#SneakAwaySunday

There's something about sneaking away that gives me a little lift, how about you? I have my little spots around my hometown that I use as my sneak aways. And no, I'm not disclosing them. *wink* I try to choose my spots where I think nobody else will show up, of course that's never a guarantee.

I'm not willing to disclose my spots *grin* but I am willing to share with you ideas based off of them - just in case you haven't been able to come up with any of your own.

Today I'll share with you some must-haves for your #SneakAwaySundays in the future.

Of course, depending on where you sneak away to will depend on what you might take but I recommend the following no matter where you land.

Reading Material - a book, a magazine, or both

Spending money

Pen & Paper - you never know when you'll
be struck with inspiration

Earbuds/phones

Water
Stay hydrated

Comments

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

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