Well as you all know I'm super excited that 4th of July is right around the corner. I've been planning my BBQ for a while now and I've purchased the necessary items to pull off said BBQ but there's one thing I forgot to check....FIREWORKS.
That's right my friends, your firework loving, ribfest attending, red white and blue blood girl completely forgot to check the firework schedule at ribfest this year and just found out today....July 1st that ribfest will NOT be doing fireworks on the 4th....
What kind of sick joke is this?! No fireworks on the 4th? HUH? As some of you know, if you live in the area, the fireworks display is not put on by ribfest itself but they work with the various sponsors, this year (2017) it is Meijer, to coordinate timing, shuttles, etc. However this year ribfest will only be going until Monday July 3rd and therefor that is when the big fireworks will take place and none of the 4th.
This put a huge wrench in my plans. We planned on having a late BBQ dinner, chatting for a bit, then hopping on the ribfest shuttle at 7pm, watch fireworks at 9:30pm and come home... Now there's a good possibility that we wont see fireworks that night. I read that there is a fireworks show happening at 9:30pm in Oswego, about 25 minutes away from us but I don't know if everyone, is going to want to drive 25 minutes, find parking (which won't be close), walk to the park, and then have to drive in the mad rush trying to go home. I would do it in a heartbeat but there's going to be small children and I don't know how they going to fair...IDK I guess all we can do is wait and see what everyone else wants to do.
This change of plans also makes my Monday longer. I have a doctors appointment in the morning, work all day, independence day parade at 6pm and then I'm going to rush back home and hopefully be able to see the ribfest fireworks. I haven't figured out logistics though, so I'm not entirely sure if this is even going to work.
Anyway all that to say...LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT!
The dollar store is one of my favorite stores to shop at. You can get a lot of great things for just a dollar.
That's right my friends, your firework loving, ribfest attending, red white and blue blood girl completely forgot to check the firework schedule at ribfest this year and just found out today....July 1st that ribfest will NOT be doing fireworks on the 4th....
What kind of sick joke is this?! No fireworks on the 4th? HUH? As some of you know, if you live in the area, the fireworks display is not put on by ribfest itself but they work with the various sponsors, this year (2017) it is Meijer, to coordinate timing, shuttles, etc. However this year ribfest will only be going until Monday July 3rd and therefor that is when the big fireworks will take place and none of the 4th.
This put a huge wrench in my plans. We planned on having a late BBQ dinner, chatting for a bit, then hopping on the ribfest shuttle at 7pm, watch fireworks at 9:30pm and come home... Now there's a good possibility that we wont see fireworks that night. I read that there is a fireworks show happening at 9:30pm in Oswego, about 25 minutes away from us but I don't know if everyone, is going to want to drive 25 minutes, find parking (which won't be close), walk to the park, and then have to drive in the mad rush trying to go home. I would do it in a heartbeat but there's going to be small children and I don't know how they going to fair...IDK I guess all we can do is wait and see what everyone else wants to do.
This change of plans also makes my Monday longer. I have a doctors appointment in the morning, work all day, independence day parade at 6pm and then I'm going to rush back home and hopefully be able to see the ribfest fireworks. I haven't figured out logistics though, so I'm not entirely sure if this is even going to work.
Anyway all that to say...LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT!
The dollar store is one of my favorite stores to shop at. You can get a lot of great things for just a dollar.
Now, the fireworks I got from Menards and I think we spent about $40 on the lot. I'm super excited to try the Neon Sparklers! But we got regular sparklers, snaps, smoke bombs, party poppers, snakes - all stuff the little kids like doing.
2nd picture is from the dollar store and I was able to get my plates, napkins, tablecloths, bubbles, tattoos, and tons and tons of glow sticks (my favorite). This came out to be about $25 for everything.
In the coming days I'll be creating my recipe for my Independence Drink and doing my jello dessert so be on the look out for that. Ahhh I'm so excited guys! Even if I had to watch fireworks on the 3rd and just hang out all night on the 4th it's going to be so much fun!
Comments
Post a Comment