Friday was a great day. Weather was kinda crappy, but it was a great day. Woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground and car and it was very cold most of the day... at the end of March! Oh wait, it's Cincinnati.
It was one of those days at the office where everyone was BUSY all day and were "rewarded" with a trip to UDF courtesy of the boss. I left the office at 5:02 though I was sure that I would hear from work a million times this weekend. I have yet to hear anything. I had to leave on time though because it was the opening night of Beerfest. We got a totally awesome parking spot for free at a meter around the corner from the convention center!
Jerry and I went back and forth over whether we would go. For $40, you got 35 drink tickets for samples to fill a 5 ounce mug. After nerding out and doing the math, we figured that would come out to somewhere between about 6 and 14 beer equivalents in the span of 4 hours (depending on the size of the pour - which was supposed to be 2 oz). Knowing it was something Jerry would enjoy and that I would never make it through, not wanting to pay $80 total, and acknowledging that we would not be able to get home on our own accord, I decided to go with the $10 designated driver ticket.
Totally worth it to go this route. After checking my ID, I was given a wristband just like Jerry's and an identical souvenir/tasting mug - just no drink tickets. Jerry ended the night still holding 5 or 6 drink tickets, which makes me think that combined, we couldn't have made it much past the initial 35 tix total. And I was able to sip some of the more interesting of Jerry's selections, some of which I might have ended up just throwing out and essentially wasting the ticket. I think Jerry enjoyed it, but we have a few suggestions for the coordinators.
I pretty much went to bed as soon as we got home, because despite being a great day it was another LONG day for me.
Saturday (W - 12 days) began early. Jerry woke up to go to the bathroom around 6:15 and it was over. Neither of us could go back to sleep, but as Jerry so eloquently put it, "it's cold outside of coverland." So we just stayed there tucked away under the blankets, talking about how we should get up and get moving.
Because it was Kohl's super Saturday with Early Bird savings and an additional 20% off for me.
After spending about an hour in Kohl's and stocking up on a few items for the trip, we hit up Meijer for a few travel size toiletries and then headed up to the Mangus house for a quick visit and to possibly get my "something borrowed." Baby Dylan is so incredibly adorable and so good! I'm glad I got to see Kelly before we head out. The fact that she got married in Vegas as well always leaves me with an additional bit of reassurance about this decision.
Then Jerry and I hit up Trader's World...I'm still not sure why. We left empty handed but got our fill of... well, Trader's World folk.
We met my parents at Kohl's (different than the first one) and bought a few more items that we forgot we were looking for this morning. We then joined them for lunch at Bd's Mongolian Grill, where they were training a new bartender and sharing his training creations for free with the 21+ crowd. We shared a Mongo Rita, Mongolian Sunrise, and Hawaiian Volcano. 2 more quick stops and Jerry and I headed home for a nap.
I have NO idea how long we slept but we got up around
6:00 and decided that in spite of all the offers we had to go out tonight, renting a movie and veggie on the couch were the way to go. I of course supplemented this effort with trying on every pair of shorts and capris that I own in order to begin packing for Vegas. Yay for weight loss and my issue with ever throwing away any clothes.
Oh, and Jerry found me this:
Mmmmmm.... Margarita. And Melon to boot.
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