"Felice" > wrote in message
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> (Possible repeat. Once in a while I hit "file" instead of "send".)
>
> Anyhow, when I come home from Shaw's I put the "amount saved" shown on the
> receipt in an envelope. Now, we all know I haven't really saved that
> money, but I like to think I have.
>
> So once in a while I dip into the envelope and dine out on Shaw's. Today
> the junior daughter and I went to Abe & Louie's for gin and tonic, rare
> burgers with skinny fried onion rings, and chocolate-dipped strawberries.
> And I still have $40 left in the envelope.
>
> The lunch, BTW, was the annual treat for our husband/father. He died eight
> years ago but we still "take him out for a burger" on his birthday.
>
> Felice

That's such a nice way to remember DH & Father on his birthday.
Gone but NEVER, EVER forgotten.
Such a sweet story. Thank you.
Dee Dee