The Weekend at Home, Take 2

There's a good chance that I'll never 'fess up to it again, but y'all, I can totally get on board with this weekend at home concept.

I still haven't quite gotten used to the whole living in the same town as my fiance thing so the little things are still super exciting to me. Like on Friday, I showed up at his house with groceries to make dinner & we decided to put off dinner for an hour or so and head downtown for a drink/appetizer. Last year? I wouldn't have gotten to town until 7 and there wouldn't have been time to do something like that.

We went to Cola's & I got adventurous with red wine while we snacked on Pulled Pork BBQ Egg Rolls.

Saturday morning, I went back to my old stomping grounds to run the DFHS Be a Fan 5K. I did much better than I was expecting after 42 days of not running!

& yes, that happened.

My mom and I headed out on a mission after lunch to start shopping for her mother of the bride dress. To say it was a disaster would be putting it mildly. The shop we went to {highly recommended by many people} was a huge disappointment to us and we were there less than 10 minutes. We recovered by doing a little shopping at places like World Market & Loft, naturally.

I got my first pair of leggings! Yes, it only took me 27.5 years to own my first pair & I'm still to nervous to wear these in public. & yes, like 12 people got this picture because my mom and I had no clue if I was doing this whole "legging" thing correctly and I needed opinions.

Saturday night, we celebrated Patrick's dad's birthday with a dinner at Liberty Tap Room before meeting up with some friends to do a little bar hopping around The Vista.

But really, it was Sunday that kind of made my weekend. We slept a little too late to make it to church on time but we did get downtown to grab lunch at Newk's before the church crowds showed up. Win.

The weather was sooo gorgeous that we decided to ditch the car and walk around The Vista & up to Main Street. We walked a little over 3 miles as we explored all around. We checked out the Fireflies store, peeked in at a new microbrewery coming to town, shopped in Mast General, and enjoyed the warm, warm, sunshine.

70 degrees in January? I'll take it.

Plus... I may have topped off the weekend with another Sunday afternoon nap on the couch.

No worries though, the travel side of me is getting restless again & it's off to Charlotte this coming weekend! I already have all sorts of plans in mind to check out my favorite brewery, my favorite restaurant, and my very favorite place for brunch. It'll be a quick trip up & back but I can't wait!