Guilty Pleasures

I had quite the evening out today. You see, I normally play softball on Thursday nights as my "break" time. The last few weeks, we have had a downpour of rain, meaning no ball game. This week was supposed to be clear, but with my dh out of town all week I was not going to make it. But Tuesday I decided to chance it and called to see if one of the two teen girls at the end of our cul-de-sac (who also attend our church - great family!) were free to babysit. And one of them was! Excitement!

But then it rained today. And rained. And rained. My excitement was quickly morphing into disappointment -here I wasn't even going to be missing any family time what with Colin gone and I had actually gotten a sitter (well, a sitter who was not a visiting family member or a fellow mom) for only the second time ever!

So I pushed any guilty feelings aside and decided "Rain wasn't going to ruin my evening out!". I went out anyway. But where to go? Where else but for a coffee and a leisurely hour and a half browse through the bookstore. Now that is what I call a relaxing evening out!

I even came home with a heavily discounted Williams Sonoma "Essentials of Baking". First half techniques and troubleshooting tips, second half recipes. I am very excited!

Now I must go do some reading!