Hello from sunny Florida! Actually, that’s a lie — it has not been sunny for most of today. A big thunder storm blew in and I’m bundled up in my hotel room watching the rain out the window. I’ll have my travel day recap up on the blog tomorrow! But for now, I thought I’d share a fun weekend recap!
It was so nice to wake up and just spend a slow Saturday morning drinking coffee and not having anything urgent to do. We watched Youtube (as I continue to contemplate taking Traveling by Nature to Youtube) and I drank too many cups of coffee while Aaron ate breakfast. I love breakfast, but I’m oddly never hungry for it on the weekends.
We had made plans to go see Jungle Cruise at a local theater since the first showing was only $5 a ticket. Even though we have Disney+ we just can’t justify renting the release of new movies on there since we can see it in theaters for way less. And going to the movie theater just enhances the movie experience in my opinion. After discussing our plans for the day, Aaron suggested we just make a whole date day out of it and offered to take me to my favorite restaurant for an early lunch. So with that, we got ready to head out the door. I was excited to try out another of my thrift store finds. I’ve always wanted an overall dress and they seem to be coming back in style. I got the one below for a whopping $4 at a thrift store.
I also prepped a healthy snack bag for the movie theater before leaving. I’m a big lover of movie theater popcorn (why else go to the theaters, right?), but try to have something healthy on hand to fill me up, as well. I just made a simple snack mix of almonds, walnuts, dark chocolate covered almonds, and garlic bread chips.
I have spoken of my love for Chuy’s on the blog before and I truly never get tired of it. We love to split an order of chicken fajitas, and if I’m being honest, I mostly fill up on the chips & jalapeño ranch.
We ate our early lunch before heading over to a little past noon showing up Jungle Cruise. I don’t think we have been to a movie theater since the pandemic began and it was exciting to watch a movie on the big screen again, even if we were full from lunch and skipped the popcorn.
I’m going to be honest about Jungle Cruise. I was really excited to see it, despite my dislike of The Rock (sorry Dwayne!), and it is one of my favorite rides at WDW. When I say favorite I mean cry on my first ride on each return trip. However, the story line got a little weird for my taste about halfway through the movie. I loved the ending and it was a decently good movie, but not what I expected. Aaron loved the instrumental version of Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” throughout the film, and I would have to agree as I’m listening to it while writing this post.
We knocked out some grocery shopping after the movie because responsibilities still have to happen even on a date days. I had a coupon from Tom Thumb for $2 off a Starbuck’s drink, so I definitely took advantage of that.
We ran home to quickly put the groceries away before heading right back out the door for church. We have been doing to Saturday evening church for a little while now and really enjoy the flexibility that it offers on Sunday mornings. After church we headed to our last date night meal of the weekend, one of our favorites, Bubba’s. Its a diner-style fried chicken joint in North Dallas. It’s the one place where 75% of our meal is starch and I don’t mind one bit! We’ll usually split a six piece tender plate with sides of French Fries and mashed potatoes and rolls. You can probably understand why we try not to make a habit of coming here 🙂
The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing at the pool, reading, and packing for my trip this week. Stay tuned for some fun Jacksonville finds tomorrow!
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