happy trails

The morning started with chocolate covered strawberries.

Truth be told,

I prefer my strawberries and my chocolate separate;

but every year

I eat one

just to make sure I still feel the same.

From chocolate strawberries,

I progressed on to 

a scrumptious Frozen Vanilla Latte

(I think that's what he called it)

made by Ton'

with cold-brewed coffee.

(is the whole weekend going to be about food??)

After a quick visit to the library

where I picked up

a

novel,

I headed to lunch w/ Tyler

(it may just be all about food....)

I wasn't very hungry,

so I just had Hot & Sour Soup.

Nobody makes it like TaiPei,

although, someday, I'm going to ask for the recipe.

And then

I

will make it like Tai Pei.

After lunch,

my weekend away began

with my first ever

professional 

massage.

I was greeted by the above sign

when I slipped behind the screen

to strip.

The massage was really nice,

but I didn't feel like jelly when I was done.

She had to keep telling me to let her do the work.

That may have something to do with the jellylessness.

That and I kept asking questions.

Can't shut off the learning, I guess...

She does this 'raindrop therapy massage'

that I'd love to try someday.

Seeing as it's a hundred bucks,

I don't expect it'll become a regular indulgence...

After my massage

I remembered I still needed a notebook.

I wanted a pretty one

(don't laugh, 'Net)

but didn't want to run into Hobby Lobby.

Then I talked myself into a $ .20 plain one from Walmart.

(I know ~ Walmart over HL??)

But when I stopped to get it

(and the roasted almonds w/ dark chocolate...

apparently it is all about the food ;-)

they didn't have one single cheap notebook

that was college ruled.

I could have grabbed a wide-ruled book from the house!

So I headed over to the cheap composition books.

Then I saw cute composition books.

And then

I found

this

which reminded me very much of my

California Dreamin' quilt

and we all know how I feel about that!

If I'd a been thinking,

I would have brought it along with me...

And now,

I'm agendaless.

Until I get hungry again...

Happy Trails

all photos taken w/ my iphone. don't worry - I was watching the road.