i looove being on vacation!

Wow, so I guess I didn't do a good job on updating this thing did I? Well... let's see what I have been up to...

I've been on a mini vacation since last Thursday. I started working on the new floor last Monday and it's been going alright, it's not that bad. It's nice to be working with my old manager, but at the same time it kind of sucks because I can't call out when I'm too lazy to go to work... or be lazy for that matter because I think that she expects me to do all this stuff... when in reality, I'm just lazy!!! But yes, I was only there for 3 days so I can't really say if I like it or not. I get to go back on Thursday so we'll see how everything goes from there.

Onto my vacation! Went to Grover/Pismo Beach over the weekend with Chris and Christy. Christy already wrote a pretty good blog on what we did, and I'd like to just copy and paste it all, but then that would be stealing wouldn't it? hahahaa... so I will write a little on what we did.

Thursday: Sat around the house all day. Ran some errands, packed, and waited for Chris to get off work so that he could pick me up. Headed out to Christy's condo. I, of course, fell asleep on the way there. Got to the area and picked up some dinner at good ol' McDonald's. Met Christy at the condo and we ate, watched tv, and chatted until it was time for bed.

Friday: Woke up and got ready to eat at Splash Cafe! Christy and I got the Clam Chowder Bread Bowl, which is THE best in the WORLD! Not because of the chowder but more because they toast the extra middle piece of the bread bowl and give it to you. It's so tasty to dip in the soup! yum! Chris was a party pooper and got a cheeseburger and chili cheese fries. After that we walked around a bit and got some salt water taffy. Then we headed out to Coffee Bean to get some energy to go to the Pismo Outlets!! woo~hoo! Us girls shopped for about 2 hours while Chris just played solitaire on his phone and waited for us outside of the stores. Poor Chris.... me and Christy found stuff to buy, which is always a good thing! I got some Nine West peep toe black heels for $29.90 for work and 2 tank tops from Calvin Klein for $20.00. Christy got some really cute Converse Slip Ons with a satin strip on the tongue part, a tank top from PacSun and 2 tank tops from Calvin Klein. It was a good cheap shopping adventure. Everything we got was a good deal! so yay! After all the shopping we went to Vons to buy dinner ingredients for the next day and then went back to the condo and rested. Then we went to Jocko's in Nipomo. They had THE BEST steak EVER. It's this random steakhouse in the middle of nowhere, where the dining area looks like some where you would've eaten as a kid in the early 80's. The chairs and table are dark brown and the chairs are like the ones you used to sit in when you went to like a diner or something. It's really weird but the food is oh so good! AND you get ice cream and coffee at the end of the meal. It's really fantastic. Everyone should drive up there and eat it. You don't even need steak sauce for the meat.. it's THAT flavorful and good. yum! I believe we tried to find a video at Blockbuster, which we didn't succeed in doing, and then just went back to the condo and hung out.

Saturday: We woke up semi-early and headed out to Solvang!!! BUT before we did that, we saw Giada's Weekend Getaways on the Food Network and saw that she had gone to this mini horse farm near Santa Barbara. We looked it up online and found out that it was located in SOLVANG! woo~hoo!!! So we made a little pit stop there. The horses are sooooooooooo cute and soooooooo small!!! Christy wants to buy one and when she does, I'll invite everyone to her little farm and charge you a dollar to see the mini horse. hahahahaha.... anyway, we did that and then we went to the area in Solvang where it's all touristy and stuff. It was nice. We walked around and then rented a surrey! It was soooo tiring! I was sweating like no other! But that was pretty exciting. Then we ate at this cafe with outdoor seating and got sandwiches with country potatoes. Quite tasty. Then we drove home... lounged and then cooked dinner! I was in charge of the vegetables and Christy was in charge of bbqing the meat! All of it was yummy! Chris didn't have to do much but sit there and watch tv while us girls slaved away... hahaha.. jk. We didn't really... but still. After Christy and I went to Vons again because we wanted ice cream so we made sundaes! YUM! Then it was back to watching tv and resting. We're such bums! hahahaha

Sunday: Cleaned the condo a bit, then went to Pismo Beach to actually walk on the beach. Ate lunch at Mo's BBQ and had the best BBQ Pork Sandwich EVER! Christy got some garlic fries too which were pretty darn tasty. Got a carmel apple and sat on the beach just ppl watching and starting at ALL THE DOGS that were there. I swear, every single person in that area just HAS to have a dog.. it's ridiculous. Anyway... after that we dropped Chris off at the condo and then went on a search for a nail salon. Only ONE place out of the whole entire city was open on a Sunday... CRAZY! So we waited and drove around and then went back to get our nails done. It was very nice to sit in the spa chair and just relax. By the time that was done, it was almost 5pm so when we got back to the condo we cleaned some more, said our goodbyes and headed home!

Chris and I drove home... where I fell asleep again and stopped by at a McDonald's so I could use the restroom and get an ice cream cone. Then we went to The Pantry in Downtown LA and got some breakfast foods. Finally got home and crashed.

Christy's Pismo Pictures!

Monday: Went to Newport Beach with Chris to tan, Boudin's & Nordstrom Rack in Costa Mesa, miniature golfing at a place in Anaheim, Sonic's for a strawberry and watermelon slush, In-n-Out for dinner and then Chris' house to watch my tivo'd shows.

Today: got a facial/wax at Valerie's. Then I just bummed it the rest of the day until Chris got off work. He picked me up and we went to Pink's. The line was crazy long so I went and got Pinkberry to eat while I was waiting. Finally got to the front of the line and got our dogs and fries. Ate them and then headed out to 24 hour WalMart in Glendora to get a beach chair for tomorrow since we will be going to the beach again! woo~hoo!

That is all... if you would like to read Christy's account on the weekend, please feel free to click on the link on the top right that says "Christy's Blog." Thank you!