Wednesday, July 1, 2009

fireworks

It's that time of year again.
The boys spent the day making their lists
and I made a master list to make it easier to compare prices.
(I can no longer rely on my brain...)
Then
we shopped.
Jeremiah is old enough to realize his $20
(thanks Grampa Bob & Gramma Pat)
will only go so far;
Josiah still wants some of everything
and a bunch of some things...
both boys spent every cent!
Tony and Brandon bought less this year than ever before;
mostly due to their lists
and thinking about what they'd buy ahead of time
~
I just love taking my boys fireworks shopping!
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In no particular order
here's what we bought
where we bought it
and how much it cost:
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we bought the most at the first tent on 271 (closest to 540)
some of what they had was the same price as the other tents;
we bought here, 'cause a guy from DTC runs it
(and as a nice surprise - gave us a 10% discount :-)
bottle rockets - $3.50 / gross
smoke bombs - $1 / 12 pk
5 shot roman candles - $1.50 / 6 pk
little friendship fountains - $ .25 ea
morning glory sparklers - $1 / 3 (5 pk)
bunker busters (they were the only ones to carry these) - $1.50
satellites - $1 / pkg
snakes - $1 / 6 boxes
day & night parachutes $ .50 ea
split wing rocket - $1.25
25 shot missile box thing - $1
chopper bike - $1.50
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from the 2nd tent
ground flowers - $ .50 / 6 pk
crackling balls - $ .50 / 6 pk
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and
from the 3rd tent
party poppers - $ . 25 ea
tanks - $ . 33 ea
screamin' chickens - $ .33 ea
snap dragons - $ . 25 / box of 50
festival balls - $3.25 / 6 + launching tube
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we didn't go
'cause it was off in the opposite direction
and Tyler didn't think it'd be worth it for the little bit we'd save
(and he's completely right)
but
the TNT tent on hwy 59 (by Mc D's)
has
5 pk morning glories - $ .10
and
6 pk ground flowers - $ .29
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I thought it'd be fun to look back years down the road
and see how much fireworks 'used to be'

1 comment:

  1. Sounds like fun!!
    we'll probably use your list as our shopping guide - maybe Luke will take me to get some festival balls and roman candles :)

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