My cousin Chris hosted a Tastefully Simple party this evening. I’m not one for attending these types of parties, but when there’s food involved, I’ll admit that has a certain allure for me. So, I went. It was nice to get out of the house for a change. The food was pretty good, too. Apparently I’m in the minority when it comes to cooking, though. As the saleslady was delivering her spiel, I was leafing through the catalog. She asked, “who here loves to cook?” and I dutifully raised my hand without looking up. She pointed out the fact that only one of us raised our hand and then asked, “who hates to cook?” and all of the other hands shot up. Oh well. I do love to cook, though. But, even more importantly, I love to spend money, so I got to do some of that this evening. I mostly bought stuff for dips. I plan on doing some fall entertaining, so those will come in handy.