A Lovely Get-away!

 All day yesterday I told myself I was going to put up a new post ..... and here it is today!!

                                                         Gonna do it today!!

Thursday Shirley and I headed down to Nags Head to enjoy some time at the beach. We girls gotta have our ocean time or we wilt. 

We checked in to our fav hotel, the Hilton, and immediately found our chairs out on the balcony.We sat there for hours just listening to the waves of the ocean coming in, going out... so peaceful, so relaxing. We could have stayed there forever but our tummies said NOPE... time to eat supper. 

The menu Shirley pulled up on her phone gave me a very good idea of what I wanted. My favorite kind of pasta is angel hair.... I think.... I do love it but I have others I love as well. Anyway, this dish of pasta was smothered in creamy tomato/brandy/shrimp sauce. I set my sight on that one and did not waver. 

We polished our meal off with dessert... Mine was lemoncello cake which was very good. Shirley had raspberry cheesecake. 

Back in the room we again enjoyed some time on the balcony but it was getting cooler and darker so we crawled up in our beds and played Word on our phones. Word is so much more fun to play when the person you are playing is right beside you and you can cut up and have fun with each play. 

Shirley's a night owl.

I am not.

So, I went to sleep. Goodness knows when she did. 

After a good night's rest we ate breakfast downstairs. Mine was so yummy. 

And then we headed home. 

But first a stop at Hobby Lobby!

Shirley put me in a wheelchair and scooted me all over that huge store and we had a blast. I did buy a couple things. I swore I did not intend to spend a dime and what I did get didn't cost much. 

I got a wintery mug filled with a gingerbread/spicy candle and right now my apartment smells heavenly. 

I found a container for toothpicks. Sometimes we need toothpicks for food when we have our get-togethers in the community room and this will work well.

And, I saw this adorable buck all decked out for Christmas that I intend to place on the table outside my front door when we get over Thanksgiving. (you'll see him later on nearer the Xmas holidays)

So, yes, it was a fun time but lordy I was wiped out.... and we didn't do all that much. My age is showing it's ugly head, I guess.