Coming Out Even

Yes, I know gambling is a horrible thing to do when you’re broke and I have to real excuse for why I went other than I was bored and really wanted to get out of town. That and my wonderful crazy boyfriend spotted me a few bucks to gamble with, so technically I didn’t spend a dime. 

Friday night we went to Applebee’s because we both had gift cards and had probably the best food I’ve ever had at an Applebee’s. Bourbon chicken and shrimp and he had the parmesan steak and shrimp. Of course since it was Friday night they had the $5 mucho drinks so I had a nice strawberry long island with my chicken. I'm such a light weight. It was almost funny, just almost.

Then we decided to spend his overtime earnings from his last paycheck and go hit the casino the next day. So we get up, have lunch, since we slept till about 11 and headed out to Shooting Star. We arrive around 3pm and start off with our usual slots, nothing more than penny slots and nothing betting more than $0.50. My wonderful huskies at $.50 a spin paid out after 3 spins with a bonus round and free spins racking me up to about double what I put in, then I cash out. My boy, not so lucky, he’s down already so we move on…We hit about 20 different machines that night coming out ahead and then we hit the last machine of the night and we both go home with a pocket full of pennies. Not a promising start to the weekend. Oh well, you don’t gamble unless you have the money to lose anyway. So you’d think we’d stop – but we try our luck again on Sunday. I do much better Saturday nights and my boy here does amazing on Sundays. So I bring the money I had left from earlier and spend and he’s brought a little extra and hit a small jackpot, a gong bonus winning that small jackpot and we go home better than we came. Finally. But not getting home until after 2am both Saturday and Sunday nights and each having to work at 730 on Monday morning certainly takes its toll. It’s Tuesday afternoon and of course I’ve made it to work both days this week and I’ve been slightly productive and not as crabby as some would assume. 

Now we’re done gambling until next month. Hopefully we’ll hit another big break.