It began when Lauren and I decided that we needed Easter baskets for ourselves, as well as our two roommates and made a venture out to the one and only "99 Cent Only" store to procure our wares. It was already decided that Deane would be making beer can chicken for the main course of the meal and I would be doing the assorted sides, but something more was needed. Something to truly make it a "Ghetto Easter." Hence, the discount store.
I love the 99 cent store. There are always the most interesting things for sale there. In fact, in the past I have found Bugles from Iran, school folders featuring baseball cards from 1988 and some of the most gaudy religious statuettes that I have ever seen. It is wonderful. And it was here that we found many items that would truly make Easter the wonderful celebration that it needed to be.
Amongst the standard candy, we managed to find:
- Spice Girls action figures (1 per guest...all different)
- A cap claiming "Welcome to Korea! 2002
- Dollar sign sunglasses
- A children's book by Dr. Ruth to teach children to respect their elders, but was really about a kangaroo
- Star Wars Bubble things
- Care Bears gummis
- A Make-Your-Own-Candy-Jewelry set, Christmas theme
- Jones Soda Candy Corn flavored soda
- A Winnie-the-Pooh superhero paddleball set
- M&M's promoting last summer's Indiana Jones movie
For dinner we had the aforementioned beer can chicken as well as chicken-flavored Rice-a-Roni, biscuits, and a cake with rainbow chip icing.
Not exactly a traditional meal, but we enjoyed it and it was delicious. Oh, and this was all served using cheap, plastic, pink, blue and yellow rabbit, chick and egg themed flatware. It was truly a Ghetto Easter to remember.
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I remember those Persian Bugles. Good times.
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