<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Monday was my turn to bring snack to Luke's camp.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">I was asked to bring animal crackers and peaches.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Over the weekend I forgot to pick them up. Of course.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">I ran out to get them on Monday morning feeling like the lame forgetful mother I was.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">8 peaches later I was at the checkout ready to deliver the goods.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">But not before paying $14.40.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Nope, that wasn't for the fruit and the animal crackers. Just the peaches.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Lately I've found myself now going to the grocery store, forking over $70 only to have one bag to show for it.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">There's no brie or foie gras in that bag either.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">And everyone knows that filling up at the gas station is never a painless experience.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">My buddy Alan may have not declared this to be a recession but there's certainly something up.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">So when <a href="http://motherhooduncensored.typepad.com/motherhood_uncensored/">Kristen Chase</a> decided to declare August Blog the Recession month I had to participate.
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<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://motherhooduncensored.typepad.com/motherhood_uncensored/2008/07/blog-the-recess.html"><img src="http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/080108-0903-blogtherece15.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">The plan is to click through everyone in your <a href="http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/feed/">feed reader</a> and help them out by increasing their page views.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">With inflation happening around us, not to mention the jobs being lost, every little bit helps.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">And while you should be doing this from the kindness of your own heart, Kristen's gathered some great prizes for those participating.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Since sending wine across state lines is a bit tricky, my prize donation is a $50 gift card for wine (or wine glasses or a basket of Godiva chocolates if you prefer) from Wine.com.
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia;">Yup, I went right over to the website and bought a gift card that will help the winner booze it up in some way during this time that is "not a recession". You know, because every little bit helps. ;)</span>