I can hardly believe that October will be over at the end of this week. Ricky and I have been San Antonio for 3 full months and are now experiencing the Texas version of fall. (The picture to the left is stolen from a website that features "Fall in the Hill Country of Texas"!) While my parents report temperatures in the 40's in Indiana, we have been steadily reaching highs in the upper 70's with sunshine. Ricky was in D.C. for his solar competition for ten days and the cold dreary weather of the upper east coast made him realize how privileged we are to have our fabulous weather. Granted, we are making up for the drought of the summer months with scattered days of torrential rainfall. This morning I made my commute to work at 45MPH as heavy rain, thunder and lightning followed me all the way to Floresville.
Two weekends ago we visited the Atkinsons in Houston who are preparing for the move to their first (purchased) home. I remember how horrible it was to sort and pack before our last move so I eagerly volunteered to help. Granted, Garrett maintains that he packed more boxes than MJ and I combined but I was on hand to make lunch and give pep talks when they got discouraged:) Plus, I packed a lot of beautiful china that took a lot of time. Little Samara is no longer an 8lb newborn but instead a big healthy five month old! Here's a video of her exploring her developing sense of touch with her most sensitive appendage...her tongue.
Also while visiting Houston we visited a furniture store called, "The Dump." They sell all kinds of high priced furniture at a discounted rate. As most of you know, I have been obsessed with mirrored furniture ever since I saw the large mirrored armoir in Tori's bedroom on "Tori and Dean, Home Sweet Hollywood." We have a fairly traditional bedroom suit but I thought some mirrored bedside tables would bring a modern twist to the decor. I have been searching forever for some in a reasonable price range. I fell in love with some sold at Neiman Marcus but I was NOT in love with the price tag of about $1,000 each, including shipping. I found the EXACT same ones at The Dump and purchased TWO of them for less than the cost of one from Nieman Marcus. Gosh, it was so exciting. There are pictures below; the second one is obviously from our own bedroom. Sorry, it's hard to get mirrors to photograph well.
Two weekends ago we visited the Atkinsons in Houston who are preparing for the move to their first (purchased) home. I remember how horrible it was to sort and pack before our last move so I eagerly volunteered to help. Granted, Garrett maintains that he packed more boxes than MJ and I combined but I was on hand to make lunch and give pep talks when they got discouraged:) Plus, I packed a lot of beautiful china that took a lot of time. Little Samara is no longer an 8lb newborn but instead a big healthy five month old! Here's a video of her exploring her developing sense of touch with her most sensitive appendage...her tongue.
Also while visiting Houston we visited a furniture store called, "The Dump." They sell all kinds of high priced furniture at a discounted rate. As most of you know, I have been obsessed with mirrored furniture ever since I saw the large mirrored armoir in Tori's bedroom on "Tori and Dean, Home Sweet Hollywood." We have a fairly traditional bedroom suit but I thought some mirrored bedside tables would bring a modern twist to the decor. I have been searching forever for some in a reasonable price range. I fell in love with some sold at Neiman Marcus but I was NOT in love with the price tag of about $1,000 each, including shipping. I found the EXACT same ones at The Dump and purchased TWO of them for less than the cost of one from Nieman Marcus. Gosh, it was so exciting. There are pictures below; the second one is obviously from our own bedroom. Sorry, it's hard to get mirrors to photograph well.
Aside from incredibly boring trip to Defensive Driving School for a bogus speeding ticket I received last month, our weekend was pretty fun. Ricky and I visited Coco Chocolate Lounge, a French restaurant/lounge with a menu centered around chocolate. I couldn't imagine chocolate integrated into an entire meal being that tasty but it WAS! We each enjoyed a tasty salad that featured mixed field greens, balsamic vinaigrette dressing, dried cranberries and shaved white chocolate. I will definitely be adding chocolate our our salads at home now because it's SO GOOD! The sweet chocolate is a great complement to the bitter vinaigrette dressing. Our entrees were excellent and the dessert, of course, was amazing. They also sell a wide variety of chocolate martinis that you drink from a chocolate straw. Delicious! We were also surprised to find out they had a live band playing that night, Breezin' featuring Beverly Houston, and a DJ on their outside patio. The live band was fantastic and after stalking their website, I plan on making their next performance at Coco on December 12th. To check them out, visit: http://www.sa-coco.com/
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