Today is the 21st!  One month to go!  We're tying up the loose ends, but most of the planning is done.
Today is also the day that the response cards are "due" back... yet almost 80 guests haven't responded.  A bunch of people have told me that they are going to come, but I also need your dinner choices because we have to give them to the reception site sorted by table.  So if you're reading this, stick that card in its pre-stamped envelope!!!

I'm finishing up my lunch of a home-made turkey wrap.  There's a sandwich place by work, Tuscany Cafe, that Glen and I really like.  Everything is so fresh there and I actually feel good after eating instead of stuffed.  However, their wraps are $7.99 which makes it tough to stick to our budget.  So, I decided to make my own wraps.
First of all, the turkey cost $6.50 for the two of them.  Then, Glen and I bought two baggies of chips for 90c each that would have come free at Tuscany.  So I'm already up to $8.30 for two and I have yet to price out the rest of the ingredients... a scoop of guacamole from the batch glen made, fresh basil from the plant I bought, baby spinach, a tomato, dollop of garlic ranch salad dressing, and two slices of cheese.  So I'm not sure I saved any money at all.  And secondly, I had to wake up early to stand in the kitchen in my robe making these wraps before work.  They may only pay me $12/hr before taxes at work, but I value my sleep time at at least $50/hour. 

So my lesson learned is not that I should eat at Tuscany every day, but that I really can't afford my taste in food.


Some recommended reading:

I'm going to try to follow this over the summer:
http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/the-grand-tour-send-off/

Watch this crazy video, and then the New Yorker article if you have a lot of time on your hands:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/trapped-in-an-elevator-captured-on-video/

And I heard Lucian Leape, who is quoted in this article, speak at Jefferson on this topic a few weeks ago :)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/18apology.html?ref=health