Last Saturday Martin and I got to go on a "date". Actually we left the girls with Mom and Dad so that we could go shopping for Sydney's birthday presents. It was nice to get out together and laugh and have fun. We went to Tucson and didn't do anything different than what we would normally do there, but we had fun anyway.
We left armed with Sydney's birthday list. (click to make larger for details if you would like)
I love the code at the bottom to let us know which items were wanted more than others.We were able to get quite a few things off the list and a few that weren't on there but I'm sure she will love. I did make a huge blunder on the cute socks purchase though. We went to The Children's Place in the mall and they had a 30% off sale going on. I found some really cute socks that were already on clearance but they were offering 30% off of the clearance price as well. A smoking deal. Well, silly me, I forgot to check sizes. I bought three pairs and the size is WAY too small. Susannah can't even fit in the size that I bought. I was blinded by the good deal, I guess. So now we have three pairs of really cute socks that we will need to find a home for. We also ran out of money and were not able to get one of the drawing books that Sydney really wanted. She will be getting an IOU for that one. It has to be ordered off of Amazon and will get ordered on Monday or Tuesday.
For lunch while we were in Tucson we ate at Beyond Bread. I have since checked for other locations and there are only two restaurants in Tucson. We have been wanting to try this place for quite a while now, but just had picked other places instead. We decided that we just needed to try it. It was awesome. Martin tried the "Brad's Beef" sandwich which was roast beef, provolone, green chilies, red onion, and Russian dressing on White. I tried "Colette's Cordon Bleu" which is chicken, ham, swiss, and honey mustard on white. So tasty. The bread was toasted really nicely and had that yummy, chewy crust on it. The sandwiches were huge too. We will certainly be going back there again. If anyone is in Tucson and wants an awesome sandwich, try it out. It was pretty packed, so were aren't the only ones who enjoyed the food. They also have soups. The soup of the day for Saturday was "Baked Potato". I love potato soup so I was tempted to try it, but the sandwich won out for this time. Their soups are either served with a side of bread or else in a bread bowl. Next time I will probably be trying the soup in the bread bowl. Not diet friendly by any means, but oh so yummy. The restaurant that we went to was on Speedway at Wilmot, in the same shopping center as Bookmans. The other location is 3026 N. Campbell between Glenn & Ft. Lowell.
Okay, now that the advertisement is finished, I need to go and get ready for the day. Today is Sydney's big birthday activity day, so I have a lot of stuff to get done. I will update on our fun day tomorrow, on the actual birthday.
3 comments:
I love her list! Too cute. The code at the bottom is my favorite!
I seriously get so giddy when I find an awesome deal. I so understand being distracted by it.
Bummer!
This list is great! I'm glad it was saved and she'll get to see it when she gets older. Oh, and you need to post some pics of the girls' haircuts so I can see.
The code at the bottom is so cute. I hope you save that for her because she'll get a big kick out of it in about 8 years. Thank the good stars my mom saved ALL of our Santa letters. They're awesome.
I've only been to Tucson once. It was an experience. I stayed in a motel with my mother-in-law and someone (some evil one) set the alarm clock for 5:30 am. At 5:30 in the frickin morning Latin music blared through the alarm and about gave us a heart attack. We woke up, pulled back the curtains and laughed at the view. Cattle corrals. Miles of them. Smelly. Then we got dressed and hopped out the door. In doing so, my seriously gorgeous mother-in-law was checked out by two very large baseball players. We did a quick Wal-Mart run. The Wal-Mart was unlike any other I've ever seen. It was small and very packed. A woman was sitting on a counter nursing her infant. A small boy was weaving in and out and in of the crowd. Consequently, so was his father. Our cashier was a man named Noel who had a very pretty diamond wedding ring. Not band. Ring. It was fancy. I'm still scratching my head over it all.
Maybe I should go to Tucson with you next time. :)
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