Who Am I Kidding? I Just Want to Knock People Over.

Well, would you look at that?! With all of this hullaballoo about The Princess in the last few days, I completely forgot to tell y'all about my wonderful weekend with The Hubbs.


You already know about my oofer - oversleeping on Friday to the point where it would have been a fruitless effort to even try to get to the office. In the interest of saving time (and my ass!) I worked from home. Good thing I had the laptop there from Thursday afternoon, eh?

It was eerily quiet in the house with The Princess gone. Seemed like the old days, before she was born, but her stuff was all still there so at least I had a mess to clean if I wanted to feel mommy-ish. :)

After work, The Hubbs and I decided to go out for dinner. Hey, we'd earned it...we could count on one hand the number of times we've gone out in the last year to someplace where your dinner isn't handed to you through a window in a paper sack. McHenry is beginning to get with the program, and we recently got an Olive Garden. Score!

The dinner was fabulous, and it felt good to get out and just hang at the bar while we waited for our table. No diaper bag, no impatient little person wanting to run around, very odd...but good. It's great knowing that she's with her grandparents - they'll bend over backwards for this kid and she always has a fantastic time with them. It's possible to actually relax.

After downing a couple of drinks, a gigantic entree and dessert, we figured what better time to go try on clothes. I know, odd, right? Well, that's us in a nutshell. :)

Off to Lane Bryant, where I scored some major deals. Three new tops, three pairs of pants and a new vest for $100 or so. Yippee! I have some new cuteness to show off at the office!!

Hambone came over on Friday night after our shopping trip, and we all sat around bs-ing for a couple of hours. I think we watched something on the idiot box, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Before he left, we made plans to go out to breakfast on Saturday to discuss the kitchen remodel.

Saturday morning: Hambone called and we all met up at the Busy Bee. Talked about kitchen stuff, and about his fishing day-trip with his buddy Kelly, and we were off on our own again.

Faced with another whole kid-less day, we decided to head out to Algonquin via Crystal Lake. In CL, The Hubbs visited his fave music store while I dropped my Uggs off for repair/cleaning/waterproofing at the local shoe repair shop. We walked through the farmers' market before heading back to the car and out toward Algonquin.

First stop there was Guitar Center, as always. We really need to remember to hit this place on the way back...it's on the left side at a messy intersection where it's impossible to get out going left. Had to backtrack a little, but it was worth it.

From there we headed over to Algonquin Commons for a walk. We got drinks at Borders and headed next door to Archivers - a cute little scrapbooking shop - for some paper. The Hubbs was a champ, sticking it out in the girly store without complaining even once. Ladies and gentlemen, this is how you know you've found a keeper.

But we have decided that whoever designs these shopping centers needs to get a little more innovative. Why not have the scrapbook place next to Guitar Center so we can both go do our thing and meet in the middle when we're done? At least it's not as bad as dragging the poor guy into a fabric store!

Back home for a couple of hours to hang with The Girls. While we were there, I took some time to research wing joints...I was jonesing for some good BBQ chicken, and we needed to get out to the movies.

Mmm...Buffalo Wild Wings. Neither of us had ever been there before, but I can guarantee we'll be back. Good shit, Maynard, as my Pop would say.

We finished dinner with time to spare, so we headed over to Barnes & Noble before the movie. Where we proceeded to spend $134 that we really didn't need to spend. So fun! And now I have the first eight Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, so that's a bonus!

From here we headed to the theater to see Whip It - Best. Movie. Ever.

I grew up in a roller rink, and they wouldn't let me race the girls; I was too fast. I had to practice with the boys. A couple of the chicks we used to roll with got into Derby for a while, and I'd love to have that opportunity now. Just think how skinny I could get if I was back into speed skating and knocking chicks over.

Martin Luther King, Jr., had a dream. Well, I have one too...it's just not as profound. I have a dream, that one day my fat ass will get back on skates and race until I'm skinny again.

Who am I kidding? I just want to knock people over.