Logan Lucky

Don changed the oil in the car today.  I did stuff around the house.  We had the windows open, good to get fresh air inside!

In the afternoon we went to the show Logan Lucky.  It was good, funny and entertaining.  Brenda came over for dinner, she brought good French Bread and pie.

Ikea and Kohls

We went to Ikea for breakfast.  $2 each for a good breakfast - free coffee.  And it was very good coffee, the Sweds would have nothing but good coffee.  We did a little shopping.  Then we went to Kohls as my 30% off coupon was expiring.  I got myself 4 shirts and 2 for Don.  Came to $57, saved $174.

Lunch time, so we went to Culvers for lunch.  Finally a quick stop at Menards for  Don and we were home.

What was left of our Ikea breakfasts

State Fair hang over

We are still tired from our State Fair trip yesterday, but got the house cleaned and other stuff caught up.  Being Taco Tuesday, we had tacos for dinner.

MN State Fair

Today we went to the State Fair (for the first time in about 20 years).  I rented a electric scooter and it was there waiting for me.  Worked well, I could have never walked the territory we covered!  We had to go to a specific entrance to pick up the scooter and that was the problem.  One person told us we had to go to another gate to get the parking pass, we went to that gate and they told us to go to the nearby ticket booth.  Well they didn't sell parking passes but told us to get behind a line of cars.  We finally got the pass and went back to the lot where we needed to park.  Needless to say, we weren't the only ones that were having that problem.  Something the Fair Administrators need to fix.

Anyway we had a good day at the fair.  First we went to a church sponsored eating place for breakfast.  Even with the parking problem we were still too early for most places.  We had breakfast and several cups of coffee.  Then we went to the mini-donut concession so we would be sure to get Don his donuts.  By that time the Varied Industries opened and we spent a lot of time seeing what people had for sale - bought nothing.  We visited the area where clothing, painting and crafts are judged.  I sure would not want the job of judging as they all looked perfect to me.  I wanted to see the floral displays at the Agriculture building.  They were beautiful.  We got frozen apple cider there.  Then to the International Marketplace.  Again didn't buy anything.  But in the foods building we got cheese curds, they were good - can't remember them being so good.  We people watched for awhile, you can see anything!  Then got some olives stuffed with cream cheese on a stick, breaded and deep fried.  By far my favorite food.  We picked up some Sweet Martha's cookies and relaxed awhile.  Finally to the midway to see the bench which was donated in memory of our son-in-law.  Turned in the scooter and found our car and went home very tired.

Sunday

Breakfast today was at Baker's Square.  They were slow, but then we didn't have any pressing plans.  Then we went to Menards.  I went in just for some walking but I ended up buying the most stuff.

In the afternoon our daughters came over for a visit.

We grilled beef Kabobs for dinner.

Loss leader or Lost leader

It rained on and off all day, was just a cool miserable day.  We went to Target to get some peaches that were on sale.  None were marked on sale but we picked up some the same brand as advertised.  Also picked up other food and non food items.  As we were walking out I noticed that we were charged the full price on the peaches.  Makes me SO MAD when there is a sale that they don't lower their prices in the computer.  Almost makes me think they do this on purpose.  We went to Customer Service and got a refund of the difference.

After a good nap, what else is there to do on such a miserable day, we read for awhile and went to dinner at Celts Craft House.  Turns out our grandson was there as well!


Happy dog day to our grandpuppy Lexi!