out and about

Saturday.

I was on a quest looking for some winter walking boots. By walking, I mean boots that you could actually go on a long walk with. I was thinking leather with some low heels. I found a bunch of good ones online but I figured I would look around town first so I don't have to deal with shipping. Alas, after searching through all the local shoe stores, nobody had my size (of course, I wear a 5). So I was thinking that I would just order online when we passed by a one of my favorite women's clothing boutiques. John suggested that I look in, "it'll make you feel like a woman again", he joked. I decided to go in but just to LOOK. I ended up blowing my boot money on a lacy tank and a plum wrap-around shirt. Sigh. The boutique's name in Matisse and I can't just walk in and not buy anything. They're a little pricey but they do tie a little flower or in my case, a tiny little robin, on your shopping bag. Maybe to help with the buyer's remorse after the sale has been rung.

After that, John and I were feeling a little brave so we decided to go eat sushi. Yup, with little baby of course. We've decided that having a nice sit down meal at a restaurant would be the perfect time to feed the now cranky baby. I guess I was too preoccupied with thoughts of mouth-watering sushi rolls and miso soup to realize that chopsticks and breastfedding don't go well together. And to make things more comical, Mayumi decided that this would be a good time to do a little number two (twice!). And of course, hip little japanese restaurants don't have changing tables in the bathroom. I won't get in to more details but needless to say, there were lesssons learned.

Sunday.

John and I finally got to celebrate our 2nd wedding anniversary. The wedding date was actually Sept. 25 but John had to leave town on that date so we moved up the celebration to the following weekend. We decided to throw all caution to the wind and catch a movie. We left the little wailing one with my parents. I was a nervous wreck, I felt guilty about leaving Mayumi and I felt guilty for leaving my parents with a very angry baby.

It was really funny because while I treasured the time alone with John I found myself checking my phone every chance I got to see if my parents had called (I think it was twice before the movie and three times during the movie). We went and saw "Fearless" with Jet Li which was a let-down because I was expecting something more poetic like "Hero". 2 hours of precious quality time with my husband wasted!

After the movie, John had managed to convince to me to take a nice lunch out at a local restaurant. I was reluctatnt at first because I thought Mayumi was going ballistic by now and would forever remember this day as "the day my evil mom abandoned me." I was so impatient with our server and was kind of rushing him through the order and getting the check (I'm so sorry!) By dessert time, my stomach was in knots from all the worrying that I didn't even want to eat any of it. Poor John. I hope I didn't ruin it for him.

When we finally got to my parents house, I rushed through the doors, hoping to rescue my wailing baby and my stressed out mom, only to find grandma and baby comfortably nestled in the rocking chair. Baby was sound asleep and my mom even got her to take the bottle which I have never been able to do. I seriously need to lighten up.

Mental note to self: You owe John a really nice date soon.