Girls' Outing

[prosodic]

The weather was pretty crappy today, so it was the perfect day for the outing that Kathy and I had planned.

I picked her up and we went down to Kent Station. Panera for lunch. I had the half sandwich and soup combo - their new tomato and mozzarella panini with creamy tomato soup. Very very good. Warm, comforting and filling.

After that, we went to Waxen Art to make candles. We each made 2 candles. Kathy plans to keep both of hers. I'm giving one as a gift and I'm keeping one for myself. It only cost $10 + tax to make both those candles. Amazing. But it was a weekend special, and they were extremely crowded today too.

I'm going to pick up our candles tomorrow.

Once the candle-making was complete, we browsed around a bit. We bought stuff at Bath & Body Works. I got a couple of essential oils (one to encourage sleep - which I'll keep by the bed, and one to encourage calm - which I am taking to work), and a free pumpkin candle.

We stopped by See's Candies (they always give free samples). They were giving samples of their delicious Bordeaux chocolates, which are dark chocolate with brown sugar cream. I bought a couple of chocolate and marshmallow jack o'lanterns on clearance. Kathy got some candy to take home.

All in all, it's been a pretty good day. I enjoyed my time out, and Kathy did too. And I feel much less anxious about tomorrow. I always get anxious on Mondays, but I feel pretty calm and centered right now. Lance and I need to get out tonight to look for our polling location (there is some disparity between Mapquest, Google, etc. as to where it is). So we'll probably go for a short drive here in a bit. Then I think a hot shower and a book are in order.

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[beaniesue.livejournal.com]

That dark chocolate sounds so delicious. I'm working at a chocolate factory and I thought I'd get sick of it, but I just want to eat it more! We made cinnamon latte chocolates on Friday.