Sugar Saturday

This morning Molly and I picked up Everley and started our morning of fun. First we went to Krispey Kreme for doughnuts, because every morning should start with an overload of sugar (for the record, I ate no doughnuts, Molly ate one or two, and Everley had a chocolate covered one as well as the special Easter egg filled one - if you're going to do sugar, you might as well do it in a big way!).

Once that was over, we headed to Sonic to see Charity and get a bit of protein (along with a lot more calories). Successfully fueled, we decided to head to the Disney store at Opry Mills. The store was having their anniversary sale, and we were hoping to score a Merida playset for Everley's birthday cake (we didn't, although we did find a Merida figure that will have to do). Molly and Everley played in the play area while I stood in line with the other Disney customers - who are crazy, by the way (no comment on my crazy quotient). The deal was that the first 28 purchasing customers would get a "free gift." I guess they (no, not me) were hoping for a free week at Disney World. The other crazies (including the lady who was behind me in line, then started talking to the complete stranger ahead of me in line, and ended up getting ahead of me in line because she was "talking" with her new BFF) immediately rushed to the checkout, grabbing some random item in the checkout line to purcharse. And our fabulous prize? We were treated to a free reusable Disney Store shopping bag . Score?

Anyhow, I left with my new reusable shopping bag and Merida figure and retrieved Molly and Everley from the play area (not without some high-level negotiating in order to get Everley to leave). We then went to Molly's house so Everley could play with Rambo - a successful outing.

By this time it was time for more food, so we ordered from Cheesecake Factory and picked that up (note we did not order cheesecake - the sugar from breakfast was still tiding us over). Fully full from that meal, it was time for naps (for whomever, which would be everyone).

Eventually Steve and GDizzle drove in, Maribeth got through delivering the mail, and we all ended up at Cracker Barrel for dinner. Because we hadn't eaten in several hours. After a final stop at Publix to see if they could make the Merida birthday cake they advertise (they couldn't because they didn't have the Merida cake set), everyone ended up at their respective homes and beds.

It was a very good day!!

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Today is a gift because: Doughnuts and Sonic and Opry Mills with Molly and Everley; Steve and GDizzle's safe trip from Columbus; Cracker Barrel with Steve, GDiz, Maribeth, Everley, and Molly