Industrious weekend....

I came home from work early Friday, cleaned up, and then K and I (she was off Friday, too) went to Target and Toys R Us and did our Christmas shopping for the grandsons.  We beat the rush and now we're through!!!  I absolutely hate to shop, especially Christmas shop, and especially Christmas shop when everybody else is doing their Christmas shopping, too.  I feel so relieved to get it over with.


That Friday spurt of energy pretty much meant Saturday was a free day.  We had a leisurely brunch at IHOP....K suddenly likes their waffles, and I'm always good for breakfast food.  I even had some biscuits and gravy.  Mmmmm, love 'em!  And despite all that, today I weighed in and saw I had somehow managed to lose weight for the week.  I'm now down an even 11 pounds.  Just 9 more to go....with the holidays coming, that might be a tough 9 pounds, ya think?


Football watching off and on for the rest of the day ended when we walked to Ginger Man for a beer, where we ran into K's boss.  Somehow I got stuck with the tab for us all, including his son, daughter, and her date.  All I can say, he'd better come through with a nice raise for K come evaluation time.  *wink*


Gotta work this afternoon.  Maybe my next million-dollar home sale will happen today.  You never know.  :)


S

Midnight in Paris

We  made it to the 7:40 showing of Midnight in Paris at our neighborhood Angelika theatre last night, and in a word, it was SUPERB!  It was an odd sort of romantic comedy, but with Woody Allen writing and directing this shouldn't surprise anyone.  The cinematography, the sets, the cast of characters, the plot....everything was all totally first class.  My "dream squeeze" Carla Bruni was in 3 scenes, and while she didn't sing, it was enough to keep me happy.  :)


I wholeheartedly recommend you see it, so I don't want to say anything that might give the plot away.  If you insist on knowing more before you plunk down your hard-earned money, you can read about it here.

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After the movie we walked next door to Ginger Man and got ourselves a sidewalk table and a couple 'o beers.  My daughter Andrea participated in The Firefly Run for charity, and as it was over at about the same time, she and some friends caught up with us and shared a brew, too.  


Today is just a sit-back-and-relax day.  We read the paper and had a coffee out, then cruised our old neighborhood, and finally wound up at Braum's Ice Cream where we shared a strawberry sundae.

Yep, this has been a fine weekend.  Hope yours was, too.  

S