Well, my handsome little man is turning the big ONE soon! In 20 days, I'll officially have a one year old! I can't believe it. To think I was huge and pregnant this time last year, and now, he's almost walking/talking. Anyway, I decided to have his birthday party at the park. I hope the weather treats us well! Plus, I'm getting a lot RSVPs already, people saying that they can go. Which is great! I wanted this to be a day to remember, but of course, Alex won't remember any of it. But it's still my responsibility because he's my baby boy.
Since we're doing a cookout, I just figured we'll do hot dogs and hamburgers. I'm finding out that there is a lot more involved and I'm starting to plan really far in advance. 20 days in advance is pretty good I think. Especially since I'm such a procrastinator! Anyway, I've got to say that I'm really glad he was born in February because a lot of cook out stuff is on sale due to the Super Bowl. I'm going through the store ads and finding some stuff that I can buy right now, and freeze it so we'll save some money in the long run. I have to make a run to Randalls today because it is the last day of a big sale and I don't want to miss out on some of the condiments.
Here is my list of things to get at Randall's:
30 hot dogs
30 hot dog buns
30 hamburger buns
5 soda 12 packs
1 bottle of mayo
5 bags of chip
2 bottles of mustard
2 bottles of ketchup
I estimated that this should all cost me around $65. I'm not trying to spend too much, especially since we don't have our tax return yet. So hopefully it will pay off to be a little frugal. All of this stuff will keep for 20 days, so I'm not worried about things getting spoiled. The buns and hot dogs will just go in my freezer. Plus I don't know what we're going to do with that much soda!
Some of things that won't keep till a few days before:
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Veggie platter
Fruit platter
