mommy trip

today my dear friend, george ann, and i went to florence. my boys went to drop in care at a local facility, and lacee was at a church youth activity. george ann's youngest, kara, and lacee are bff's and were together.
we went to florence in search of items for decorating mark anthony's party this saturday.
our first stop was target...got kara's bday gift there (she and mark anthony share a bday) as well as some poster boards for his party.
when we came out, my van refused to start. wouldnt even turn over. now it played this game back in feb..the positive line to the battery gets loose and has to be tightned. i called mark, he told me that info, and i went back into target. a nice little guy came out and tried to fix it, but he had no luck. so i called mark back and he took off work and headed to our rescue.
george ann and i walked to the dollar tree, and loved how huge it was....so much more than ours back home.
we were blessed by the weather, not too hot, not too cold, not raining, not windy. just right for being stranded!!
then we crossed the parking lot and headed for zaxby's. i had never been there and had heard how great it was. we got there just in time b/c 15 minutes after we got our food, the place was packed!
mark arrived and fixed the van right as we finished lunch. took him a whopping 30 seconds!! he left the wrench with us, he headed back home, and we continued to shop.
next stop - it's my party. the store is moving, everything 75% off!!! just not much left at all.
got back to the van, you guessed it ... it wouldnt start again! there was a couple getting in their vehicle in front of us, the lady must have thought i was nuts when i walked up holding s wrench and asked if i could borrow her hubby!!
he fixed it again, as i called mark. we decided not to turn it off again. ha! i had never known i could leave my van running and locked, and just take the keychain with the buttons! course as high as gas is, its not a practical idea...but sure was nice to get into a precooled ride!
we went to hobby lobby and wow could i ever get in trouble there!! so much neat stuff!! i found everything else i was looking for, and under budget at that!!
and then we were on our way home. george ann and i had a great day together, we talked about everything from kids to housework to hubbys. it is a rare thing for me right now, a totally adult trip, and we thoroughly enjoyed our trip -- even though we were about 2 hours over schedule!!