So, Friday didn't end up all cozy and relaxing as the pictures below suggested. They started that way, but then I was roped into heading downtown to Sixth Street at 11:00 p.m. In the six months that Manbug and I have lived here, we've never been. And even though 11:00 p.m. is the time we are usually heading to bed - we soldiered up and headed downtown to obtain a blaring reminder of just how old we are. I knew the night was doomed when I was tired just from walking from our prime downtown parking spot to the first bar.
We ended up at a diner to eat an early breakfast and were home and in bed by 4:45 a.m. Which, as you can guess, RUINED ME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND BECAUSE I AM 40 YEARS OLD. Ahem. I literally slept until 12:30 p.m. on Saturday and was in my PJ's and in bed at 10:00 that night.
It was fun to get out and act like we were in college, but truth be told, we're not.
The rest of the weekend was pretty non-eventful. We ventured to the doomed Circuit City on Saturday (as did the rest of the Austin-area) to buy the large flat-screen TV we have both been lusting after, but as it turned out, going out of business doesn't cause one to drop prices THAT much. Annoyed with the fact that we weren't leaving with a large purchase, I experimented on a massage chair for 45 minutes.
Yesterday was spent cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. OH - and I finally took my winter shoes and purses out of storage and put them in my closet. Next step, sweaters! I should have all my winter clothes out and assembled by the time spring rolls around.
In other news, I'm not doing well on the "don't procrastinate" portion of my new year's resolutions.
Places like 6th Street are good for the soul (and the people watching, obviously) every so often. It's nice to fondly, foggily remember my shot-taking era, and somehow just as nice to know that those times have (largely) passed.
ReplyDeleteHaha! We got home from Austin at 3 am. I went to bed at close to 4 and was up at 9. My nephew should be here in 20 minutes for me to babysit.
ReplyDeleteI miss Austin SO MUCH.
I love Austin, and I have visited Sixth Street on my one-and-only-visit there.
ReplyDeleteI'm like you, though: just staying out late (even without drinking!) now ruins the rest of my weekend. And is just so not worth it, IMHO.
I barely made it to midnight on NYE this year. LOL