Sangria-Margaritas Here We Come

We celebrated Connie's birthday this past Saturday since we couldn't make it up during the weekday. So we decided to barge into her home and "kidnap" Connie away from her loving husband, Ed, and 3 adorable children (Jon-Jon, Amanda Panda, and Baby Ashley). We truly believe that being full-time mom is more stressful than any full-time job so Connie deserved a night out and away from all the daily stresses.

FIRST STOP: Shopping
The three of us decided to stop first at the local department store, Kohl's, to find Chhimi and Ed some lounge-pants. Yep Yep. Lounge-pants. We bought some for the boys some time last year (I think) but they were sooooo comfortable that the boys have been asking for them again. Running through Kohl's was good....lots of neat stuff especially with their marketing ploy of 50% off sales. How can you beat that?!

Afterwards we headed off to the "Red Circle Boutique", aka Target. There we went all over the shop, as if we've never seen a Target before. We looked at Candles, Scrapbooking stuff, Electronics, Gardening, etc. Of course, Connie still couldn't shake her mommy instincts and picked up a few "kiddy" gardening / cleaning tools for Jon-Jon and Amanda (....we personally think that's just called 'Child Labor' ;-D ). We also went to the camping aisle and saw some really neat tents and lounge chairs. So we may have to go back and grab them before our July 4th weekend camping trip :-D hahaha.

SECOND STOP: Dinner
"On The Border" is one of Chhimi's favorite Mexican-style "influenced" restaurants. It may not be authentic Mexican food but it doesn't matter....it tastes really good. This is where the Sangria-Margaritas happen. No worries, Tabitha was the designated driver and she only drank water. We definitely made sure we were smart too!! It was Connie's birthday celebration so she has an 'excuse' to get totally - wasted just because she could....but...she didn't. The Margaritas were not your normal-sized tiny mugs that you get from Chevy's or TGIF's. These ones were gigantic and Beautiful to look at. Two colors swirling in a little slushies with Tequila in the air. Mmmmmm....

Chhimi finished his one as the dinner goes...and he gets more giddy as it goes by. Needless to say, his head and face was quite red from all that Margarita. Fru-Foo Drinker! Connie on the other hand was being quite conservative and took only little slips and only when Chhimi insisted she drink some because its her birthday celebration. In the light, I couldn't see if Connie was getting red or not....so I'd figure she's okay (she only drank maybe 1/4 of the drink). What a waste?!

After dinner, our waiter even offered Connie a little "Birthday Shot"....mmm...Tabitha kind of wondered if he was offering Connie a "Birthday Body Shot"....Ewww. What happened to the singing and dancing and free dessert?! We got jipped ;-)

THIRD STOP: Movies
"White Chicks" was the movie we chose. By this time, Connie's face was just as red as a beet. Omg! She's definitely a light-weight. We didn't get enough time to go get popcorn and sodas (plus we were just soo full from dinner) but thank goodness for Tabitha being cheap and sneaked in bags of candies for munchies. Both Connie and Tabitha thought it was going to be stupid...being with the Wayans' brother's last move in "Scary Movie 2". However, this one was hilarious!! We laughed almost throughout the whole movie.... that or it just seemed funnier to Chhimi and Connie were "drunk". After two-hours of entertainment, it was time to call it a night since by this time it was already 12:45am....and Tabitha was getting sleepy and she's the designated driver?!

FINAL STOP: Home
We dropped Connie off at her house and was surprisedly greeted by Ed, who was half-asleep, on top of the stairways. We think he dosed off with the kiddies while watching Spiderman cartoons :-) hehehe. He was definitely curious to where his wife had been all evening into the Wee-hours since his first question was "where did you guys go?" in a curious manner :-) hehehehe

Mission Accomplished by the "Dynamic Duo" - Chhimi and Tabitha