Girls Weekend 'n Stuff

A college-aged kid was the cashier when I checked out this morning at HEB. There are windows in the roof at our store and the sun was streaming in from above and behind him.

Cashier: How's your day going?
Me: Good! How's yours so far?
Cashier: Good.
Me: Well, at least you have the sun beaming down on you this morning.
Cashier (smiling): It makes me feel angelic.

Ahahaaaa. Awesome.

Bread was $1 off per loaf, so I bought two loaves, to freeze one. I had seen a tip the other day to squeeze out the air from your freezer bag, then manually inhale the last bit of air before you close it.

Don't do it with bread, y'all. Multiple bread crumbs straight down the trachea.

Okay, I'm in loooove with Tommy Hilfiger's Miami beach home. It's for sale for $27.5 million. Have you seen it? Here you go. Be sure and view the slideshow. I absolutely ADORE those colors!! Maybe it would be too much to live in them all day every day, but I would like to try it. My house has splashes of very bright colors here and there, but secretly, I'm wishing I could go with something like that.

Girls weekend was a smashing success! It ended up being CathyJ, Lori, Laura, Luci, KathyL, Sheryl and I. We stayed in College Station. Hung out near the hotel on Friday, and had dinner at Mad Taco, which was really good. They have the best "tamale bread," which is really some sort of extra delicious tortilla. They serve tacos and pizza using the tamale bread. They also have all flavors of margs, which rocked. Strongest, yummiest drinks we had all weekend. $5.

Cards Against Humanity is still the #1 game on earth. Just saying. Make sure you're drinking to dull the pain in your cheeks from laughing continuously. Also have Google handy to look up any perversions you don't understand.

Saturday we did our historical jaunt in Independence. Really loved the Antique Rose Emporium! It's a sprawling garden center (and wedding venue!), with all sorts of interesting plants and beautiful arches and other outdoor decor items.

The historical walking tour was interesting and amusing, because almost every one of the 13 or so points on the map were empty spaces with historical markers describing what was there prior to the hurricane coming through in 1900. If only we'd come in 1899. A few spots do have buildings. One of them was even the original building! That house holds the Independence Visitor Center... which is closed on Saturday. *forehead smack*

After chatting with some bikers at the general store, we headed to Brenham, to the square, to shop and have lunch. Ate at Yumm!, where we had more great food. The stuffed mushrooms were exceptional. Like OMG good.

Shopped 'til we literally dropped into benches on the sidewalk. Went back to the hotel and then out for the evening at Fox and Hound. Back to the hotel where we did the saran wrap ball thing, and played Never Have I Ever, which is always entertaining and informative.

Sunday afternoon was freeform. Some girls went to the Bush Library. CJ and I ended up at Aggieland Outfitters and we left town after lunch. Enjoyed the weekend!!