Weekend Recap

It's been a busy weekend but when are weekends not busy nowadays? This also happened to be a mother's day weekend. Just a recap:

Friday
The husband and I called it a quiet night on Friday and didn't do much. We rented 27 Dresses. The movie was o.k., a bit sappy at times but overall enjoyable. I like Katherine Heigl and I like the fact that she is not a stick skinny actress like most Hollywood actresses.

Saturday
I woke up early to take # 2 (my dog) to the vet to remove the stitch she on her left front chest. Two weeks ago when I brought my dogs in for dental cleaning, the vet removed this huge mole that was growing on her front left chest area and to send it for lap work. (I'd been concerned about this mole too but she seemed healthy.) The vet called me last Tuesday to tell me that it was a benign tumor. Thank goodness! Anyway, after I brought her in, the stitch removal was quick and I was too early to head out for my lunch appointment with my previous co-workers. I drove over to drop off # 2 for the afernoon at my parents' house. I hung out at my parents' house for about an hour before heading out. I was chatting to my mom and on occasion, my brother would stop by my parents' room (where I was with my mom) to chat. It was just catching up and my mom venting or is it gossiping (?) about some of our relatives. For the most part, I try to stay away from family gossip. I am probably the most removed within my family to our extended family. My mom usually complains that I should try to make more of an effort to socialize with my extended family but the reality is that I don't have much in common with these people. There are always so much petty drama with them that it makes my head hurt to think about them. Anyway, I soon realized that it was time to cut the out before I got annoyed and said something to piss off my mom. I did mentioned to both my mom and brother they needed to be ready by 8:30 a.m. for Sunday brunch.

Anyway, I headed out to San Juan Capistrano for my lunch appointment with my former co-workers. It was a lovely lunch at the Ramos House. I've always loved this restaurant but Saturday's lunch was rather expensive. I guess they only serve weekend brunch even though it's the same menu as their weekday menu except the price. Whatever. I think the bill came out to be about $ 45 a person for this lunch. That hurt a bit. I didn't mind spending about $ 30 but another $ 15 kind of made me want to cry bloody murder. Oh well. There was still time to hang out so we headed over to The Coffee Bean for some coffee and more catching up on things. Mostly it was my former office manager and me. My other former co-worker would occasionally chime in here and there. It's always fun to catch up and get an update on my former clients.

After lunch, I stopped by my parents' place to pick up the brat, oh wait, I meant # 2. heehee. Oh, I had time to pick up my present at the post office!! I stopped by the post office, carried # 2 with me since I didn't want her to bake in the car and got my present!!! I have a confession. As I get older, I find that I have a bit of a fetish with collecting handbags and matching wallets. It's rather an expensive hobby but I so enjoyable!

After picking up my present, I went home and the husband and I went shoe shopping. Since I am training for the half marathon, I wanted to get training shoes. By the way, it is about time too. My old sneakers were starting to fall apart, the bottom piece was no longer glued to the top shoe. So we headed over to a Snail's Pace and a young man by the name of Alex helped us out. The husband paid for my shoes and his! YEAH!!! My shoes cost $ 90 and the husband's shoes are $ 120!! Hella expensive but I hope they are worth it! Disney half marathon here I come!

After picking up the shoes, the husband and I headed over to our in-laws. Secretly we wanted to visit Boba (the new puppy that the in-laws got) more than my in-laws. ;P Boba is such a cutie and a smartie pants! She's a 3 month old German Shepherd and I can see that she's stolen the hearts of those she is around. (Not to say I don't adore my dogs cuz I still do!) She knows how to shake hand, sit, down and we were trying to teach her to play dead.

Oh, we headed out for an early mother's day dinner with the in-laws at Black Angus. My MIL wanted to try Black Angus. It was a lovely evening. I like Black Angus. The prices are reasonable for the entrees. Not much to complain about. Yikes, FIL is starting to talk about more grandkids! Argh! Kids.shutter.responsibility.reality. OK, OK, I will just let time take its course for kids.

After dinner, we rented Mad Money with Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes. The movie started out slow but I thought was interesting. It's definitely a rental though.