Check #1 recieved, just waiting for the big one.

I didn't leave the house yesterday, except to get the mail. I ran out in my nightie and flip flops in 30 degree weather to the mailbox. As I expected the first of my two checks arrived. Yea!

I'll deposit it in the bank tomorrow. I have to walk it in, since the ATM limits the amount of money you can deposit.

The wheels are turning as to what I'm going to pay off with this one. I get the next and final installment around Feb 15.

I have to put aside some dough to float us for a few months of unemployment. Then we really hack away at debt. Of course there's a desire to say, "Hey, let's take a couple thousand and go someplace." Paris. New York. With winter being so ugly the rates could be really cheap. But James is the voice of reason and he says, "Let's pay everything off first." Okay Pookie!

I did go out to buy a cute dress I saw in a Lane Bryant ad. I had a coupon so I got it at a discount. I also did some grocery shopping, so the larder is groaning. I can't be concerned if I have a full pantry.

While I was at the Mall I had Falafel for lunch. I woke up one day and decided that I needed to start liking falafel. I bought some mix for the actuall falafel balls, but it's the sauces that make the thing. Or so I'm told. I've never really had one before and I wanted to know what I was aiming for taste-wise. Apparently garlic is a rather large component.

I saw a couple of ladies in head-scarves at the falafel/gyro stand so I asked them how I should order it. The guy behind the counter was super-helpful too. For example I let them add the chilis. Wow! It was lemony, crunchy, tangy, garlicky and really, really good. I couldn't finish it, it was so filling.

I want to find some really good pitas, so I'm going to go to Buford Hwy tomorrow and find a store where I can get the right stuff. No sense in playing around in the Kosher section of Kroger...although, there is that kosher Kroger where the rabbis work, they probably have a HUGE section of middle eastern foods. It's interesting how my local grocery store caries five different brands of hummus, in addition to the different types of hummus.

Okay, I'm off to search recipes for sauces and tahini.