Happy Independence Day

Since I will probably not write tomorrow, since I will be getting ready for girl's camp, Happy 4th o' July! The day we, these great United States of America, declared our independence from British rule. It seems a little ironic that on the day we celebrate our independence, we have a government that is trying to take away our independence. I am not going to get into politics because it will just make my beautiful day turn grey, but i just think of everything that is going on with our government and can't help but think that we are in a major decline, and we will be losing our God-given freedoms. On to better stuff. . .

Last night was a great night. Leland and I went to dinner at Pasha, a really good Mediterranean grill. It is more of the Middle Eastern Mediterranean than Greek or Italian. They have this Tanour bread that is oh so good! If you have ever had Indian naan, it is very similar. I then got a falafel wrap and Greek salad. The salad was not the normal Greek salad. It had shredded beets and an almost catalina-like dressing. It was still really good. Leland got the gyro (pronounced hero) plate. It came with fresh, homemade hummus and nothing but the lamb and beef meats and salad. I love gyro meat. It is always so flavorful and the perfect thinness. Mmmmmm, gyro meat. After dinner we went to North Star Mall and walked around a little bit. While there Leland saw a shirt at Spencer's that he really liked, then I saw it and it was awesome. It's not the normal Spencer's crude t-shirts. It is an American Fighter t-shirt for Carwin. He's a UFC fighter that will be fighting reigning world heavyweight title holder Brock Lesner tonight. The shirt is black with an American flag running down the front and the back with the wording and stuff for Carwin's sponsors and fight club stuff. I just really like how patriotic it is. It is pretty cool. So he bought it. Then it was my turn to do some shopping. I haven't bought a really cute pair of heels in over a year, so I decided it was time to look and buy a pair of really cute heels. So off to Journey's we went. I started looking at some shoes that are purple, white, and silver a little strappy with a peep-toe and a zipper on the back of the heel. Soooo cute! Even better, only 20 buck-a-roos. When I asked to try them on I noticed the salesgirl was gone a little longer than normal and figured they must not have the size I wanted and she was searching for them. That was not the case, they had my size, but she was also looking for other shoes that I might like in those colors and styles, score! She came out with two pairs of heels, the original ones I saw and another really cute pair. The other pair are a darker purple with a few different designs. They are still a peep-toe and the top has a cute zipper. They are really hard to explain, you have to see them to get the full picture. The girl who was helping me disappeared and another guy came over and was helping me instead. I had one shoe on each foot trying to decided which shoe I wanted. He said they both looked good, which I did not argue that because they both looked great, and said I should get both. He went to the display and found the second shoe and showed me the price, 50 bucks. My heart sank, I was only going to be able to get the first pair. To my surprise, he then says "Tell you what, buy the $20 shoes and I will give the other pair for $25." What!? Could my ears be deceiving me? Buy one get one 1/2 off? I could not pass that deal up! So two pairs of shoes of the original price of one. That totally made my night. As we were walking down the halls of the mall I turned to Leland and said, "What more could a girl ask for? A great dinner, shoes, and a great man!" I know, cheesy, but oh well. Then we went to La Cantera to check out the Six Flags fireworks. If you need someplace to watch fireworks tomorrow night, go to La Cantera and watch the Six Flags fireworks from there. Finally, back home after a quick stop at HEB for ice cream. All in all a great date night and beginning to a wonderful July 4th weekend!