Pirates and Other Weekend Festivities

This weekend was started off in our usual summer weekend way, another bbq in the backyard. After Laney and Alie went to bed, Carl and I had some s'mores. We melted our marshmellows over ther grill; not the best plan to stand around a hot metal with hot coals following a 90 plus degree day. The s'mores were good though, so that makes up for it. I spend Saturday hitting up Baltimore's childrens consignment shops getting the girls clothes for the fall. In the past I've had some issues with Tried But True. I wasn't so convinced that they had consignment store prices on their used items, but I was quite pleased this time around. I spent $65 and ended up with a bunch of great stuff including a couple pairs of jeans, overalls and sweaters!!! I also went to my favorite, Just Arrived. They had not started accepting fall clothes yet so they didn't have a big selection BUT they were having a 50% off sale on fall and winter items, so I was able to spend only $22 and get a few really nice things. I'm headed back to Tried But True later this week to look at any new arrivals and to turn in some of our own winter clothing for consignment.
Saturday night we had a disappointing bbq...about 5 minutes after Carl put the chicken out, it started to pour. Oh well, the chicken was still good.
Sunday my MIL watched the girls and Carl and I got to see the new Pirates movie. It was GREAT!!! I can't wait until the next one is released since they left me hanging. We had dinner with Sue and then headed home to complete most of the remaing baby-proofing in the living and dining room for my increasingly mobile daughters. I also got to try out my new "crocs" from llbean while i gardened in the backyard and snipped some of the ugliness from the front yard. I can't wait until late Sept...Carl and I will be removing the terrible bushes from the front of the house and putting in nice, new, smaller ones....
Book club tonight and I'm looking forward to it!