Last night, Friday night, I bought myself a bottle of wine. Opened it when I got home and spent the entire evening sipping wine. I didn't have a specific plan for my dinner and it wasn't until very late before I got hungry enough to be able to think of something to eat and by then it was just too late to eat. The result was all I had for dinner last night was a bottle of wine. It did take me many hours to drink the whole bottle and I certainly didn't get drunk or anything... but there was some headache this morning. More than that, though, there has been a horrendous stomach ache all day. Ugh. Two rounds of Pepto, some Alka Seltzer and two short naps got it under control but unfortunately all this tyranny of the stomach today resulted in a significantly less productivity than I intended.

Also, since Andrew wasn't home all day and I wasn't feeling too hot, Michael was a teeny bit left out. So I told him as soon as my stomach was feeling better, I'd take him to Marble Slab Creamery and we'd get sundaes.

So after my second nap, which ended up being less than 10 minutes because the neighbors came home and turned up the music, which caused them to have to shout at each other to be heard which caused the dog to bark at all the commotion. So much for a peaceful nap. Luckily by then I was feeling better so Michael and I went for ice cream.

We ended up having to sit outside because for some strange reason the interior of the Marble Slab Creamery is over air-conditioned and Michael was shivering before he was halfway done with his ice cream. It was just as well we sat outside, too, because just after we sat at a table outside a whole herd of kids dressed up for the prom showed up and crowded the place. I'm glad we got there before they did. They did look awfully cute in their dress-up clothes and corsages, though.

As we were walking out the door this evening I noted Michael's old Crocs sitting outside by the doormat. They've stayed there because they don't fit him anymore. So after we finished our ice cream, we headed over the mall to get him some new Crocs.

On our way into the mall we saw the most extraordinary girl. She was young and had a reasonably cute figure, very long shapely legs and I guess she was well aware of all this because she was wearing the tiniest possible pair of jean shorts with a very tight cotton blouse... all of which wasn't such a big deal, but she was also wearing four-inch high white patent leather stilettos. The overall effect of her outfit was that of a professional, and this effect was not lost on ANYone who saw her. I watched every single woman who saw her shake her head and smirk as if to say, "Geez, girl! Turnin' some tricks tonight or what?" And, of course, all the men smiled oogled and drooled in appreciation. In fact, two young men in a car honked and then stopped and said something to her and she turned around, smiled invitingly at them and said, "What?" as if she didn't know perfectly well what. I didn't hear what they said to her, but if I had to guess it was probably something along the lines of, "how much?" Just goes to show ya... you never want to leave the house looking like a slut, but if you do, you sure get a lot of attention!

We went to the Hallmark store in the mall and I got Michael a pair of black Mickey Mouse Crocs with the red strap. And he talked me in to getting the pink Mickey Mouse Crocs with the gray strap. We also succumbed to the cuteness of the Ty stuffed animals. I got a little brown bear looking thing that Michael insists is a cat. I don't care either way because it's cute and incredibly soft. I'm calling it Smoodgy. I got him a little Ty Husky dog he's calling Husky Hoberton, although it took him the whole ride home to settle on that name. He thinks I should call mine Cutie Poots, but I like Smoodgy better.

On our way out of the mall we saw a man walking in with his two tiny sons. One looked to be three years old, the other was probably about two. What made them so heart-meltingly adorable was that they were dressed alike.

On our way home from the mall we passed a little red car being driven by a man. There was a woman in the passenger seat, but in the back seat was this hilarious giant dog sitting just as a person would panting and just looking around. I wish I'd gotten a picture, it was hilarious.

And so that was our adventure for the day... and now we both have yummy ice cream in our bellies, new friends to cuddle and new Crocs for our feet.

Michael is out playing with Andrew now... mercifully he was home when we got back from the mall. And Eddie was transferring things from his junker car to his newer car, but then he drove off and now... his mother is out mowing her own lawn. I guess she wouldn't agree to pay him anything for doing it so she's doing it herself. Again, what a loser... the woman has got to be close to 70, you'd think he could help her out, especially since he's been squatting at her house since he got out of jail. She looks hot in her brown spandex leggings and tank top with thick blue headband, though, I'll tell you that!