Weekending

Now that it's the end of summer, hubby is back to work on a normal schedule and I will be back to school as of later this week. We honestly haven't had a "normal" schedule together since we moved to Military Home #2, so I can't even say it's "back to the grind." It's more like, figuring out what the grind even looks like for us as a couple. But, that notwithstanding, we can still enjoy our weekends. 

Today for instance, we ventured to a little town nearby for some local barbecue. We live in one of those places that takes its barbecue really seriously, and we are definitely not from one of those places, so it's a fun adventure to discover the local grub and traditions. After we ate in the very old, smoky, awesome barbecue place, we stopped by an antiques shop, with all sorts of old treasures and maybe not so treasured items. In addition to the housewares and other miscellany, there were a ton of books, mostly paperback. We enjoyed looking around but didn't buy anything. It does make me want to go to thrift stores more often though, in hopes of finding some fun things for the house. 

Our lunch spread

After our stop in the little town, we came back to our town and ran some errands, mainly at Tarjay, deciding on exciting items like a new (full size) ironing board and a step stool. Yup, we're really exciting people like that. We picked up a movie for tonight and headed back here after that. For dinner tonight, we're having a Southwestern (and vegetarian) pasta salad, which will counterbalance the meat-heavy lunch  we had. Now I'm off to play a board game with hubby. Here's hoping we're still on speaking terms afterward... :-) 

Hope everyone else is having a great weekend so far!