(In the voice of Strong Bad).

My super fun, awesome weekend is over. It was a great weekend on all counts, and I ate a crapload of strawberries. I sat on the floor at Rob’s house after my run, and I was drinking my water, and Rob was sitting at his desk playing music, and I looked up at his DVDs and thought “I don’t want to leave!”

We finished off last night by watching Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show, which I had never heard of, but it was pretty good. Then it was time for bed. I was up at 9 (but it was really 8, cause of Daylight Saving time) and took off for my three mile run. I did the correct route, but it was pretty hard because it was a) pretty warm out for being 9am and March (60ish degrees), and b) I hadn’t eaten anything yet.

Here is the stupid sign that caused me to mess up my run yesterday. The way I was running, I just saw this sign that said “Entering Westport Mass.”  But in the other picture, you can see the street sign of the street I was suppose to turn on, “White Oak Road.” It is clearly hidden.  I ran past it, saw “Old Pine Road,” and turned up that.  Pine and Oak are close (both trees), and I mistook “Old” for “Oak.”  Clearly, it was not my fault that I didn’t see the street sign!

I returned to Rob’s, showered, and Rob made us delicious egg sandwiches again. We also had more strawberries. Then I did all his dishes (I’m trying to woo him into moving in with me by doing all his dishes - I think it’s working), and we both took off from the house at 11. He was going hiking with his friends, and I had tons of stuff to do. It worked out great because I was able to follow him to the highway. I had gotten a bit lost driving to his house on Friday.

At the Wrentham Outlets, I went to Gap and Banana Republic because those were the two places I had gift cards for. Both were for $20. At BR, I found a cute little brownish cardigan sweater, and after doing some math, it’d be about $30 (cause it was $46, but 30% off or something). I figured with my gift card, I’d be okay with spending $10 cash for a nice sweater for workish type things. At the register, however, I found out that the gift card was for $30, and the sweater was only $26.99. The lady gave me the $3.01 back in cash.

I’m up $3.01.

I go to Gap and find a cute long sleeve shirt in coral for $4. Steal! Also another cute cardigan, but the one I wanted wasn’t there in my size, so I got it in my second favorite color. I decided since I was going to Worcester anyway, I could see if they had the one I loved at the Worcester Gap Outlet, and I’d just do an even exchange. At the register, I found out the gift card was for $25, and ended up having to pay only $1.16.

I’m now up only $1.85. (3.01 - 1.16)

In Worcester, Dylan and I went to lunch at Tweeds. I got an awesome Cranberry Turkey wrap with walnuts and delicious lettuce. Dylan got Fish and Chips. He spotted the tip for our awesome waitress, and I paid for our meal as a little treat for Dylan. It was nice to see him, and I’m going back to Worcester tomorrow to pick him up for his spring break because he has a meeting at 4pm on Monday, so I couldn’t bring him with me today (curses!). The co-op was closed, so I couldn’t get any more of my TVP (double curses!) and they’re not open on Mondays (Ack!). I’ll check my local organic foods store for it. In Worcester at the Gap Outlet, they did have the cardigan I wanted in my size, and I exchanged it. For some reason, it was cheaper in Worcester, so the lady gave me back $1.20.

I got two cardigan sweaters for work/internship, and a nice long sleeve shirt, and I ended up with THREE DOLLARS AND FIVE CENTS in cash MORE than I had when I started shopping at 11am. My two gift cards had been sitting in my wallet since Christmas 2007. How on earth does that work???? Talk about an awesome shopping experience.

That just made my entire weekend that much more perfect.

Rob invited me down anytime I want, and maybe I’ll make it a monthy thing. We can pick a new movie to see every month. It cost about $20 round trip in gas (200 miles roundtrip), but for a fun filled weekend for $20, that’s not bad at all. Next time, though, I need to eat more vegetables.