[quote] We had Last Friday last week... it is a town wide festival... lots of free activities and booths of all kinds once a month... anyways... I couldn't afford to let the kids get ANYTHING that costs money... balloons... face painting... etc because I didn;t have the cash...

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Ben there done that. Not a good feeling at all. Hang in there and you can stomp your feet here all you want.