Anniversary: Take Two

We've decided to draw out anniversary celebrating as long as possible. We took a day trip to Atlanta to play.
We intended to get up really early and leave by 8:00, but I couldn't get out of bed. I decided to take advantage of a little extra sleep and skip the trip to Ikea. Once we got into Atlanta, we headed for Lennox Square. I love shopping there, especially before Christmas.
After shopping, we went to the new World of Coke. We loved it! It is more modern and bigger than the old one. The section on the history of Coke is really detailed, and you could spend hours in there if you had the time. There is even a bottling room where they really make Coke and you can see all of the steps of the bottling process. We loved watching the commericals in a little theater as well as the 4D movie. Wes was very excited that he could actually see 3D, because the last time he went to a 3D movie, he couldn't see it. Of course, the best part is the tasting room. We tried our best to taste every drink, but after tasting all of Asia, Africa, and part of Europe and Latin America, we felt like we were getting sick. This is the first time in four trips to the World of Coke that I couldn't finish all of the foreign drinks. Our other favorite part was where you get to reach into a turntable a get a bottle of Coke to take home. Inside the tasting room at World of Coke

After drinking all of the yummy Coke, we walked to dinner at a nice seafood restaurant that we'd been wanting to try. It's called McCormick and Schmick's. The food was really good, the service was great, and the atmosphere was nice. We even decided to order dessert, which is something that we never do!
After dinner, we drove to The Fox Theater to see Wicked! It was wonderful! I have wanted to see Wicked for such a long time, and we finally got tickets. I really loved the girl who played Elphaba. She had an amazing voice. We are already talking about trying to get tickets when it comes back to Greenville.

Savannahversary

Even though our anniversary is almost a month away, we decided to celebrate early. Wes had to go to Savannah for a meeting, so we decided to take advantage of a free hotel room. We had never been to Savannah together, and we thought it would be a nice anniversary trip.
We left after Sunday School in our caravan to Savannah (I had to come back a day before Wes did). We were able to get into our hotel by 4:00. The view from our hotel window

Since our hotel was right on the river, we headed straight to River Street to look through some of the tacky shops. Our favorite stop was Savannah's Candy Kitchen. We spent quite some time in there watching the candymen make pralines, turtles, and salt water taffy. We were able to get plenty of samples, and we realized that we actually like peanut butter salt water taffy. The taffy machine

We walked around through some of the beautiful squares while we were looking for somewhere to eat dinner. We had trouble finding a good, affordable restaurant that we knew would be good. I usually do a lot of research on restaurants before we go out of town somewhere. However, I could not find that perfect restaurant for us in Savannah. We decided to eat at Outback, and we were glad that we did. We went back to the hotel after dinner with plans to go back to the candy shops, but we never made it back out that night. We really needed a restful night, anyway.
I actually slept in the next morning until 8:45, which I am never able to do. While Wes was at his meeting, I shopped along Broughton Street. I went into some really cool stores. I found something that I've been looking for since March. I finally got a silver pineapple! It was also really cheap and on sale.
Even though we didn't do too much in Savannah, we just enjoyed being out of town and staying in a hotel. On River Street

Raindrops on Roses

I've really been enjoying some of my favorite things lately. If I could make a goody bag for everyone I knew, this stuff would be in my goody bags.

1. Papermate Flexgrip Ultra Pen in black ink(the old kind)- this is the best pen ever made, hands down. It writes so smoothly, and it looks nice and dark on paper. This sounds strange, but the pen itself feels nice. I am constantly fiddling with it in my hands, taking the top off and putting it back on. This pen isn't good in the click variety. It has to be the one with a top. I have to order these pens from Pens N' More online. Three years ago, Wes ordered a ton of these pens for me at Christmas. I just ran out, so I ordered thirty more. I was thrilled to shove all thirty of those pens in my drawer at work.

2. Cinnamon and Clove Buds candle from Bath and Body Works- this is our fall candle. In fact, Wes and I decided to pull it out in the middle of September when it was still blazing hot outside and fall seemed very far away. This candle makes the entire house smell like fall. They are kind of pricy, but we buy them when they are on sale for half price.

3. Natural Ice Cherry Chapstick- Perfect! This chapstick is perfectly tingly and soothing. It also has a fresh cherry smell and taste. The smell reminds me so much of something from my childhood, but I still can't figure out what it is exactly. This chapstick used to be found at Ingles, SAM pharmacy, and a few random places. Now it can be found only at drugstore.com. If you ever use this chapstick, you will never again use anything else. I just received a box of ten in the mail.

4. Haribo Gummy Bears- The only type of gummy bears that I will eat. I used to always get them with a Cherry Coke at the Haywood Cinemas. My dad would laugh at me because I would hold them up in the air in front of the movie screen so that I could tell what color I was about to eat. Luckily, these can be found at almost any drugstore as well as at World Market.

5. Sonic's Junior Banana Split- One of my favorite memories is of going to Baskin Robbins with my mom when I was very young. We got a whole banana split, and I thought that it was the coolest thing ever. I'm never able to eat a whole banana split by myself (I've come very close on a bad day), but Sonic's Junior Banana Splits are perfect! They are a great treat. I think that it is a seasonal offering, so I try to eat one about every two weeks.