It was a glorious day!

Well, not really.

It was a day off.  A day off with no plan.  A day off that was meant to be just that......A DAY OFF!

So our day off began with dropping off the Mustang.  She needed new brakes and needed some maitenance service.  So once Paul picked me up from the dealership, we were off for our adventure.

We just headed down the highway.  No destination in mind, and just some light discussion about where we could go or what we could do.

Mostly it was just time for the two of us to be together with NOTHING work related happening. 

This blog will chronicle the exciting adventures that happened on Tuesday, October 9th.

First place found us driving down the interstate and found us at a restaurant supply store.  No day off can ever be complete without visiting a restaurant supply store!  I'm serious, it evens happen if we are out of town!

Our next journey took us on a highway we'd never been on before in Pasadena, Texas.  Pasadena is really a chemical plant city.....so of course there was nothing to take a picture of except.....tanks!

Next we decided we needed to check out the pizza place that is in 2nd place in the Houston A-list contest.  We wanted to see what we were up against.  It happened to be in Pearland, TX (which also happened to be about 1/2 hour from where Aaron lives). 

We enjoyed a pizza with roasted garlic, salami, pepperoni, and canadian bacon.  It was actually pretty good....but we walked out of there confident that we ARE the best pizza in Houston!

As we were driving down the highway, we spotted a very unique sign at one of the malls in Pearland.  Of course we had to get a picture of it!  I've heard that Pearland is named after it's abundance of pears.....so this sign was very fitting.

Sorry.....no more pictures from the rest of the day....I guess it was just so exciting that I didn't even take the time to pull out my camera (ha! ha!).  So I'll just give you a brief synopsis of the rest of the day.

1.  Stopped at Kirland's to try and find some beautiful artwork for the new guest room.

2.  Stopped at Fry's Electronics to find a MP3 player docking station for Paul.

3.  Stopped at Garden Ridge to once again try and find some beautiful artwork for the new guest room.

4.  Stopped at the Grant Rd. store to drop off and pick up stuff.

5.  Home for a nap and some quiet time reading.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!  (Actually, we were going to go to IKEA....but decided that a nap and reading sounded way better at the moment!)

6.  Paul went and dropped of the bank deposits.....he was gone for 2 hours (gee I wonder where he REALLY went?????)

7.  Off to the Richey Rd. Movie Tavern for dinner, beer, and a movie.  It was awesome.....we just sat in the movie theater and they brought us beer, food, and whatever we needed and we never have to get up (except to go to the bathroom because of all the beer!).  The movie we saw:  End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhal....good movie!

8.  Off to bed to read some more and talk about how restful our day was.....but way too short! 

We look forward to the next one!

P.S.  I would just like to add that Houston is so ENORMOUS that it's possible for us to venture in parts of the area that we've never seen before.  It's like taking a vacation to a different city sometimes!