This first of two weekend blogs will take a look back at our Night Turn Appreciation meal and our meeting Wednesday night. I’ll talk about staying true to myself in my fashion journey. Also, Mr. Clougherty and I resumed the Dinner Series at Don Patron.
Wednesday night we celebrated our store and our crew with an Italian feast from Rizzo‘s and Denunzio’s. When I say Rizzo’s has great food, I mean it. Our store leader did a great job with the spread and thanked us for all of the hard work that we put in every night. We have a great store and I mean that. We had our meal in the cafe and it looked very decorated for us. The best part of the meal was the gnocchi and Chicken Parmesan from Rizzo‘s. We all were awarded with a gift bag that had snacks and a Giant Eagle gift card. That will go towards my Fall shopping spree this week.
For my meeting on Wednesday, I picked out a nice outfit. This time, I stayed true to myself and wore it instead of changing my mind at the last minute. Maybe I’m turning a corner and starting to love myself more. I also did it for one of my friends who, along with her husband, is moving out east. The advice I give to myself in my journey is that I’m not doing this for the attention. I’m doing it to be an inspiration.
As for the meeting, we had three good speakers. Our table topics centered around the Moments of Truth and I will be doing that again at our next meeting on September 4th when I lead the Table Topics session. I am two speeches away from completing my level 5, and I will have a lot of fun reflecting on my path as it’s taken me over four years to get here. Four years that have been marked by: changes to our way of life, adjusting to a new normal, transition in my own life, and just learning to love myself, being me, and not caring about what others think.
Thursday night Mr. Clougherty and I met for dinner at Don Patron. The lot and the restaurant can get crowded at dinner sometimes, and that’s what it was like that night we were there. But our experience there went very well. We had excellent service and our food got to us in a reasonable amount of time. Like the night before, I filled up pretty fast but I finished my dinner. As for the food, it was good. I got the chili relleno with rice and refried beans. I ordered a Bud Light draft for my drink. Food and drink options were very plentiful. The atmosphere was perfect and Thursday’s experience gets a 5 out of 5.
The dinner series is wrapping up soon but we will meet two more times. Next month Mr. Clougherty and I will go to Eat’n Park. I am enjoying my book that I got from there last week on the company’s 75th anniversary, learning a lot about the history of the great Pittsburgh institution. October will either be Primanti’s or Kings. I like comfort food and who knows how much longer I’ll have to enjoy Kings, but either place is good.
Finally, August has gone fast, thus accelerating the countdown to when the kids go back to school. By comparison, June and July seemed to move slower, and that was good for me since I was on vacation the last week of June. This coming Thursday, I’ll be going on my fall shopping spree, stopping at Aldi and Giant Eagle (or Market District if I’m feeling lucky). I’ll put my list together this week so I know where to go for what, and what I’m buying.
I’ve never been to the new Aldi in Greensburg (which has been open a year), and I’ve been told they have a big pumpkin spice display. I have gift cards to spend from Giant Eagle, so why not buy something fun with it. After going to my local Aldi, I’ll make a road trip out of it and head to Murrysville, Monroeville, or somewhere in the Pittsburgh area.
Stylish 🍒 