How Helena financed the big date

Helena doesn't have a job.

She wanted to pay for Preference.

I didn't just want to hand over a bunch of money.

So, I hired her.

I have a garden that needed to be cleared out.  I worked long and hard on that garden last spring, but for some reason, it was a stunted and pitiful thing.  I only got a handful of produce out of it.  Phooey!

We still haven't had a hard frost, but I decided it really was time to put that pathetic garden out of its misery.  The only problem is that I didn't want to have to do the work of pulling up the stakes, pulling and piling all the plants/weeds, and burning it.  So, I hired Helena to do all that unpleasant labor.

For the cost of Preference.

It was a win/win situation as far as I'm concerned!