Mulberry delights

Our out of town friend, Moni, is in town this week, so last night the girls headed downtown for a special dinner at Mulberry.  Mulberry is a quaint little wine bar and restaurant off Nueces St.  We enjoyed several delicious appetizers,  unique entrées and butterscotch brulee for dessert.  I of course could not partake in the wine/beer, but dessert more than made up for it for me.  :)  It was great catching up with an old friend and trying out a new place downtown!

Cookie Exchange

Posting this one a bit late.  On Monday 12/6 the girls decided to partake in a cookie exchange.  I spent Sunday making 5 dozen snicker doodles (for the 1st time!) and chocolate crunchola (bite-sized balls of peanut butter, choc chips, raisins, coconut - childhood fav!) for the exchange.  I was very happy with how they turned out.  We all met at Mimi's Cafe for dinner and passed out our cookies.  It was pretty cool receiving 4 dozen different cookies to enjoy.  They didn't last long at our house.  :)

First Class Cinema

Last week my financial advisor sent an email to his clients offering a private screening of "Eat Pray Love" at Gold Class Cinema in the Domain - drinks and food included!  I've heard wonderful things about this theater and this presented the perfect opportunity to try it out!  So I persuaded Jenn and Amanda to join me for a night out.  It really was like flying first class!  When we got there we checked in with the concierge and received our free drink tickets.  While waiting for everyone to show up, we relaxed in the lounge and were served awesome appetizers and drinks.  Finally it was time to grab our seats.  Instead of regular seating, they had fully reclining plush chairs with tables!  They even brought us pillows and blankets in case we got cold.  Several dinner choices and dessert were also included during our show.  We only had to sit through a 10 min financial presentation and then it was straight to the movie.  Definitely worth it!  We had an amazing night out and we didn't spend a dime.  :)  Now that's what I call watching a movie in style. 

Ceramics n More!

Amanda, Jenn and I had some crafty fun last night at Ceramics n More.  Thanks Groupon for the deal!  The ceramics place even let us bring in our own wine and snacks while we painted.  Unfortunately we couldn't take our works of art home with us that night, they still had to be placed in the kiln.  They should be ready for pickup in 5-7 days. 

Isn't my little gargoyle cute!