Beach Vacation

Momoko and I took a trip to the beach. It was supposed to be sunny. But it rained all day one day. We had an oceanfront room. They were renovating a beach bar outside. So there was a lot of noise every morning. The snack bar inside was only open in the mornings. A dude I met was bummed the indoor ice skating rink was closed.

We met a work friend who was also down at the beach. She had a hard time getting the room at her hotel she wanted. One did pop up last minute. But it was renovated to her dislike. The big couch was gone. Large tables gone. Balcony small. Tub gone. Shower with a temporary tension bar in its place. At least our friend showed us a place on the bay side with the best crab cakes.

Our hotel was good except the door to our room would not easily open at nights. I had to struggle each night. On the last night, I just went to pick up carry out. Momoko stayed behind and opened the door for me. The restaurant asked me if I wanted ketchup with my fries. I did. I also requested plastic utensils for Momoko's turkey platter. The hostess complained of having to walk back to the kitchen.

We went down to the boardwalk one day. They closed off 80% of the parking lot, making us to walk far just to get to the boardwalk. Momoko spent a lot of time inside a jewelry store. She got a new chain, a new pendant for Kit Kat, and a pendant for herself. We bought caramel popcorn and taffy for Kit Kat. Took a while to check out as the customer before us tried to pay with a $100. They had no change.

One night we found that Dairy Queen had southern gravy for Momoko. She got the chicken dinner. I got a $7 meal which included a sundae. It was not enough food for me. But Momoko gave me some of her copious fries she could not eat. On TV, we watched local drag strip racing. The winner raced the pro-outlaw after negotiating a handicap.

Minecraft at McDonald's

McDonald's has new combo meals featuring toys from Minecraft. This is in conjunction with the new Minecraft movie. I ordered two Big Mac meals so far. But both times, I got the Bic Mac Minecraft toy. I wanted something else. So I figured I might go to another restaurant.

I went to one by my brother's work. They were closed for renovation. Next I went to one by my old townhouse. They said they did not have toys for the combo meals. They did have Minecraft Happy Meals. I ordered one.

The guy at the window handed me one Happy Meal. Then he parked me. When the food was delivered, they gave me another Happy Meal. Both meals had the same Creeper toy. I liked it because it was not a McDonald's character. It was a character from the actual Minecraft game.

Food Lion Sales

Momoko thought we would need bottled soft drinks for our vacation trip. I decided to head to my go to grocery store - Food Lion. They have 6-packs of Coke normally for $7.50. However, this week they are three for $12. I bought three. Instead of paying $22.50, I got them for $12.

I like glad trash bags for the kitchen trash can. They have handles that you can easily grab and tie. The bags have gotten just too expensive on Amazon. Boxes of them cost $17.50 through Amazon. Food Lion has knock off bags that are also handle tie. They are $5 a box. No sale needed.

Momoko has not bought 12-packs of Coke in a while. They are too expensive at Giant or even Shoppers Food Warehouse. Today at Food Lion, they were two for $11. I picked up a coke and a cherry coke. Good times should follow.

Finally I decided to splurge. I got Ocean Spray cranberry juice. They are normally $4.29, which sounds outrageous. But today I got them two for $6. I got a pair. Delicious. I think the family may prefer Cran Grape. I just like straight up cranberry.