TWTW - the one of unseasonable warmth

Every year I kick myself because I am walking by the Army and Navy bands during load out because I've missed the Army Navy Pep Rally that takes place right next to my office. Not this year! The bands were great and the energy was high. 

Friday night was my office Christmas party at Barbuzzo. The food and service was excellent. I am always hunting down private rooms in Center City that can do a cocktail reception for 50 people. This was a huge winner of a venue. 

My original weekend plan included being a hermit on Saturday and peeking my head out of the house Sunday, but the warmer temperatures enticed us to the shore instead. I was down the shore by 10 on Saturday morning. I hit the discount bookstore and Bennie's Bread while waiting for MFD, then we all hit the beach. It was insanely nice for December 12. I left him fishing and did some cleaning upstairs in the house.

MFD and I walked to Vittorio's for dinner. Open year round, the service was friendly and the food wasn't bad. Does your husband use street meters to adjust his back? No? Okay. 

After we hung a few things in the efficiency, MFD went fishing and I put stuff away. The pictures and mirror on the right were going to go above the couch, but now fishing rods are going there instead because I am in the running for the wife of the year award. If you're wondering why everything is so high, it's because the ceilings are so low down there. 

Sunday morning's sunrise was a dud...which is why I always like to go 10-15 minutes early because that's my favorite light, and the sky tends to light up even if it is too cloudy on the horizon to see the sun pop over it. Top: pre-show, bottom, sunrise time. Go early! It pays.

MFD was out late fishing and declined to join me at the Sunrise Cafe for breakfast. I had a good cup of coffee and a porkroll, egg, and cooper sharp on a kaiser. It's a cheery little spot just two blocks from our house. 

I cleaned up the efficiency, took another stroll on the beach in short sleeves and bare feet - in New Jersey! On December 13! then headed home. Aunt Carrie and Uncle Jim stopped by with an awesome flip flop wreath and Amazon gift card. On the ride home from the shore, I was thinking about how I wanted to get a flip flop wreath in the spring - total kismet! I took some clothes that I purged last week to Goodwill, went to the grocery store, rode around with the sunroof open, and wrapped some gifts. 

Weekly food prep: breakfast burritos from the freezer for breakfast, salads for lunch; bananas and bell peppers for snacks; poop soup and baked sweet potato slices for the dogs; dinner from the freezer as well - stuffed pepper soup, frozen stuffed shells. In case you couldn't tell, it's time to clear out the freezer a little. We did grill baked potatoes and steaks Sunday because it was 70 degrees...how could you not?

Other Sunday things: freaking laundry. Home sheets and shore sheets, home towels and shore towels. And reading. Lots of reading all weekend. 

This was our first solo trip to the shore that didn't involve a lot of work and a large to do list. We got to go to the beach and out to eat together. It still doesn't feel real that we are part timers down there now. I feel like it's a dream and someone's going to wake me up soon. After the kitchen counters get installed next week, we'll take pics and put it up to rent.

And that's that for me. How was your weekend?

Linking up with Biana at B Loved Boston for Weekending