Groupon

It’s official… I finally bought my first Groupon today. I have been a Groupon member for a couple of months now, but nothing has struck my interest until today. I somehow missed the $25 for a $50 gift certificate to Nordstrom Rack day… I would have been all over that. I briefly considered buying Micah a three-hour grilling class for $49 as a stocking stuffer, but we were trying to cut back on Christmas spending this year, and he still hasn’t used the Weber’s Way to Grill cookbook that I got him in the fall. (Mental note: re-establish Micah’s once-a-week cooking night this semester…)

So today is the day. I finally broke down and bought a Groupon to a little indie ice cream shop in North Scottsdale. It’s called Sweet Republic and I have been wanting to go there for months now. This place was recommended to me by my best friend’s sister. Tamara lived in Phoenix for a short stint this past summer and the one place she said I HAD to go to when I moved here was Sweet Republic. In fact, I have tried to go to Sweet Republic already. Like invite another couple over, put the address in the GPS, and start driving north up Scottsdale Road tried to go there. But somehow this little dessert date night took an unexpected detour to some resort off Scottsdale Road where we listened to a band play in the lobby and ate overpriced appetizers on the patio. I have to say it was a cool resort and I would love to go back there and stay the night in one of their amazing bungalows, but it didn’t satisfy my ice cream craving that night (a craving I have most nights, let’s be honest). So now there is no excuse and there shall be no detours. I have a Groupon for $5 for $10 worth of ice cream at Sweet Republic. Ice cream craving soon-to-be-fulfilled.