Words really fail me when I try to explain how much I love my Jess. She is an incredible, sweet, generous, lovely, intelligent, AMAZING person and I'm so, so, so grateful to have her in my life. I arrived here on Tuesday night after a harrowing trip from NM (dust storm galore, cross winds, it was intense). It was a good time to find out how my car handles wind, how long I can go on one tank, and how EMPTY I-10 thru TX is. It was a pretty drive once I got out of the dust storm (around where I-20 splits off from I-10). When I got to my destination I came in, dumped my stuff on the floor, hugged my Jess, and we caught up a bit. It was as if I'd only been gone for a couple of weeks. No awkwardness, and even the CAT remembered me!! That first night was interesting because I was laying in bed and felt like I was still being pushed around by the wind. My shower before bed was awesome tho, as I felt like I had a layer of grime on me from the dust (gonna have to wash the car). The mornings here have been wonderful and cozy as I get all curled up on my favorite chair with my hoodie and my coffee. Doug makes the BEST coffee. We have such a great time together, and I love these people so, so much.
The fluffy who came to get me up, then proceeded to try to get me with her claws when I petted her. Just like we used to do back in the day. It's nice when animals remember you.
We went shopping for our snack/lazy day at HEB. We maaaay have gone a litttle overboard.
We also had to make the dips - we did a spinach and artichoke dip and the velveeta with rotel and spicy jimmy dean sausage. SO GOOD!
Doesn't look great, is horrible for you, but tastes AMAZING.
The spinach and artichoke dip had to go in the oven... so cheesy, so good.
It's been a while since my bestie entertained anyone, so she decided to go all out with the spread. We ended up watching Agatha Raisin's murder mysteries cuz... you know, why not?! This also being St. Paddy's Day, we also watched Boondock Saints when Doug got off work.
The next day we did a noontime yoga class and then went shopping at Torrid and let me tell you - a frugal bestie is AMAZEBALLS. I tried on a bunch of stuff to see if it looked good on me or not. In-store, the sales were buy one get one free on clearance and buy one get one 50% off of regular priced items. No problem, right? WRONG! Online clearance was the same, but all regular priced items were 40% off. So what do we do? Figure out what we love, find it online, and get it cheaper than we could in-store. We left with 4 clearance items (2 pairs of pants, one pencil skirt, and one hoodie - sizes ranging from 12-10 - EEP!!). The pants could be good for work or for fun, and the skirt just looked AMAZING. The hoodie was fun (and obs we HAD to get 4 items to get the most bang for our buck). The online stuff should arrive some time next week, and I'm having a hard time remembering everything we got. I know there's at least one pair of jeans, a dress, a skirt, and a cardigan... I'm not sure if there is more or not. I seem to think there's at least one more pair of jeans and/or work pants. The important thing is, I'm going to have things that fit! I have to keep reminding myself that most of this really is needed because I have no clue if anything I left here will fit now. Two years ago, I was a 16-18, and I've shrunk (between 14/12 and 10)... it's gonna be an interesting time seeing what I can keep and what needs to be given away.
Anyway, one of our favorite things to do is have post-shopping lunch/dinner. We went to Gloria's, which is our favorite Mexican place that's close to home and Torrid. After 2 years of wanting margaritas together, we were FINALLY able to enjoy some margaritas together.
Gloria's does salsa and a black bean dip with the chips. The cherries in the 'ritas is also new.
My beautiful, savvy bestie.
Me too. LOL.
COVID update - we did wear masks the whole time we were in Torrid and going in to Gloria's. Every person in Torrid was masked-up, as was our servers. We are still being cautious, while being able to enjoy some of things we really love doing together.
It's been so great to be back with my peoples, and I'm enjoying it immensely (even if it's making my older sis crazy cuz she can't be here and I haven't seen her yet). We are making plans for the rest of my visit and figuring out when I'll be headed out. From here it looks like I'll make a stop in Gbury/Grose before heading up to OK. Then I think I'll head to WY to do paperwork on the car and drop some stuff off before heading to WA to see my older sis and bil. Good news is that the book I bought to prepare for the FSOT works with my new Fire tablet, so I can study for that while J&D are working. I have missed my people so much, and it's so nice to be back with my wonderful friends and family. I knew I was lonely in Korea, but I don't think I realized HOW lonely I was - being able to come over to a friend's house and relax is a real blessing. So MUAH! :* to all my peeps I haven't been able to see yet, we'll figure something out, I'm sure. Much love, here's to being home again.
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