The Daily Hailey

I left the house around 10:20 this morning and headed to my moms. She was already outside with her car running when I arrived. We jumped into her car and headed to the city for a day together. The plan was to do some shopping for the Christmas season and just pick up a few things that we needed that were fun rather than work. It was the perfect day, really.

Honestly, the date idea was sparked when I learned of the endless shrimp special at Red Lobster. We booked a date so we could take advantage of it. But of course, the shrimp did in fact come to an end just two days ago. We bucked up and changed course to Tony Romas, instead having riblings and a delicious shrimp appetizer for lunch. We made our game plan from there, while we ate way more than two people needs to eat for lunch. It was amazing.

I won’t list off all of the places we hit today, or all of the things we bought, but I will tell you it was incredibly successful! We didn’t buy every gift for every person on our lists or anything like that, but we had SO much fun, didn’t spend a ton of money, and we didn’t rush. We parked far and took our time and enjoyed our relaxed time together.

We were both pretty finished after supper, and headed back to her place for a bit of a rest and some last minute visiting before I made my way back home. We were both completely pooped from the day, and I called Brady and we chatted pretty much the whole way home. I LOVE those phone dates, because not only does it help me stay awake, but I haven’t seen too much of Brady today at all, and this was a really nice way to hear about his day and tell him about mine. I was thrilled to learn that Brady and the kids had a lovely, pretty much breakdown-free day together! The kids had played well, ate well, complained little, and Brady had even done all of the laundry, which I was NOT expecting! Needless to say, it felt nice to arrive home to such a welcoming place <3

Speaking of that welcoming place, a bubble bath is calling my name, and I’ve been outside in the chilly weather a lot today! I’ve earned my soak, and a little bit of Halloween candy.

Best. Day. Ever. Thanks, mama.