We had something really nice happen to us this last weekend. Isn't it fun when something cool happens to you for no reason other than serendipity?
All day Saturday my husband was busy "mouse proofing" our house. (If you remember, I blogged about finding evidence of a visitor about a week ago). I spent the day cleaning the house. Not one of my favorite chores, but it sure is nice to have a clean house once it is done.
We decided to go to Famous Dave's for dinner. We love Famous Dave's. We usually go about once a week and get the ribs on the Early Bird Special. It is just the right amount of food at a very reasonable price.
Famous Dave's has been running a promotion where you get a scratch off ticket with your bill. You bring in the ticket the next time and scratch it off to see what you won. Most prizes are free appetizers or desserts. We seldom order either. My husband is not a dessert fan, I am too much of one. Appetizers are great...if you want to ruin your appetite for your entree!
About a week ago we scratched ours off and to our surprise, we won a free entree! That was very nice. On Saturday I almost forgot that we had a scratch off. Remembering, I dug it out and scratched while the server watched. It was kind of dark in there (yeah, ok...I need reading glasses...get over it!) so I could not quite make out. "Something about 2nd and All American" I said.
The waitress grabbed it and lit up. "Oh! You just won the All American! That is only the 2nd time that has happened here. It is a very nice prize...our $58 All American Feast!" Huh???? Wow! It came and we could not stop laughing at all of the food. It is really for four. Honestly, it should be for six. It is so large it comes on a garbage can lid!
We got 12 ribs, brisket, a WHOLE chicken, 4 corn muffins, enough fries for 8 people, a ton of coleslaw (they have the BEST), Wilber beans, and their chips instead of corn on the cob! Needless to say, we could not eat even half of it.
This was perfect because we had not found time to get groceries that day. We now had 2 more meals to take home. Last night we had the chicken, etc. Tonight the ribs and brisket that was left over. These "leftovers" are full meals.
We made sure to thank the manager and we also made sure to tip the servers as if we had paid for it. (For those of you who use 2 for 1 coupons, you are supposed to tip on the full amount, not on one entree. The server should not be punished for your savings.).
Walking out, I commented to Dave that we needed to remember that even though bad or irritating things happen all of the time (remember the mice?), good things happen for no reason, too. And what a nice surprise it is whenever that happens!
Thank you Famous Dave's. That was very cool!
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