Not a good start to September

I've come to the conclusion that I'm cursed with car problems during the month of September. My jeep's radiator busted. *cry* It's not costing me as much as a previous September car repair bill, but dang it's still expensive. On the other hand it's better than monthly car payments. Still, it sucks all around because there goes the play money to spend over this holiday weekend. Argh, I even had to go rent a car. I'll be lucky if I get my car back by tomorrow.

To console myself I stopped to shop at Ross with a mission to find random crap to buy. I held myself back from buying kitchen items and a very wanted Le Crueset dutch oven. I scored on a cute enough work top and 2 cardigan sweaters. One of them is made out of cotton shirt material and the other one is knit with a cute cable/garter stitch/feather and fan with a slight bit of lace combo going on:

I like that there's the same detail on the sleeve and not a boring ribbed cuff.

And because I love pink flower-like sakura blossoms I bought these (sorry it's blurry, best I could do with my iPhone camera:

For $2, I thought I'd give my first stick on nails a try. I hope they don't look too fake when I apply them. Not sure when I'd use them though. I won't be surprised if I don't use them till February...prime cherry blossom season.

Then I went grocery shopping. I plan to make (not necessarily in this order):

• Chicken Makhani (indian butter chicken)
• Apple Dumplings
• Fried Pickle Chips
• Cinnamon Raisin Bread
• Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
• Matcha Cupcakes
• Cheese onion rolls
• and maybe Apple Sauce Bread

That's a scary artery clogging list. I'll be eating like a piggy all weekend, not to mention at the oyster picnic in Tomales Bay on Sunday. I'm so looking forward to a brie, ham and dijon mustard sandwich on a soft crunchy roll that I'm gonna put together for the picnic. So simple and tasty! I hope I can find the perfect roll....it can make or break the sandwich.