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went to IKEA today with Andrew and Uncle Mike. That was after Dad came over to help us get Andrew’s new mattress. We got a bed frame from Allison’s grandparents and it has been in the garage for a while. It was time for Andrew to get his own bed. We’ve had the IKEA crib/toddler bed for the past 7 years and it has served us well for both kids. Now it is time for retirement.

After a nice breakfast with Dad at Morin’s we went to Bob’s Discount Furniture where I had purchased a mattress and foundation for Andrew the day before. I was planning on getting the mattress from Big Lots but changed to Bob’s. ad remembered me saying Big Lots so he went there and I went to Bob’s. We got it worked out in plenty of time because the place didn’t open till 10am.

We got the mattress and foundation into the house to air out. Then Andrew and I caught up with Uncle Mike and drove to IKEA. I had to return something. It was a fairly short trip but we did have lunch there and walked a little bit through the downstairs. I bought Andrew some under the bed storage, only to find out later that there is such a low clearance on this bed that these under the bed storage items won’t fit, under the bed. We also bought some alphabet cookies (I was really expecting more umlauts.)

Food

Touchdown Taco Dip for Your Big Game Parties #PartyWithBigY

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Touchdown Taco Dip

Family, Food and Football. These three words go together so well. Each year for The Big Game we go and get a bunch of appetizers and pig out while we watch the biggest football game of the year together. Sometimes I make something special and this year it is going to be a kicked up version of my Touchdown Taco Dip. This is a dip that you have to spoon onto your plate because it is a crazy amount of layers of awesome. I did my shopping for the dip early and I did it at Big Y.

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I used my Big Y shopper’s card and was able to get enough supplies to make my Touchdown Taco Dip twice over. I was able to do this because almost everything that I purchased was a buy one get one free sort of deal. I also tried to buy the Big Y version of all of my supplies whenever possible. I did this for two reasons. I wanted to see how the quality was and choosing the Big Y version was usually the better, more cost effective deal.

Taco Dip Ingredients

Like I said earlier, I amped up my Touchdown Taco Dip this year. In the past the dip had cream cheese, chili and melted cheese. Pretty basic. But this year we are talking many more layers. I picked up cream cheese, chili, fresh ground beef, refried beans, salsa con queso, shredded cheese, jalapeños and black olives infused with jalapeños for the cooked part. Then I also picked up salsa, sour cream and guacamole to add to the mix after it cooked. I also got a couple of bags of tortilla chips which were buy one get one free. Yes, this was going to be a pretty epic dip. Continue reading Touchdown Taco Dip for Your Big Game Parties #PartyWithBigY →