Freak out...weekend part 1

Trey and I had a great weekend...work for me was very jovial on Friday, despite the week feeling very long. Friday night was very relaxing (for me - T had rehearsal), and Saturday morning we got to lay around in bed for a long time.

Quick diversion - Willie, who I still cannot get over because of his sweetness, is about the best cuddler ever. I've realized recently, however, that this has put a big damper on cuddling with Trey, because Willie is always right up against me. I will have to work on a solution to this.

Anyway, Saturday we finally got up, I got in a quick workout and Trey did some horn work, and then we decided to head out to the mall to spend the Macy's giftcards we'd each gotten recently. We made out like bandits - Trey got 2 shirts and 3 ties, and I got a great grey wool dress and boots, all for $181.36 (Disclaimer: With the exception of the $5.36 of our purchases that our giftcards did not cover, I have not, and will not, purchase anything at Macy's - the only reason we went shopping there we because other people had already spent the $. If Macy's ever decides to put the Marshall Field's logo back up, at least on the State Street store, I will reconsider).

Happy with our purchases, we head out to find the T-mobile store, as a new phone was on my birthday wish list. The bad news: I couldn't even get a phone I liked for less than $150 (time to find a new birthday present as I think it's ridiculous to spend that much on a phone). The good news: 2 doors down from the T-mobile store was a Lindt store!

Trey had to laugh at me because about a split second after we rounded the corner and saw the store, I'd already found my chocolate - Lindt Excellence 99% Cocoa. I started jumping up and down in the mall corridor and ran to the back corner of the store, where said chocolate was shelved. Oh, man. Talk about one of the best birthday surprises ever! The 85% will still have to do for my normal daily chocolate, because at Target you can get it for $2.19 a bar (3 for $5 if it's on sale) and at the Lindt store the 99% stuff was $3.29 a bar, but I can get it again! Other exciting store offerings included some 70% cocoa creations, the most interesting being the variety with chili and cherries. I've started seeing the normal Excellence with chili, but that's only 60%, so next time I'm at the Lindt store I'll have to pick up a chili/cherries bar.

After a very successful afternoon we stopped at home to change before heading out to Trey's concert and out afterwards for pizza. The program was great with some Corelli (love Corelli live!) and the Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite, which I'd never heard. Going out afterwards was fun - we sat with another horn player, who kept telling musician jokes all night. You'd think it would get old, but he found good places to stick them in.

Ok, that's good for now. I'll post more tomorrow about the rest of the weekend. :-)