A Quick trip to Maryland

We found these plates and really like them for our kitchen. We are thinking to mix and match them with other solid color plates in blue, yellow, and red. Looks like something from Chili's....huh??

Joe really like the Chip and Dip holders. The momma pig holds the chips, the little piggies hold the salsa!

At one of the food courts, there was a train little kiddies could ride that swerved in and out of all the tables!

After getting my schedule at work for this week, I noticed that a rare event had occurred. Instead of having to work Saturday and Sunday as usual, I had been given the weekend off! I contemplated what to do with my free time, and Joe and I decided that we wanted to spend some time together. On Saturday morning, I got up really early to drive to Maryland and be there by the time he woke up (it's about a 4 1/2 hour trip, not bad). When I arrived at his apartment, we had many options for what to do, and had trouble deciding which was best! Joe researched a huge mall about 30 minutes away called Tyson's Corner and suggested that we go. We had both been so great about saving money and being responsible that we thought it was time to treat ourselves.

Once we got to the mall around early afternoon, we were blown away with the size of the place! It was one of the biggest and best malls I have ever visited. For you Indiana folks, it was like a combination of Keystone and Castleton. EXCELLENT. They had just about every store you could think of and alot of new and great resteraunts. We both ended up buying something for ourselves, and even had time to stop at Macy's and check some of the home goods/wedding registry stuff!

For dinner, we met up with his graduate friends, David and Aaron. They are both really great and alot of fun to be around. We all decided to go to this Modern Mexican resteraunt in the mall that was bent on serving all natural food. I was a little skeptical at first, but the food ended up being fantastic. Everything was so fresh, from the guacamole, to the queso dip, to the chicken and steak in the tacos. The only bad thing: the meal sure wasn't modern affordable. 60 dollars for the both of us!!! It was worth it.

We went back to Joe's apartment to watch some Friends episodes before calling it a night. It was wonderful to be able to treat ourselves to a little retail therapy and a nice meal together.