So, even though the weekend is still underway and I am in no rush for it to be over, it has been great so far.
Friday was a good day at work. Busy, but not too busy, yet productive. I left at 2:30 to pick up N so we could hang out for a while until I had to go pick up M from work (my car was in the shop for scheduled maintenance, so I dropped him off on my way into the office.) But I saw that the traffic on 495 south was starting to get thick and it would only get worse from there, so I made the executive decision to head directly there from the daycare. I am so glad I did because it took me longer than expected to get there, and in the meantime I had a little time to kill, so we went to Target, where I picked up some things, including a few Christmas presents for my niece. They have really cute clothes there - and they are very reasonably priced!
(Side note: my niece can't read yet, so I am not worried about spoiling the surprise on whatever she's getting for the holidays. And if my brother in law reads this, he probably wouldn't care or remember...haha)So then we picked up M from work and headed home to relax and get ready for our big night out. We had a babysitter so we had plans to go out to dinner with friends of ours. We went to Truffles Grille and Wine Bar, which was INCREDIBLE. We loved it and we will definitely be back there at some point. It was pricey but well worth it - the wine was excellent, appetizers, including the Formaggio Platter, and Grilled Tenderloin Pizzette were just the perfect thing, and then we got entrees, which were delish as well. I think I would have eaten the plate - I had actually not eaten very much on Friday so I was starving by the time we got to the restaurant. Everyone was laughing at me because I was eating everything in sight. I am surprised P didn't ask me if I was pregnant. Ha!
We picked up N after the restaurant and she was sleeping soundly, even while in transit from the babysitter to the car and then into the house. So it was a good night for all.
Today was a really busy day. I had a dentist appt (I love going to the dentist) and then I was going to get my nails done. I really needed it, as my sis tells me my nails were a "hot mess". I had been planning to go to her salon but I couldn't get away for that long - it's quite a ways away, and I just needed something quick, so I went to a place near us, which is excellent (and cheap). I'm extremely picky when it comes to nail salons (given that my sis does it for a living) so trust me when I say a place is good. So I got the mani/pedi and now I feel like a million bucks.
After I got home, we fed the baby and then decided to go out and look at furniture. For those of you who have been to our house, the couches in the downstairs family room are just atrocious. So we're biting the bullet and getting some new stuff, because we don't want the baby to eat the stuffing that's leaking out of the couches due to the cats' wrath.
We found a gorgeous couch at place #1, and we were ready to buy it then and there. However, the salesman walked away from us for another customer, (I don't get why) so we left because he was taking too long and we didn't want to press our luck with N, it was getting close to a feeding for her. Sheesh. There weren't that many people in the store, couldn't someone else have helped us if he was too busy? That was poor customer service so we are going to continue our search elsewhere tomorrow at a couple other places. If we don't find anything else we like as much as the couch at place #1, then we will go back there and we will not let the salesperson leave us until we complete the transaction!!!
Anyhoo...right now I am wrapping up the edits on my friend's wedding pics, they have taken forever to go through but they look pretty good! I think she will be pleased. I am aiming to get them online tonight/tomorrow once they are done.
I'll post an update tomorrow on the couch situation after we return from shopping. N has had a slight fever so as long as she's up for it, we'll go. If not, we'll revisit it in a few weeks, probably after Thanksgiving!!
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