My weekend was just wonderful! I left about noon on Friday. Matt painted the other handrail in the morning and I let him sleep in. The drive down was uneventful, no issues at all. I made it to Potomac Mills about 12:45 and spent a good 20 min. in a parking lot with my iPhone trying to find my hotel. I didn't spend any time previously printing directions. Ah well, after driving around for a while (lost) scouting out the place and finding some great places for dinner, I found the hotel. I went right back out after checking in and went to Ikea. I didn't buy a ton of stuff there, overall I was good. The majority of what I wanted to buy was for Maddy but did buy a few things for the house, too. It was so nice just bumming around without anyone else in tow! Going at my own pace was so nice!
After Ikea I went over to the mall where I spent way too much time in Steve and Barry's. I bought a few items of clothing for me (great A line black basic linen dress for 8.88 and two cute ones for Maddy, too). I spent some time at the mall just shopping around. I bought a pair of pants for Matt. A couple really great deals were had at the Cosmetic Factory outlet.
I was starving by the time I left the mall and it was time to find some dinner. I asked all the clerks I checked out with for a good local restaurant since the place is full of big box stores and chains. No one could come up with anything for me so I went to find the Hard Times I saw while looking for the hotel. In the process I ran across a great local Thai place and ate there instead! I went back to the hotel for the rest of the night to just hang out. I was going to work out but forgot my shoes! oops.
Saturday I got up about 7:30 after sleeping pretty cruddy, actually. I was hoping to sleep well but I'm not used to sleeping alone. So, I got up, packed up and headed out to Ihop for breakfast. I haven't been out to breakfast in ages. It was so nice! I had their stuffed french toast which is just heavenly.
After breakfast I went down to Occoquan. I was early for the shops, but that was ok. I checked out the water front and little at a time the shops opened up. I wanted to put some bags in the trunk but when I went to find my keys I couldn't find them! I searched through my whole purse. Nothing. So I went back and looked around where I had been. Nothing! I thought maybe they were locked in the trunk or I threw them in the mailbox when I put some mail in. Anyway, as I was passing by the visitor center a lady came running them out to me waving her arms. I was soooo thrilled! Turns out I hung them on the hook behind the door of a stall. I looked in the stall but not behind the door. Well, after that little excitement I dropped off my stuff at the car and pulled out my makeup bag since I didn't want it to melt and it was quite hot. I did a bit more shopping before I ran over to my tea!
I had tea at the Pink Bicycle Tea room. It was quite nice! The tea itself was great--I had coconut. I could have had more than one pot, but honestly, I was going to float away and I still had another spa appointment after that, so I didn't want to have to be in the bathroom the whole time. The sandwiches and treats were wonderful, too and all homemade. Very well presented. I also bought a pink travel mug with infuser with the name of the place on it. It worked out great since I still had left over tea that I wanted to take with me. The only thing I didn't like is that in the back room they were having a kids birthday party tea. I was not too thrilled having to listen to kids when I was 'kid-free' for the day. But it was fine.
I went straight on to my spa appointment! It was GREAT! The facial and massage were just heavenly. I could have laid there all day! We also had a large storm while I was in the there, but it was perfect timing since I wasn't wandering around the shops going in and out of doors. The little bits of thunder and rain just added to the ambiance. My pedicure is pretty, too! Red! Love it!
Maddy was really happy to see me when I got home on Saturday afternoon! Matt was too. He said he had a new appreciation for me getting the house prepped for showings with a 2 year old in tow! Thank you very much. :)
The rest of the weekend has been hurry up and wait with house stuff. The ball is rolling, just not rolling fast enough from our perspective. But I will keep it at that for the moment....
I should head off back to bed. I've had insomnia over the last couple of nights and it's killing me. I thought I'd at least check in while I could and make some good use of my time awake. But since it's 4 am I better head off back to bed.