I'm not ready!

It was a shopping catch up day for us. I'm not surprised, and I do understand, but I'm just not ready for Holiday decorations.  At least Macy's is subtle for now.

We started at Pentagon City Mall; had to leave DC for shoes.  Did you know DSW will reissue expired reward certificates if you call the 800 number?  We went in search of The Body Shop for skin care products and accidentally walked into Bath & Body Works.  Why can't I remember which products are where?  Shopping ended at Forever 21 where I stocked up on more age inappropriate clothing.  I know...at least I'm not wearing Affliction or Ed Hardy...

The shopping day ended at our own Cohi Target where a full selection of groceries is now available.  Convenient, perhaps, but I'm fairly certain we'll stick to Harris Teeter unless we happen to need a few food items when we're on a Target run.  It's kind of like full service light.

Congrats to DC Special Friend, Sister Disco, Tasty T, Eddie, and few other friends who finished the Army Ten-Miler this AM.  Despite being registered, my Summer fitness routine, or lack thereof, left me grossly unprepared to run the 10 miles.  Mid-Atlantic Warrior Dash nearly killed me and that was only three.  The objective is to stop smoking again (I made it 8 mos. the last time) and get my mileage on.

Now it's time for a mini Sunday Funday.  Where are my peeps?  Oh...I'll just go check the Twitter!

A Champagne Cart!

The presence of a champagne cart and a bloody mary bar tell me we've made a worthy journey. Sister Disco, Timmy, and I made a trip to Mon Ami' Gabi in Reston Town Center to burn up my door prize gift certificates from the Habitat for Humanity charity breakfast. They won't let us park the cart at our table.

Don't Hate

Braids eyeballs falling out the head after 3 hrs of Mimosa drinking at the Beacon!

Sunday Funday!

Fantastic!

Sunday Funday Boston!

Everyone had a great time yesterday, but it was quite the long day; especially for those of us from DC who got up at 4 AM. With intentions of the mandatory disco nap before clubbing, we quickly ate dinner and came back to the house. Then...we all fell out.

Clarification....Jym/RJ decided they needed a little club action and escaped somewhere around midnight while the rest of us went to bed. I can't wait to hear the stories, but of course they are still sleeping. I am ready for a boozy breakfast!

Here are two more pics of note from yesterday. RJ found Daddy Stephen (one the Pedicab drivers) and made Siobhan take a ride since she didn't get the experience earlier. I think RJ just wanted to check out his azz one more time as we literally were going less than 1 block away. He of course talked him into the scenic route.

Earlier in the day we had treats at The Green Dragon Tavern, a super old restaurant that is considered the "Headquarters of the American Revolution." Jym had to pose with their statue greeter.

Birthday Month Day 1

We were the first ones to brunch and we are the last ones standing. What a fantastic way to kick off birthday month! I am supposed to judge on S&M for missing our fun.

Sunday Funday at The Beacon

We might have scored a full bottle again!

Sunday Funday: Phoenixville, PA

After touring a good part of Valley Forge, taking in the historic sites and the wildlife, we have settled onto the deck for boxed sangria and peas & carrots (hapi snacks hot wasabi peas & kraft Macaroni & Cheese Crackers.) We couldn't resist 5 liters of sangria for $12.45, but we did have to doctor it up.

Here's some of the wildlife from Valley Forge








Here we are at the Arch

Fun with Alice & the peeps

Sunday Funday

Vol 2 Chapter 6

It's a fast bus...

Vol 2 Chapter 5

Yup...p-rat

Vol 2 Chapter 4

Both tims are missing

Vol 2 Chapter 3

We're at Solly's too

Vol 2 chapter 2

Vol 2 Chapter 1

The second part of today's daylight drinking starts now

$6 pitchers

It aint the p-rat, but it is a whole different kind of Sunday Funday!

The place was actually pretty grose, but Aaron liked his food and we had a good laugh. Nashville Scene writes a pretty good article on it, but if you check tripadvisor, etc., it is really poorly rated. Definitely something to be said for a bar that has old cast iron bathtubs as coolers!

Drunkin Donuts

Not sure why, guess cuz we can.

Breakfast of Champions

Timmy's gonna have to drive home!

Sunday Funday

Everything lately has revolved around Laura's last days (last Monday, last trivia, last movie night, etc.) We had to experience our first Sunday Funday without her today. Fortunately we had a great time starting with brunch at Merkado, continuing at Fiesta DC, and culminating with PBRs on the patio at Sollys. I'm winding down for an early visit to bed so I can be perky at work tomorrow. This picture was taken by a stranger who bummed a cigarette. We asked for a little photo help in return. I'm also thinking about quitting smoking today. October 1 makes a good starting date. Let's see how that goes.

Please do not leave Iris unattended

...so we had an impromptu Sunday Funday...filled with drama.