Back from NOLA

Mom: I didn't sleep on the bus at all.

Me: Yeah you did. I took pictures.

On the bus, Austin took an aluminum can from Mom's stash and put it in the trash bag.
Me: That's aluminum. We can take that home and recycle it.
Austin: We're not taking home junk to recycle. We're not hauling trash around New Orleans.
Me: Well, if we find a recycle bin here, we can recycle it here, but we're recycling it.
Mom, hearing us snipping at each other, so I explain.
Mom: What? I had a can in my things.
Me: Yeah, that's the one.
Mom: I was going to recycle that when we got home.
Austin: We're going to have enough to carry around without empty cans.
Mom, hand out: We're recycling that can.

Austin: Look, Econo-Gas. They're so economical, it's free!

Me: Austin, we're not going to be able to steal trial size shampoos from the hotel. They've got a dispenser stuck to the wall. Looks like they just refill that. Probably cheaper that way. There's a bar of soap if you want that.
Austin: Oh yeah, we're definitely taking that.

So a week ago, my sister Leah asked me to stop at this NOLA cafe, "Willa Jean" and get her some cookies. She'd seen them profiled on a food show. They're three for $10. The cafe was right next to our hotel, so it was nothing to stop in a get them. I wrapped them up and put them in my luggage for her.

On our way home, we stopped to eat at Arby's. I noticed that Arby's had some delicious cookies also, for $1.59 each.

Me, to Mom as we're standing in line: Do you think Leah would notice if I bought three of these and just put them in the Willa Jean package?

Mom: Probably not.

Austin was sitting at the table, holding our spot for us. We came over with the tray of food, start laying it out.

Austin: Hey, did you notice that Arby's sells cookies? We could buy those for Leah and eat the Willa Jean cookies ourselves.

Mom: Rachel already suggested that.