What does lagniappe mean?

Lagniappe [lan YUP]
means
"a little something extra". It's a Louisiana French (and Trinidadian Creole
English) word, derived from American Spanish la ñapa, and originally meant a
gift given to a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase, such as a 13th
beignet when buying a dozen. (thanks Wendy) I hope that my blog will deliver
small "gifts" each time you read it
.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Going Green- Part 2

Well, as most of you that know me expected, I am too absent minded to be Green. I can't remember to take those darn bags with me into the store! In fact, I have been taking my groceries to the car with NO bags just to avoid the "told-you-so" (my head telling me so) guilt. I carried one into school with J's snack the other day and his super cool teacher was so impressed. I had to confess that the groceries had been taken out of the store in nothing but the cart and then transferred once I was at the car. That gave her the freedom to tell me that she bought 8 at Christmas time and hasn't used them yet. She's so great!

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