Today was a Red Hat day. I had a big Red Hat event to go to today and was suppose to be there at 930, so I had hubby set the alarm for 8am. 8am comes and I'm too tired to get up so I tell him, give me 15 more minutes. So at 815am, I wake up but not quite ready to get out of bed yet, so I roll over and spoon hubby for 10 minutes. Nice! Then he rolls over and spoons me for 5 minutes before I absolutely just have to get up.
I get dressed in the outfit that Judithmary lent me to wear, a long floral dress with a sash. There is also a red floral head piece to wear with it. I get dressed and ask hubby how I look. He is trying hard not to laugh, asking me if I am going to a costume party or something. I tell him that Judithmary asked me to wear this because she wanted all of us dressed a certain way. The dress is a little frilly and definitely not my style, but I paired it with my sandals and left. The first stop was to Kum and Go for their free air, which has become a daily event since the tire is losing air every day. Next payday we are hoping to be able to buy 4 new tires for the car.
I arrived at the hotel the Red Hat event was being hosted at and checked in. I got handed my envelope with my souvenir button, my menu choice ticket and my table number. Then I walked around the convention area looking at all the wares the vendors were offering to all of us Red Hatters. There was rhinestone jewelry out the ying yang, red hats, headband hats, gloves, stockings, clothes, purses, and doo-dads. I looked at a few prices and all of it seemed pretty reasonable. Being as we are trying to buy tires and pay taxes, I was good and didn't buy anything. I take that back, I didn't buy anything from the vendors but I did splurge and buy a Chai Latte from Starbucks in the hotel.
I went into the Starbucks and ordered a Chai Latte. I waited for it to be made, thanked them and left to sit out in the lobby, watching the ladies come and go. When I could take a sip of my drink, it tasted funny. So I let it cool down and took another sip. It tasted like coffee, so I took it back. I waited my turn in line and then handed my cup to the cashier. "I ordered a Chai Latte. This is coffee." "That's because it has a shot of espresso in it." "I ordered Chai Latte. Steamed milk and tea, no espresso." "When you ordered the latte, that is the espresso." "I can't drink coffee, that's why I ordered the tea." Dead silence. She stared at me for a moment, turned around and talked to the lady making the drinks and got a new cup. Then she went back to the register, leaving me standing there waiting. I assumed that they were making me another drink but I wasn't sure.
They did make me another drink, this time without the espresso. Now I have had Chai Lattes at Starbucks before. I order a Chai Latte and that is what I get, tea with steamed milk. Never before have they added coffee to my tea. And never before have I been treated like that. So Monday I am going to call a few other Starbucks and ask them how they make their Chai Lattes and then call the manager of that Starbucks and let her know what happened.
Judithmary told me that I should arrive at the event at 930am. I arrived at the event at 930am but that hour before they open the doors to the dining hall is so you can shop and I had to find a seat and people watch until it was time to go in. At least I will know what to expect for next year.
When 1030 came around, I got in line to go into the dining hall. The event coordinators handed me a flower necklace, a lay, and I went and found my table. That's where I met up with the rest of my chapter and our two guests.
The event was MC-ed by the Queens Counsel and they told jokes, drew names for door prizes and introduced the Elvis Impersonator as our entertainment. We were serves a salad, I got the chicken with saffron rice and asparagus. Dessert was some sort of floral infused sorbet that was bright yellow in an edible bowl with an edible flower, all which I tasted but did not eat. I did have 3 rolls with butter during dinner, that was my splurge for the day!
The event was over about 245pm and I was one of the first out as I really had to go to the bathroom and didn't want to wait in a long line. Judithmary was a little disappointed, I could tell, but I didn't care as I really had to pee!
I drove home and when I came home, hubby had the fans going on all over the house so it was nice and cool inside. I went upstairs where he was and told him about the afternoon and changed. Judithmary dry cleans her dresses and todl me to just give it back to her so she could do it since I wouldn't be able to do it until the 15th. Hubby and I sat together on the bed, watching some tv until he fell asleep, then I went downstairs to get on the computer. He slept for a good 3 and a half hours! He woke up around 730 and then helped me feed the animals. Then I started dinner.
Tonight I made a double batch of Beef Stroganoff. I wasn't sure how much Frank would eat so I wanted to make sure we had enough. A regular batch with one pound of steak would have been enough but now we have lots of leftovers for hubby to eat for lunch all next week. Probably I will freeze the rest of it Tuesday.
The rattie boys got tomatoes, lettuce and purple califlower for dinner tonight. Our dinner wasn't done in time to give they any when I fed them. Tomorrow for dinner I will rinse the sauce off and feed them the beef, peas and noodles. They really like the noodles!
Tomorrow, Judithmary is having a bbq for the two guest we had at the luncheon but I had already told her that I had plans and wouldn't be attending so I will send her another message tonight to remind her. Hubby and I plan on going to church, the library then spending the evening together.
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