Honestly, the local places are way out of our price point. We'll do the random diner and pizza/sandwich shop but the places where you sit quietly and have a waitress/waiter stop by and refill our drinks is waaayyyy out of our budget. There is a place just a couple doors down from me. The only thing I do is get excited to see what they throw out and I can recycle. I got three big potted hydrengeas out of their dumpster last week - it was all faded blooms but the leaves were green. A new bud sprouted yesterday As for me walking through the front door and ordering? Only if I wanted a $30 salad or $40 lasagna (made with the same noodles and sauce we can buy from Sams Club too... I know because I see whats in their dumpsters)

There is a new place I might try out that has a special promo. They have a semi-sane menu (price and flavor-wise). I will still walk away spending $50-$60 fro the two of us instead of my nromal $20-$25 including tip (we're REALLY good at knowing what place has what special and coupon at what time) Anyway, this place has insteresting flavor combos and if you go certain nights, they also give away two tickets to the movie theater across the street. Dinner and movie? I'm up for that!

We went to a local diner the other day.... I SWEAR I'm jinxed. I had a migraine and just wanted chicken noodle soup. They had it listed on the menu board as their soup of the day. YIPPIE! I sit down and don't look at the menu because I wanted the soup. The waitress comes and tells me that was yesterday's soup of the day and today was something utterly icky. Okie dokie. I'll take the chicken sandwich, but plain because my tummy won't handle much with a migraine. and please subsitute the fries with the veggie of the day (which is usually some green veggie) because my tummy does not llike potatoes when I have a migraine. My tummy needs as basic food as possible: rice, bland chicken, etc. So of course, the veggie of the day was potatoes. Just bring me the bland sandwich please. Sigh.

Oh, and why would I eat out with a migraine? Hubby asked me that too. I just wanted to get out of the house because I was tired of sitting in a dark room in the house and wanted to get out.

I wish I wasn't eating so healthy because the cake shop a block from here just won Food Network's Cupcake Wars, and I'd love to see how their cupcakes taste