Oh What a Beautiful Morning

Yesterday marked my 10th week of pregnancy. As my mom pointed out, I am 1/4 of the way there! I am still feeling cruddy and so is Mark (lymph node infection). Therefore, the house isn't clean. Therefore, it is stinky. Therefore, I want to hide from it. I feel like I have vomit 3//4 of the way up my esophagus and nothing, I mean noting sounds good to eat or do! It is a nasty cycle.

However, yesterday also marked the day the weather got on board with it being fall. It was overcast and a little rainy. I was pretty happy. This morning when I woke, it was gray and raining and it was so wonderful. Everything feels fresh...outside anyway.

We woke up and had a bit of a slow morning but then were were racing out of the house. At the last minute I decided I would go to Costco to get some much needed trash bags. That meant I needed real clothes on and a solution for my hair that was tied on top of my head all night. Yikes!!!

We made it out the door and dropped the big girl off (still wearing shorts cause it is still 77 out). Then Georgia and I headed to Matthews. When I got to Costco, we saw that there was a half hour until opening so I decided to explore. I knew I had seen a sign for Hobby Lobby around there. Several U-turns later, we were there.

I have never been to a HL. Honestly, the name alone would make me keep my distance. However, there is a frightening shortage of fabric stores in this area so I went inside. Holy Guacamole Batman!!! It was awesome. There was a whole section of store for Christmas!!! Aisles and aisles of Christmas. Not just 2 or 3 but more like 20!!!!

I also found fabric and I wanted to cry. I needed my mom. There was so much to choose from and I couldn't even narrow it down without her there. I don't like doing life without my mom. She is the chair of my committee...always has been (even when I didn't think she was). So, it will have to wait until she is here again. It is probably for the best. I need a lot and Mark may have killed me for the money I wanted to spend. I will need to prepare him for that one.

Georgia walked behind me and carried the little trinkets we picked up. Then...off to the warehouse. I went in for trash bags and maybe some lunch stuff. I made it out under $100 which was a miracle. I wanted to buy lots of yummy things (no bfast). Georgia sat in the cart and spent the whole time catching me off guard and tickling me, much to my dismay and her delight.

Now, the morning had been fun so far. I didn't even mind that my yoga pants were getting wet at the hem. I was happy to have puddles on the ground and pants on! Then, I decided it was high time for me to eat and it was officially fall so darn it, Starbucks had better have pumpkin scones by now. When we moved here, one of the sad parts was that you have to be strategic about buying coffee. You can't wait for the next corner to get it at a drive through stand. If you see it and you want it, you had better stop. And you do have to stop. You have to stop and get out of your car! Shocking, I know. Well, along with this tragedy, Starbucks in the south does not carry pumpkin scones year round. LAME SAUCE!!!!

I walked into the store today. I looked at the scones....no pumpkin. My spirits sank. I was going to settle for cranberry orange but I decided to look at the bottom of the case to see what else they may have. Then...what to my wondering eyes should appear????? Yes!!!! Pumpkin scones and lots of them. I wanted to buy them all!!!

So, I ordered my Venti shaken iced tea and lemonade, a pumpkin scone, a water and 3 petite vanilla bean scones. Georgia and I sat down at a table for two next to the window. We gathered napkins and our drinks and treats and we smiled at each other. She was as giddy as I was. Her sweet little face was framed by a shirt that says, "I love to twirl". Then, the song my girl came on. We sang and made faces at each other and made alternating Mmm, mmm, mmmmmmm sounds as we partook of our delectables. We ate, we sipped, we made silly faces, we said I love you a million times. It was heavenly. Then we hopped back in the car to come home and settle the groceries in, clean a little, blog a little and watch Tinker Bell, of course.