Back in the day...

....when I lived at home, my Dad would try, once a month, to do a Father/Daughter day with me.

It typically involved walking around the mall, eating cinnamon rolls until we were sick, going to the movies, lunch, etc...anything that would get us out of the house to hang out and talk for the day.

Well since Bud had to work we decided that Friday would be Father/Daughter day!

We had a late start getting out of the house, but we made up for time.

We hit up 2 separate Half Price Books.

Stopped at The Tea Leaf & Coffee Beanery for cookies and coffee (Chai Tea Latte for me).

Then we stopped by the mall.

Let me remind you...it's Black Friday.

I had no intention of shopping on Black Friday, but there was one cardigan I'd been eyeing at American Eagle for a few weeks and I needed to know if it had been marked down more yet.

So we stopped at the mall and I worked my way to AE and then I heard some magic words from the cashier, "Everything in the store is an additional 20% off today".

Sweet!  This cardigan was originally $44.50, but the last time I was in the store it was marked down to $29.95, today with the additional 20% off I was able to finally bring on my sweater for only $26.00!!!

Isn't she pretty?  Super comfy too!

Dad & I came back to the apartment for a bit and then headed over to Bud's work.

We had plans to watch the Harry Potter Movie at the IMAX at 4pm!

All in all it was a great Father/Daughter day (not as long as they had once been, but then again we didn't have to drive 40 minutes to get to a decent sized city like we had in Kansas.

After the movie we ate dinner at El Chile...it was scrumptious!

The rest of the night we watched comedy on TV....this tends to be where Bud & Dad relate to each other best!

SATURDAY

Was another day full of activity.

We were on the road at 8:50am to head out to the town of Hye, Tx.  

It's just big enough for you to say, "Hi" before you realize you are no longer in Hye anymore.

Anyways, there was a Bourbon Distillery out there that Dad had read about so we booked a tour and made the hour long trek to learn about Bourbon!

Garrison Bros. Distillery

Donnis (the guy in plaid) taught Dad & Bud all about the distillery process

Donnis explaining more about distillery 

We tried the Bourbon and I guess I just don't have a taste for it, Bud either...not our cup of tea I suppose.
Later that afternoon we went down to South Congress and wasted time by visiting some of the little shops.
Then we went and saw Tangled 3D at the Alamo Drafthouse!
It was an adorable Disney movie.
In fact I felt that Disney finally returned to the way they did movies when I was a kid (despite the 3D stuff)!
The story line was creative, the songs were fun and Dad noticed that it sounded a lot like the Little Mermaid songs.
When we got home we discovered that, sure enough, the composer was the same in both The Little Mermaid & Tangled.
Tangled is definitely a fun movie to bring the kids to see, or the inner child :D

It really has been a spectacular few days....but I'll fill you in on more later.
I'm off to do MORE Christmas crafting.
I hope you have a Blessed Monday!