Au Revoir à 2010

I promised Lisa I would blog about my last day of 2010, because it was just so great!  Thursday I was in Brenham for a shower celebrating Amy and Jonathan.  It was great to see some old friends and catch up on life events.  I woke up early to get on the road, so I could get back in time to get ready for a NYE party we were hosting for Marshal and his friends. 

The last day of 2010 started with a ticket in Palmer, Texas.  I knew better - I'd been following a couple cars from Madisonville, had my cruise control set just below 80.  From experience (countless drives up/down 45 to and from College Station) I slowed down around Ennis because there are ALWAYS cops in the Ennis/Ferris area.  Well then I started talking on the phone and stopped paying attention.  3 cops perched in front of an overpass and I got tagged.  77 in a 65....sweeeet.  Love getting tickets before 10:00 AM.  I also didn't have current insurance, but luckily the officer was able to look that up.  The good news is that Brad's pistol was not in the console and I didn't have to deal with that. 

Got over that - moved on with the day.  Cleaned the house.  Ran a million errands.  Lisa, Marshal and I went to Target to exchange a game for Kinect and get some sweets for the party.  We ended up with a million things in our cart, including 5 large 18-gallon tubs for Christmas storage.  Checking out:  I look in the tubs and say "Are we stealing anything?  No, great."  We got out to the car, pull the tubs out of the cart and underneath them (not inside, where I had looked) were 2 boxes of brownies.  THIEVES!!  Oh no!  Well, we took them.  Don't worry, I fully intend to pay for 2 boxes of brownies that I will not take home next time I am at Target.

Fast forward two hours.  I'm taking Lisa home and we stop by Tom Thumb to pick up a few more things.  (The errands are never ending, for real.)  We run into Kelsey Jane, grocery shop together, then hurry out.  I forget to pay for a bag of ice at check out (like always) and so I stop at the express check out and charge $2.15 to my credit card for ice.  As we're leaving the store Lisa says something about the ice being in a place where people could grab it even if they didn't pay for it and I respond out loud "Yeah, but I've already shoplifted once today."  Silence.  Stares.  Keep walking.  "I mean, not really, but you know....."  Right...anyway.  Enough attention.  Clicked the trunk open with my key fob (we're still 10 feet from the car) and a glass soda bottle rolls out the back and shatters on the ground leaving glass and strawberry Jarritos all over the parking lot.  Sweet.  More stares.  Hysterical laughter from me and Lisa.  Rush to pick up the big glass pieces while we continue to face more stares.  Pack our groceries.  Exit as quickly as possible. 

Whew. 

2010 as year was a great one (Masters degree - check, Marriage - check), but December 31st?  Not so much.  Actually the party turned out pretty well and Brad and I celebrated our first New Years as a married couple.  Wahoo.  Truth be told, if we had not been hosting a party and had a bunch of 14 year old kids at our house wreaking havoc (silly string cans in the fire, party poppers, Dance Central on Kinect, tons of food, red bull, etc.) I don't know that we would have even made it to midnight.

Here's to 2011!  Should be another exciting year!

Post Script Confession:  I may or may not have also told a minor white lie to get a new cell phone.  I would say don't judge me, but I deserve it.  Just like I deserved that speeding ticket.  Blast.