Saturday night I went with some friends (and a bunch of their friends) to the Magic Time Machine. It was the first time I'd been there.
We had to wait about 90 minutes to get a table. While we were captive... er waiting for our table, we went upstairs. The upstairs is filled with ways to part with your pretty penny ... a Magic Show for $3/person, arcade games, a bar (not sure if they serve other than soda ..), and several people who'll do a caricature. Other than soda and water, none of us parted with any pennies upstairs.
Finally we were led to our tables (one for the adults, one for the young'ones) by two swashbuckling pirates.
One of our group who was celebrating her 40th birthday was dressed up as a granny - gray hair, fake glasses, droopy parts 
, a walking cane, etc. N, who was the person who helped me get my job at my previous company, will be having a birthday soon, and so he dressed up as Duff Man, the Redneck. To put it mildly, both of the celebrators, plus various others in the group, didn't need a drop of alcohol to get into the 'spirit.' 
After ordering (food way overpriced - I had a baked potato for $5) we were all led on a Salad Car Train. One of our group needed to use the restroom, and was thusly led on the "needs potty training" walk.
The kids all had a blast getting autographs from the various characters, and the adults had a blast having permission to act like kids.
It really was a fun evening, which ended up not costing me anything because my potato was taken care of by my friends who'd invited me.
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Today I spent a lot of time on Craigslist. I found the gigs section, which somehow I'd missed before. I ended up emailing 3 different ads.
One I got a reply on quickly - asking me for $10 to cover 'training materials.' Next.
A second one sounds a lot like Ch@Ch@, except you are based in a building and you do a lot more than just look up answers to questions. The pay per hour is about $1/hr less than what I was making, but I would get full benefits, plus have the possibility of merit raises.
I had to google the answers to 3 questions and include the links to where I found my answers in my email. That was kind of fun.
The third one was for a Nanny position taking care of two 3 year old twins. From what I could tell, it is a 4-day a week job (Tue - Fri at 1p.m.) Amazingly, the pay is slightly more than I made per week at my former job, but no benefits. (Well . . I'd say playing all day with two little ones counts as a big benefit.)
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Tomorrow I have to call work in Texas and figure out why I can't log in to the site. Well, it will let me log in, but not actually go anywhere - it says there is no account associated with my log in??? I will be *majorly* annoyed if my information has been lost, because I spent *numerous* hours putting together the info for the resume on it.
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I found out how much my UI will be. It's roughly 55% of my former paycheck. 
I can send in a form to have 10% withheld for Fed Tax if I want to. I'm not sure if I'm going to do that or not.
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Monday plan:
1. Call Work in Texas about website logging in
2. Call Cobra company to find out if TX is participating in the 65% deal, and when it goes into effect -- also if they *must* have a paper coupon
3. Make bank deposits
4. Exercise
5. Work gym from 11:30 - 5
6. Finish trash run - do dishes
7. Check Craigslist
Magic Time Machine & CraigsList
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Yes, I would agree with the 'little spendy' comment. They had oodles of ways to help you part with the green in your wallet - especially for those with little ones. But, it is a fun place to go for a very special occasion.
Thanks!
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