July 10th, N’s birthday, was also Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A. This meant anyone who dressed like a cow got a free combo meal. Given our current financial situation, we weren’t going to miss an opportunity to eat out for free! I can count on one hand the number of times we have eaten out on our own dime since May. Interestingly though, once we broke the habit and started planning in advance to eat at home, it hasn’t really been that big of a sacrifice. Back to Cow Appreciation Day, Nane and Dede were here along with Aunt Anna, Uncle Andrew and Sara Abla. With such a large group, the cow creating process took all afternoon. Our only criteria was to not buy anything but only use things around the house. Hence the fluorescent green cows. We had such fun creating together and got a good laugh when Baba tested out the staple gun and somehow stapled a cow nose to the antique buffet piece in our dining room that I got from my Grandparents! In the end, we dressed little J as a chicken and used Chick-Fil-A font to make her sign read “Got Milk?” I admit that as we walked in, we all had a panic feeling, wondering if we would be the only ones in the store to have gotten the Cow Appreciation Day memo. But, as it turned out, there were plenty more families willing to do strange things for free food and 9 combo meals was over $50 worth of greasy chicken! We had a great time and even saved our costumes for next year. Want to join us?
Tags: Chick Fil A, family, Free Food, Fun
August 1, 2009 at 11:06 pm |
SO FUN! Can’t wait to do it again next year- bigger and better!