Remember the episode where there is a horse in the dining room and neither Sookie or Michael take care of it?  Then Lorelai makes a rule that if you ever see a horse in the dining room assume that no one is doing anything and take it outside.

I was watching another show about a bakery that had been in a family for generations. They make amazing cakes for weddings and odd Food Network Challenges. Something had gone wrong with the city and brown water was coming from the faucet. Buddy had to go yell at these old guys because they were using the brown water in the mixer. The old guys blamed each other “He said it was ok to use the brown water.”  That should be like the first rule of baking right there, don’t put the brown water in the cake. I’m so glad I work alone.

I was channeling Paris (Yes, again) in a recent conversation. It reminded me of this line:

DOYLE: I cannot look at the shot of the dead baby penguin.

PARIS: Me neither. Dead people, yes, not penguins.

The subject was whether it was appropriate for me to end a date based on the fact that a young man had eaten a baby squid at the Chinese buffet. Granted, I would not have had a problem with this had it been a full sized squid…or not looked like a baby. The argument went somewhat like this:

Arguer: Squids produce thousands of babies a day. The ocean will eventually be overrun with squid and kill us all if no one ate the babies.
Me: …but it’s a baby!
Arguer: You aren’t a vegetarian. You have a shirt that says “Meat is murder…tasty tasty murder”
Me: Baby squid! It’s a baby squid it looks like a baby because it is.
Arguer: You are assigning human traits to animals.
Me: DEAD BABY SQUID!

The Gilmores have had to pinch pennies a few times.  Granted, Emily & Richard had to bail them out for both Chilton & Yale. The most noticeable episode on how to get through tough economic times was in season 4 called “A Family Matter”.  In order to get the Inn up and running Lorelai secretly did the following:

• Buy food that you have to assemble. This includes bread, cheese and a tomato to save on take out costs.

• Skip window shopping and then fight over a free tote bag.

• Get rid of movie channels.

• Cancel magazine subscriptions including Squegee Beckenheim’s.

• Switch to a lower watt bulb. Then people won’t notice that I don’t have Rory’s flawless complexion.

What are your favorite Gilmore money saving tips?