SWEETNESS!

Jason bought me a new bike; a really, really nice Trek bike. I am consistently pleasantly surprised with how thoughtful, caring and giving he is! He can also use the bike, which makes me feel better about him fronting the entire bill for it. I did offer to help pay for it, but he wouldn't have it. I'm not at all materialistic, so I wouldn't think any less of him if he hadn't bought the bike, but the fact that he did just adds icing to the delicious cake that is his character. Can we say keeper, ladies and gentleman?

Anyway, sorry for the gush about Jason. I am SO excited to have a brand new bicycle! This means I now have a vehicle that I can ride without polluting the environment. BP oil spills and coal mines (to name just two) already do that enough for us, right? I can't wait to go riding!! I know Ali shares my extreme excitement about cycling. ;)


Other than that, the weekend was really fun! I worked Friday night, so I didn't wake up until around 1ish on Saturday afternoon. After that, Jason and I lazed around for a bit and then went back to my place and enjoyed a wine Tasting at Total Wine and more and then proceeded to lounge on beach towels in the grass, soaking in the beautiful crisp weather. We left my apartment in the evening and dined at Anita's (my favorite Mexican restaurant), where I feasted on cheese enchiladas. Afterwards, we went over to meet up with the party crew for Megan's birthday. We played several rounds of flip cup and a couple rounds of King's Cup (ah, brings back the college memories), so needless to say we were well into an alcoholic state by the time the cabs came to pick us up. Megan wanted to go to Union Jack's in Arlington, so that's where the cabbies dropped us off. Everyone proceeded to become inebriated and all was grand. Jason and I took a taxi back to his place. We had great (albeit drunken) conversation with the cab driver, who I discovered to be a native French speaker; needless to say, I managed to have a very simple chat with him en Francais, which was really fun. I want to learn that language fluently one day.

On Sunday Jason and I went to The Bike Lane store in the morning and I went on a test ride on the bike that is now mine, and then I went out to my parents' house to spend the day with me mum. We went over to this plant/flower nursery called Meadow's Farm and I bought her this very cool flowering plant that hangs in a basket. The flowers are very brightly coloured (purple on the petals and pink in the middle) and hang gracefully down like dewdrops. Then, we lazed about on the back deck for a while, enjoying the sun with a glass of wine and spoke on all sorts of topics, and afterwards planted some marigolds around the front yard. We had Ledo's for dinner (always tasty), and sandie cookies for dessert. It was a lovely evening!

Next weekend will be the ringing of the wedding bells for my dear friends Mike and Alicia. :)