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Try a Dinner In (a post for the weekend)

Last weekend my husband was away for work and he was none too pleased to be spending his weekend working. So when I was doing the grocery shopping that morning I picked up a box of higher end frozen appetizers, fresh pasta instead of boxed, a $7 jar of sauce instead of Prego, and a frozen apple crumb pie.

When he got home about 6:30 pm I popped the apps in the oven and in that moment, it just felt right. It was complete satisfaction, however brief. Would it have sucked if the appetizers we had never tried before were found to taste as rancid as the brownies from a recent work party? In a word: yes, but unlike the unfortunate brownie incident- it was a risk well gambled my friends.

However, as nothing lasts forever, and because the crab and pesto bits of deliciousness wrapped in puff pastry filled us up, and because at 28 we can apparently not make it up past 9:30 pm on a Saturday night, the rest of the feast was put on hold.

That is the beauty of a dinner in though. We had the pasta for lunch with some left over still and I have been eating apple crumb pie for dessert, breakfast, and a before dinner snack for the past two days.

You cannot derive that amount of prolonged satisfaction from an hour or two at a restaurant.

Product & Price:
Wegmans Crab and Spinach & Pesto Puff Pastries: $14.99 (16 in a box)
Wegmans Fresh Tri-Colored Linguini: $3.18 (6 nests)
Patsy’s Fra Diavo Sauce: $7.49
Mrs. Smith’s Pie: $6.99