Barton Creek Mall
It’s 72 degrees outside today in Austin, Texas. The sun is shining. I’m wearing shorts and a t-shirt. It’s a beautiful day. I go to Barton Creek Mall to pick up my new Prada glasses. While I’m there, I decide to go to Macy’s because my sister has told me that she heard they have Miss Me Jeans on sale. (I found one style on sale, but they had flap pockets and those don’t look good on me.) Since they don’t have any I like, I look around at all their sale stuff and I find beautiful jackets/coats on sale for $29.00. I am pretty much obsessed with coats. It could be 105 degrees out and if I saw a coat I thought was cute, I’d buy it. I find a beautiful brown coat with leopard trim in my size. It kind of reminds me of my friend whose favorite color is leopard and since I like leopard, too, I have to have it!. I go up to buy the coat and the saleslady tells me they are $59.00. I don’t really need a coat for that much money, since winter is basically over. I tell her that they are all on the $29.00 rack, so she lets me have it for that price. WOOHOO!! SCORE!!!! I may not be able to wear this coat today, but I am now ready for any cold weather we may get for the rest of the Fall!!
Explore UT
Today was Explore UT. People from all over the state come check out all the great things about The University of Texas. Every year since i’ve been in Austin, I’ve had to miss it. This year, I finally got to go! We spent the entire day roaming from building to building, activity to activity. We started out at the Ransom Museum and saw the first book published, the Bible, and the first photograph ever taken. That got us off to a great start. We then went to see a rose shattered, ball shattered like glass, bananas turned in to hammers and lots of other cool experiments at the Chemical Engineering area. The kids enjoyed water balloons catapulted on them and a group of UT students as they caught themselves on fire. We went to Gregory Gym where the boys were “traumatized for life” when they walked into the sauna where there were some naked men. From there, we went and had Amy’s ice cream at the Law School and then to the top of the tower. As we walked to the Blanton Museum, we stopped to get our names written in a bunch of different languages. Overall it was a very fun day. The organizer of the group did a great job! Hook ‘Em Horns UT fans!!
Any time you are on UT campus, you can’t help but enjoy the view of the tower from this fountain!
Amy’s Oreo Ice Cream with m&m’s.
Close up of the tower! 75 years old!
View of downtown from the top of the tower
UT Football Stadium view from the tower
Clock from right underneath the observatory
The Happiest Place on Earth
View of the Erwin Center
Names written in many different languages
Have Pants, Ready to Ski!
I’m going skiing for the first time since about 2005. I went to check my closet to see how my ski clothes have held up and when I tried on my pants, I realized that they were too big and I need new ski pants. My “super athletic, good looking” friend and I went to REI to see if they had anything. They were having really good sales on ski clothes, but they only had the Northface stretch pants in XS and XL. I wear small. I tried the other kind, but they just aren’t as flattering, (and we know that’s more important than if they keep me warm). We called another REI and the Sun and Ski, but neither of them had my size either. Finally, we called St. Bernard Sports and found out they had them! Since it was getting late, we rushed over there and got them immediately. They were more expensive than the ones at REI, but Mike said that unless I got the ones I wanted, I wouldn’t be happy. He’s probably right. I’m pretty excited to have name brand ski pants!! 
While we were there, we talked to the guy about waxing my friend’s snowboard. “Sure, no problem!” they told us. Well turned out it was a problem, because when he brought his board there, they told him it couldn’t be ready by the time we go skiing. Is there really that many people getting their snowboards waxed in Austin at this time??? Well, luckily, we found Sun and Ski and they will be able to get it done in just a couple of days!! Thank you Sun and Ski! I wish you would have had my ski pants in my size. I would have bought from you instead!!
Dazzle
I am not a true coffee drinker. I can pretty much only handle it if it is a caramel latte or something just as sweet. There are no coffee shops where I live, so I only have coffee about once over the weekends. When I go, I go to Dazzle Coffee in Pflugerville. Dazzle is my most favorite coffee place ever!!
Today, I was the alternate receiver for a coffee drink! My “super good looking, athletic” friend brought coffee for someone at work, but she wasn’t here, so guess who got her drink?!! MEEEEEE!!! He brought a caramel freezian with whipped cream! It was amazing!! This is my lucky day!!
Moving day!
I’ve decided I want to continue blogging, but not with blogger. So, here I am! I’m a wordpress girl now! I hope this is as easy as blogger or my days will be numbered!!
Boo!
I don’t know if I’m going to keep blogging. I was having fun with it, but a big part of that was seeing what kind of ads I got on my page with each new post and if I had earned any money. Even though I never clicked on my own ads, they turned it off. It may not be as much fun without the ads. I may change to another blog site if I find another easy one. We’ll see.
The Hounds of Baskerville
Online shopping
I’m at a point that I want to do more online shopping. What are some of the sites that you all like to go to for… well, just about anything!? I want sites that aren’t ridiculously expensive. The only one I can think of right now is ideeli! I need some suggestions!
Lady Bird Lake
Head of the Class
Cooper started out very shy. He had to be near Mike, I’m not sure if he thought he was protecting Mike, but I think that could have been running through his mind.
By the end of class, Cooper was beat!! He had a great time and we learned a lot. I can’t wait to do some of the things that the trainer taught us!!
Fabulous after FIFTY 