7 Quick Takes Friday - parte seis

1. Garage sale shopping with my M-I-L was really productive today - 7 tops, a pair of PJs, a pair of jeans, and 6 pairs of shoes for Calla - all for $11. Whee!

2. Stupid head cold going around the family - kiddos and I are on the tail end of it, I think, but the hubby may be more on the beginning side. Still beats the flu!

3. Found a local option for flu shots for the kiddos that is offering them FREE. I doubt it'll be the flumist, and I hate subjecting the kiddos to shots if there is another alternative, but FREE is FREE. I do have another option to check into, and if it is within our budget, I may do that instead, just because they'll be more likely to have the flumist - but we'll see.

4. Been playing a different free online game with the hubby lately - it's nice to be able to do some gaming with him again. :) Especially to haul my dead character's soul stone back to a rez point, LOL.

5. It is amusing to see two grown women go into "worried mommy mode" over another grown woman, where none of the three are related. Hopefully, she feels loved. :D

6. Even though I did buy a costume for Patrick last year after Halloween for this year, I think we're going to look for something else - it kinda puts me to mind of the plastic costumes we all wore growing up (no offense, mom!), and I think we can rig up something else ourselves, since the kiddos are on a pirate kick lately. I'll save the costume for him to play in, though - since it was something crazy like 85% off or such, I'm really not worried about not using it for Halloween - but I think what I WILL do, this year, is if I buy anything after Halloween, get something that can be a bit more neutral - Calla's princess gown, for instance (navy blue velvet, no characters or anything) can be the base for a princess, for a fairy, for a pirate queen (which I suspect is what she'll do, because if Patrick will get to have a cardboard sword or something, she'll want one too!), etc. We'll see what I find on sale this year.

7. Patrick's elementary school is having a fall festival one weekend here soon, but we'll be missing it for a car tour. I'm kinda sad he'll miss participating in that, but he LOVES the car tours, so I don't think he'll mind, LOL - and I'm looking forward to the tour as well. We do always enjoy it.