I ended up spending some money last night after all. I subscribed last night to 6 months worth of vegetarian menus from savingdinner.com. It cost me about $13.50, but if the vegetarian meals are good and the planning is already done, it will be worth every penny. I subscribed once before to the regular menus, but trying to adjust everything to vegetarian wasn't working out as well as I hoped. Some recipes adapt well; others just aren't designed to be meatless or cooked with some sort of meat substitute.

No big plans today. I'll probably go price head pins at the bead store while DD is at ballet. I can't remember what silver head pins cost, but they look so much nicer.

I started cutting out a skirt for myself out of some fabric that I have had for almost two years now. It's a faux ultrasuede in chocolate brown. I have some in a light tan color as well. It's gorgeous fabric and feels nice - it's high time I did something with it instead of letting it just sit on a shelf in my sewing room. Hurts my hand to cut the fabric, however. And I'm still not very proficient at putting in zippers. I dread it every time I have to do it.

DD and I are listening to the Swan Lake CD right now. Between watching it on video at least five times and listening to the CD too many times to count, she is humming along with the music while she works on a puzzle on the floor next to me. Won't be long before the Nutcracker looms on our horizon once again, and this year I believe she'll get to dance in it in some small way. I could be wrong about that, but I think the level she is in participates in the performance. We'll find out, I guess.