Thank God for chick chat, vino, and crazy deals

   DMan's sweet sister, Barb, saved my life last night by taking me out to Vino Cellars for Thirsty Thursday!  I had been making myself crazy for days trying to finish the final edits on my memoir -- and WHEEE, it is finally done -- and I was sorely in need of chick chat and wine.  Well, truth be told I had already been drinking more than my share of wine, but it's just not the same as having a chick to chat with while I'm drinking.  Anyway, we had a fabulous time.  Vino Cellars' Thirsty Thursday is two glasses of wine and an appetizer for $13.  We sipped Silk Oak Petite Syrah (absolutely to die for!!) and munched on a chicken pesto flat bread pizza (major delish even without the chicken, and so good-ah with gouda cheese -- sorry, that was a cheesy pun!).  We were having so much fun, we just had to have a second glass of wine.  Luckily, we both live pretty close to Vino!
   She was treating me to an early birthday celebration, but I've decided I'm not having a birthday.  I hate birthdays.  Too depressing!  So I'm going to have an anniversary instead and I'm calling it "49 -- Part Two."  Maybe I'll start a new trend.
   DMan was golfing today, so I did a bit of shopping and . . . are you ready for this??  I got a pair of cha-cha cute Tommy Hilfiger shorts and a fun Aeropostale t-shirt with funky animals riding on a long bike for $3 at the Salvation Army!!  That place is a bargain bonanza.  They have discounts every day on different colored price tickets, and I hit the jackpot today getting 75% off the Tommy's, 25% off the t-shirt.  I'd probably be naked most of the time if it weren't for the Salvation Army!!  So they do wonderful work helping families in need and keep me from being arrested for indecent exposure.  What a place!
   I have to make a correction from an earlier blog.  I predicted another "roadhouse type" restaurant would go in at the corner of Campbell and Battlefield, but today I saw a sign saying "Future home of CVS pharmacy."  That's almost as bad since there's already a Walgreen's directly across the street.
   Yall have a crazy wonderful Memorial Day weekend and watch out for chick-chatting wine drinkers!