. We didn’t even rinse them off, just put them in the wagon until you got a dollar or close to a dollar. You could do “candy lady damage” with a dollar. It seems those were only Pepsi product bottles that got recycled. Then our “white” neighbors that only drank sweet tea or Pepsi. They would buy six packs by the load. We would ask for their bottles.
disco
February 13th, 2013
2:55 pm
D – I can’t pass judgment. I was the chick whose birthday fell on the 17th of whatever month it was about to be. lol. we had a candy lady across the street but she didn’t go into full effect until the little old lady who ran the corner store got sick. that’s when the candy lady blew up. she was making mad bank.
C – we got a dime for pop bottles.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
2:55 pm
disco ~ that was the only rule I broke on the bus, passing bus pass through window. I was scared of my mother so forging notes, changing grades is something I never thought about.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:57 pm
.10 cents? Really? I must have moved on to getting an allowance or something or I thought I wsa too grown to pick up bottles, because I don’t remember ever getting .10 cents for them. I feel cheated.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:58 pm
I rode Marta, better not pass nothing out the window….lololol
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
2:59 pm
On one corner was the candy store and the other corner was the french fry man. Got a bag of french fries in greasy brown paper bag. Those were the days.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
2:59 pm
I remember feeling all space aged and stuff when they talked about building the first Marta Train Station. I was feeling all apocolypsy and stuff….lololol What a silly girl I was. Like “dang, trains running through the city and underground!!! I’m laughing as I type this.
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:01 pm
C – most of us were walkers at school. the occasional kid had a bus pass that was good for the city bus. the kids with the bus pass would get on first and head to the back. the after school rush was usually busy enough to keep the driver from noticing 10 kids got on with one pass. lol.
at one point counterfeit bus passes were a hustle. you could buy one for like $10 and ride until you got caught with it. of course they were school passes so you could only ride Monday-Friday.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:01 pm
@disco: I think the bus driver knew, she just wanted to get our loud behinds off the bus. We always sat in the back, thinking we were baaaaaad!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:01 pm
Marta use to put a small printout call “Rider’s Digest” and they would have updates and pics from the plan posted there. I was always in “awe” when I’d see those pics. Yeah, I was a tad green back then. lololol
DuShawn
February 13th, 2013
3:01 pm
Then in a 80’s the candy lady started selling nickle bags and dime powders.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:02 pm
Reading about that Christopher Dorner…amazing that it seems like he was hiding out right under their noses and could have been in the cabin right across the street from the command post. How wild is that? He was probably sitting there looking out the window and laughing. I wonder how quickly they’ll determine for sure it was his body that was burned in the cabin…
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:03 pm
D – what? we all knew the ice cream truck wasn’t nothing but a front. lol. after the first somebody did it all kinds of chaps went out and bought used ice cream trucks. it faded out after that. guess the market got saturated.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
3:03 pm
Disco- That was our thing too, passing the bus pass out the back window.
Leggs- Y’all had a french fry guy??? We got our fries from the chinese restaurant in a brown paper bag with chicken wings and that deep red hot sauce. That was mostly after Halloween when we were jingling. Other times we had to suffice with our moms’ oven-warmed Pathmark or Key Food crinkle fries.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:05 pm
disco – We walked to school, until my mama and daddy pulled a George Jefferson move and moved out of our neighborhood….lol From that point it was Marta with my big brothers and sisters holding my hand all the way across town. I was only in the third grade. My mama showed us a couple of times and we were on our own at that point. All she knew was y’all better get back here, giving us one hour…FROM ACROSS TOWN NOW…with everybody present….lol Oh, don’t get detention and have to stay longer, causing you to miss the bus that would get you there in one hour’s time. You sho nuff got it then. lololololol
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:06 pm
I remember when our corner store put in a “deli” and you could get Jo Jos there. A jo jo potato…have mercy those things were good!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:06 pm
Or the ice cream man that sold the soft cones….mmmm, yuuuummy
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:07 pm
@Bluz: I won’t believe it’s him until they confirm it with DNA. Nope….
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:08 pm
My first “float” was when mama when to visit her sister in Maryland. I was 6 years old and I remember it well. We took Amtrak
We had hamburgers in the Caboos, the restaurant. Me, mama and my brother. My mama would go through hell and high water to spend time with her sisters.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:09 pm
Later folks
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:09 pm
I always got a push-up or one of those red, white, and blue bomb pops from the ice cream man. I had one of those bomb pops not too long ago, and it was soooo good. Made me feel like a kid again.
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:10 pm
C – one of my real good childhood whoopings came behind not coming straight home from school. I was in around second or third grade and stopped to play with a little classmate at her house. girl when I did go home my momma wore me out AND THEN she made me take her to the other little girl’s house and cussed out her momma. I don’t recall that me and that girl were friends much longer but to this day I remember her name. a whooping like I got, I’ll remember her for life. lol.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:13 pm
ITL – I’m with you…won’t believe it until it’s confirmed 100%. I just hope they are remaining on high alert. He was too smart…wouldn’t surprise me if he someone “stand in” for him during that stand off and he’s somewhere still hiding…
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:14 pm
I said I was gone didn’t I? lol I need to work, but this thing is addictive…lol
disco – That’s funny…I chuckled a bit on that because I know that scene all too well. I didn’t get too many whoopings for getting home late, but I remember my sister getting switched good fashion cause she pulled your move. She stopped the next street over at Sheila’s house and got home a couple of hours late. Iyayayaya, she got the brakes beat off of her (I say that lightly for our resident child advocates…it wasn’t abuse)….lol She and that girl weren’t friends after that either. That’s funny cause that’s real life to me. My mama didn’t go to their house, but she warned my sister to make right decisions. Coming home on time, being the point she was making.
Now, in hs, my sister was a senior when I was in the 8th grade and I remember getting detention and they left me. Talking about brokedown refrigerator not holding nothing. She was bumping her gums left and right. I didn’t have sibs that would sneak and cover for you. Nuh uh
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:14 pm
I love push-up pops! It’s been too long since I’ve had one…now, I’m craving one!
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:18 pm
@Bluz: Do they sell those at QT???
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
3:22 pm
Naw, MsAtl. French fry guy’s fries were delicious. Got a bag for .25.
Our ice cream man was called Mr. Softee.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:24 pm
ITL – they might…I’ll have to check next time I stop. Or maybe at a drugstore…
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:24 pm
Ugh. somebody just burned popcorn. P-U!!!!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:26 pm
I hate it when people make popcorn cause it makes me crave it, but hate even more when they burn it. Nasty smell!!!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:27 pm
I’m so bored right now…I’m covering for the receptionist, who had to leave early and I’m just sitting here surfing the web. Amazing how when you have time to just surf, you can’t think of anything to look at!!!
DuShawn
February 13th, 2013
3:27 pm
Mr. Softee…….what a coincidence…..That’s the name all the girls on campus used to call me. I think they pronounced it Mr. Soft – D.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
3:28 pm
It is disgusting. They didn’t just burn it, they cremated it. Seriously, I’m surprised it didn’t set off an alarm. Ick.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:32 pm
Du – I don’t know if I would brag about that…maybe if they called you Mr. Hard D…
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
3:33 pm
We had Mr. Softee and Good Humor. Y’all got Bomb Pops and Push-up Pops? We had to get the ten cents Whammy sticks with the joke on the stick. My mama had too many darn kids for us to get the Bomb Pops.
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:37 pm
C – another good whooping was when I got hit by a car (going to the store before school when we weren’t supposed to) and my cousins and I decided it was best/safest for all of us to keep it secret (I merely got bumped and what my momma didn’t know couldn’t hurt me – lol). that one little snitch azz cousin told and we all got beat behind it. thinking back we got a lot of group whoopings as kids.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:41 pm
Wow…I’m trying not to laugh about this, but a top patron of the Heart Attack Grill in Vegas died of a heart attack. They surve one burger that is almost 10,000 calories and their fries are fried in pure lard! Gross!!!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:44 pm
disco – Now that’s classic. You got a whooping after getting hit by a car and for sneaking. That is my second best laugh of the day. Meello’s black ding was number one…dang I just laughed again at that one. Anyhoo, I feel on having nonallegiance kinfolks. Folks said I’m goodie two shoes on here? My sister DID NO WRONG….EVER!!! She made sure mama ‘nem got updates as needed. lololol
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:45 pm
bluz – have you seen that place? it’s on one of the food shows, triple D, man vs. food, something. man I’m not going to front, I wouldn’t mind giving it a try. I enjoy a good burger. and, what’s wrong with lard? lol.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:45 pm
disco – Never mind you didn’t killed….lololol That’s truly classic
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:47 pm
C – girl yeah. the man who hit me was all nervous and anxious and are you all right and let me call your parents. heck naw you ain’t calling my momma!!! I’m good. I’m out. holler. janky cousin told anyway. and it’s not like her telling kept her from getting whoopings. she got it just like the rest of us. she was just sheisty that way.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:48 pm
I was a little irked this morning. I was looking at my bonus and taxes took almost half….uggggh (shaking my fist at Uncle Sam)
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
3:48 pm
disco – I’m not saying I wouldn’t try it if I were in Vegas, but dang…I would be nervous about having a heart attack while eating there. Oh…and they have Butterfat milkshakes…
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:51 pm
disco – heck naw you ain’t calling my momma!!! I’m good. I’m out. holler
This cracks me up. Kids (us and all) are some of the dumbest creatures…sometimes. Never mind you could have internal bleeding or something that’s going to adversely affect down the road or years later, just don’t tell so mama won’t know and I won’t get a whooping. Lawd, thank goodness for parents.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
3:53 pm
DuShawn ~ I knew with this group, Mr. Softee wasn’t going to fly by. But, that’s not a name to be proud of if that’s what the girls called you. IJS…
I loved the Good Humor truck. Toasted Almond was my favorite. I remember when Mama had a bbq on our little patch of grass in the backyard. I was allowed to invite my bf. He came in all white. White shoes, white pants, white shirt, white cap. Everyone “jonesed” on him looking like the Good Humor man. But, he got down to Michael Jackson’s “Dancing Machine!” Always think of him when I hear that song.
DuShawn
February 13th, 2013
3:53 pm
As a parent , you come to realize why you got whooped for coming home late (or getting hit by a car …lol) . It’s not merely to teach you a lesson, but it is punishment for scaring them half to death and having them worried about what could’ve happened. That’s why they tap that azz, they can’t relax until you walk in the door, then you come skippin your care free, happy azz in there like nothings wrong.
Exiled
February 13th, 2013
3:54 pm
What happened to ur Albertinaed lawyer colleague MsAtl?
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:56 pm
Mmeello – LOLOLOLOL….you are on a roll today. You are bad bad bad
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:56 pm
I did wonder what happened to our resident lawyer. I thought she said she’d be back after the new year
disco
February 13th, 2013
3:56 pm
C – whatever. I think there was a greater chance of my getting internal bleeding from the whooping than from the car. really (even looking back) it wasn’t a big deal. dude was parked at the curb and bumped me as he was pulling into the street. his speed wasn’t even up. naw that wasn’t worth the whooping that I ended up getting anyway. lol.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:57 pm
Mmeello – You need a chair in the corner for old and new. I think you should given a pencil and pad to write down what you want to say. Then we filter if we can blog it…lolololol
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
3:58 pm
disco – whatever. I think there was a greater chance of my getting internal bleeding from the whooping than from the car.
I just hollered….annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd
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Celisea
February 13th, 2013
4:03 pm
Well, since inquired (not me, I just wondered), I’m sure CC will make an appearance in the next day or so. It’s telepathy. I just “feel” it.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:05 pm
WTH is a butterfat milkshake??? That sounds nasty.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
4:05 pm
Exiled- I don’t know what happened to her. I thought she would be back by now. Maybe she’s working on a big case?
Bluz- he was actually their spokesperson. I tried not to chuckle (I am going straight to hell, lol), but it is hard not to, especially when you have a heart attack in front of the Heart Attack Grill and the owner told you you would die of a heart attack if you kept eating like that. One customer had a non-fatal heart attack while eating their triple coronary bypass burger. If you finish their 9,000 calorie burger, you get a ride in a wheelchair back to your car and patrons over 350 pounds eat free. They are a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
4:13 pm
Well, I’ve enjoyed you guys today. I gotta run. Gotta meet someone to do a bit of business.
I shall be more quiet tomorrow. That was my 2013 resolution anyway
Tooddles
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:15 pm
ITL – You got me on that one…I’ll bet a butterfat milkshake tastes yummy, but I don’t think I would want to try that!!!
MsAtl – I can honestly say that I laughed when I read that he had the heart attack right in front of the grill, but felt bad for laughing! I don’t think I would feel right owning a place like that. I’ve heard of the restaurant before…maybe from the non-fatal heart attack. The waitresses even dress like nurses! Wow!!!
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
4:15 pm
Last one…does anyone know how to delete folks from email apps on phones? I get a slew of spam that rolls to my phone. Wish there was a way I could delete the folder altogether. If anyone knows, let me know. Hit me up.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:16 pm
*****yawn***** sleepy afternoon…..
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
4:16 pm
folders not folks….
If you do (know how), let me know tomorrow…
Toddles…again
Celisea
February 13th, 2013
4:18 pm
Soooo glad 2013 is a new, bright, bigger and better year. Take the high road folks! There’s a much brighter view from up high
I’m out
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:19 pm
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Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:19 pm
ITL – You just made me yawn! LOL! I’m ready to get home and play my new bass! Gotta practice cause some friends invited me to sit in with them on the 22nd!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:20 pm
Wow….
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:20 pm
Yawns are contagious. Plus, this weather….
I saw Blondie’s pic – NICE!!!!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:21 pm
Thanks!!! I was going to wait until I got my tax refund, but not getting as much as I expected, so I financed it at 0% for 6 months.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
4:22 pm
Celisea- I’ve always tried to take the high road. But I have to admit, I did have an adult tantrum once because just once I wanted to play in the mud like the other folks.
Bluz- It doesn’t help when you read the comments beneath the article and they are funny.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:22 pm
Sweet! She’s a beauty.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:24 pm
MsAtl – I couldn’t read the comments…I think I would really go to hell for that! LOL! Maybe I’ll go back and read them. Were they on the article on CNN? That’s the one I was looking at…
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:27 pm
ITL – If you’re free on the 22nd, I’ll tell you where in Tucker I’m playing…
disco
February 13th, 2013
4:27 pm
ms atl – and I’m a low road kind of girl by nature. even if I can’t actually take it I’m visualizing it in my mind. I gotta get out of my own head. lol. low road – I think that’s the name of Donald goines’ biography.
Leggs
February 13th, 2013
4:27 pm
Nite.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:29 pm
Nite Leggs!
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:31 pm
Yay, Bluz! Text it to me.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:36 pm
How come I am craving a steak???? Wonder if it means my iron is low….
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:39 pm
Could be. I always crave red meat during Aunt Flow’s visits because of an iron deficiency…
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
4:40 pm
Bluz- It wasn’t the CNN article, it was another site. I can’t remember which one. I just know the comments had me dying. Yes, it was a bit mean, but they were still funny.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
4:42 pm
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/heart-attack-grill-spokesman-dies-apparent-heart-attack-162858075.html
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:43 pm
Thanks MsAtl!
I guess everyone else dipped out without saying goodbye three times…
disco
February 13th, 2013
4:43 pm
i’m still here. just quiet.
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
4:46 pm
“He lived a very full life,” Jon Basso, owner of the Heart Attack Grill, told the newspaper.
Really?????
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:47 pm
I don’t like the quiet disco!
Come on…gotta kill 15 more minutes!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:48 pm
MsAtl – I just saw that…Um…he was only 52!!!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:49 pm
He was thin also…very strange that he could eat like that and not be extremely obese.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:50 pm
Haha – one of the comments: “If you get a heart attack at Heart Attack Grill, what do you get when you go to Joe’s Crab Shack?”
disco
February 13th, 2013
4:50 pm
girl, I guess I’m just plain out of things to say.
disco
February 13th, 2013
4:51 pm
bluz – that comment is funny but it made me wonder if there is some kind of heart attack prize. lol. have a heart attack and win such and such. have a heart attack and die – well the prize is non-transferable.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:53 pm
I really shouldn’t be laughing so much at the death of a human. BUT…just can’t help it…
disco
February 13th, 2013
4:53 pm
you aren’t laughing at the death. you are laughing at the circumstances of the death.
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:55 pm
Yes…it really is sad that he died. I mean…he had to know that he was heart attack bound if he was eating there every day!
Bluzgirl
February 13th, 2013
4:56 pm
I guess I’m gonna pack it up and get out of here.
Toodles!!!
See ya!!!
I’m Out!!!
Good Night!!!
MsAtl
February 13th, 2013
4:59 pm
Good night.
Into the Light
February 13th, 2013
4:59 pm
Sorry I had to step out…..
Night, Bluz!!!!