In an attempt to curtail our household spending I opted not to send my kids to a real camp this week. The way I see it the money can be better spent on hair foils, manicures, and a much needed bikini wax or two. And to ease my guilt I decided to hold my own camp,- I mean jeez, we own a Slip N Slide and an assortment of bandaids, how hard can it be?
On Day 1 we started with an 11am camp meeting (Camp Cheapo starts late), made a run to Kmart for supplies (Camp Cheapo is unprepared- hey, we’re not the Boy Scouts), knocked on doors to recruit more campers (Camp Cheapo encourages last minute participation), then immediately broke our hose so we had to borrow the neighbor’s (Camp Cheapo is resourceful). The first activity (slip n slide) began at 2pm. I quickly concluded that using dish detergent to slick the surface is a bad idea.
Next we moved onto the Shaving Cream fight. Brian had warned me that it might burn their eyes. Nothing I could do about that but I did buy the Aloe version so at least it would soothe their impending sunburn.
While I was printing the words to Kumbaya, Brian asked me if I had been drinking. Not yet.
Read Day 2, then feel sorry for me.
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