What a great idea!

Great idea.. translation = the thought was awesome, the idea was sweet and the whole day ended up just fine - but what was a great idea at 9:30am when Neil suggested it, but these days events were not we thought we had in store, and turned totally white by midnight!!


I mean, what girl - when their significant other says "hey, let's go to Buffalo shopping today - let's be spontaneous and let's just go!" Doesn't jump out of bed, and say "I'll be ready in 30 minutes". The thought of Target, the Cheesecake Factory, great deals (the dollar is basically par) and a great time spent with Neil sounds amazing! The house could have been cleaned, we had laundry to do, a day at home could have been useful - but hello, if he suggests it I'm going for it.


We were in the car by shortly before 10:45am. We had a few setbacks, or else I would have been ready way before that! My bank called, "your card has been compromised" - great. Neil needed a haircut badly, I don't think the border services agent would have let us across with the "do" he had going on! Neil had to active his new Mastercard, and we had to get things ready for Lennox, as Neil's sister Terri was picking her up for the day, and then Neil's parents played with her until we got home. 


Anyways, it's 10:45am - the sun in shining brightly, it's cool but not freezing! We happily jump in the car, and head for the south! It's a great day for a drive, and we were enjoying the time together. We got to the border, and it wasn't "so sunny" there - and even was raining a little. We thought - just wait to the "southwestern Ontario sun gets here" it'll be a great day!

By the time we got to Target it was snowing. We still took our time, as it wasn't terrible. We went to the mall for a quick walk around, and spent about an hour there! Check out these amazing shoes I found...  I was thinking for under my wedding dress.. what do you think!?

Now, if only Neil was 6 feet tall, and I could walk in heels AT ALL - we'd be laughing. 
Ps. I am pulling my pant leg up for you to admire the beautiful things - I don't usually have "too short" pants. But aren't they not the cats ass - honestly, if I could pull these off, I would TOTALLY wear them! 
Unfortunately, I am going for flats, and nothing quite as sassy as this!






Anyways, Walden Galleria was hopping with people (it's a Saturday, what did I expect!!). I don't go to malls in Southwestern Ontario on Saturdays, so don't ask me why I thought Buffalo NY would be any different! Anyways, we continued on our walk about the mall. 


We couldn't help but be curious about the weather outside. After all my friends, I am marrying a road department worker, aka a snow plow driver! We decided even though it didn't look terrible out, we'd likely go for an early dinner at the Cheesecake Factory, and then get on the road home as I had to work today!

So who would think, at 4:30pm that the Cheesecake Factory wait would be 60-75 minutes!? Not us! We kindly declined taking a buzzer, looked outside again and then...

We saw this. Nice eh? Then 10 minutes later we were in the car, and heading for the border. Let's safely get back to Canada - now!

Everything so quickly changed, and then our decision was made. We're heading home.


The border wait was nil, so that was good.


Did I mention, for economical reasons we decided to take Neil's car? 

Then we got to Canada, who would have known - it was worse here! We were both starving, so we called Keri & Dale, about 5:00pm to see if they wanted to meet for dinner along our route home! Ofcourse, they said yes - the Mandarin was decided and we were excited to have that in the plans. 

This one lane picture is the QEW Niagra my friends.. what is it usually, four lanes!?It took us about an hour to get from the Peace Bride (Fort Erie) to Niagara Falls. It was horrendous! 


The closer to Hamilton we got, the better it got. We hopped in the 407 about 7:10pm to save some time and be able to meet Keri, Dale & Haley for dinner for about 7:30pm. The 407 was not plowed, at all - bonus! We took our time and I know we still made better time when if we were on the QEW. We realized when we got to dinner, our licence plate was completely iced over on back & front from the crappy driving - so I don't think we'll get charged anyways! 


We thoroughly enjoying a nice dinner at the Mandarin Buffet with Keri & Dale! It's the Chinese New Year celebration, and of course with a weekend fantastic crab legs! I was in heaven! We indulged bigtime! 
 

Anyways, here's a couple of pictures with our favourite wee girl in the whole wide world! 

You have got to see her with Neil - honestly ladies, he will be an amazing daddy - and seeing these two together melts my heart. She loves him so much! 

I have go to say that Haley is so so much fun right now, and she has so much love and laughs to share - there is never a dull moment when Haley is around - she lights up our lives, and we are so thankful for her kisses and hugs!

Anyways my friends, it's one of those things I just had to share - what a day! We got home shortly after 11:00pm and it was straight to bed for me (I worked today!)  I was so exhausted from all that driving and crappy weather! Also, don't mind the bad quality pictures - they are from our blackberry's - not a real camera!