SCRAPBOOKING!!

I love to scrapbook and so does my best friend, Robin. In fact, she introduced me to this new and addictive hobby. Yesterday we left our houses at 7:00 am and drove 2 1/2 hours to Memphis to a store called Archivers. O.M.G. It is a scrapbookers heaven. There is anything and everything you could possibly want....and many things you never even thought of. They also have workshops there. We had signed up for the recipe book workshop. It is just the cutest thing! It's a flip book on an acrylic stand and we had such a good time making it....for 3 hours.

After the workshop was over, we decided it was time for lunch. In our world, it is always time for food. lol We went to Corky's BBQ. YUM!! I had BBQ chicken with baked beans and slaw and it was absolutely divine...as was the banana pudding we shared for dessert.

Then it was back to Archivers for an afternoon of scrapping. I worked on some pictures Stephen had from Africa...specifically Morocco. He is in the Marine Reserves and they went to Morocco for their annual training this year. He is such a MAN...I got pictures of the Moroccan McDonald's, an English Pub, and Moroccan bathroom signs!! GEEZ!! There was one very good pic of the Casbah though and so I began with that. The title of the page being "Rock the Casbah" of course. I also worked on a layout for Jesse's pics from a Tennessee Vols game. We are, of course, Mississippi State fans. However, Jesse and his friends are first and foremost SEC fans and have made it their mission to go to a different MSU away game (at least 1 every year) until they visit all the SEC stadiums. I'm sure one day he will appreciate this SEC/football scrapbook album, although right now he totally uninterested.

Anyway, we scrapped until about 8:00 and packed it in for the day. Time for more food! We (Robin and I) love ethnic food and so we chose a little Asian restaurant. I had Coconut Soup and Pad Thai. Coconut soup is absolutely the best soup ever....creamy and fragrant with lemongrass...add mushrooms and your choice of tofu or shrimp. It just doesn't get any better. Pad Thai is rice noodles, bean sprouts, and either beef, chicken, shrimp or tofu flavored with and creamy sauce and ground peanuts. Very delicious.

After much driving and talking and scrapping and eating we arrived back home at 11:30 pm. All in all it was pretty much a perfect Saturday. Although, if we had spent the night (and we will next time) we would have made an appearance on Beale Street. Specifically at either the Rum Boogie Cafe or Silky O'Sullivan's for some good music and possibly a diver. I have no idea what's in a diver, and probably don't want to know, but it's good and it's fun to drink....served in a bucket with about 10 straws. Definitely a drink for sharing!!

Ok, we are REALLY gonna carve pumpkins today and I WILL post pics of them later. Looking forward to a great fall day!!