Back from O.C. (long)

A little long:

Well what an exciting trip this time. We got up and at airport at 5am. Left at 730am to Houston. Casual slow walk to next gate watching everybody so I didn't miss a STAR this time!! nothing, nothing nothing. darn. At at RUBY'S dinner. They were out of mushrooms... another darn. Plane for O.C. took 3

1/2 hours to get there. In flight movie was "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2", boring, din't much like the first one either.

Got to the airport at 2pm and called our hotel to send a car. This guy goes

80mph down busy highway towards our hotel. Slight traffic jam but got past it. Hotel was fair but not better then our usuall best western. The soaps were tiny and round... real cute, the bath soaps were rectangle and in corragted rectangle boxes. Lets say i asked, and recieved 10 of each before I went home. Cute little boxes!. no writing on them, off white in color. THe little round ones will go with the larger round ones from the cruise.

Next we waiting till about 6 for some friends (from scrapbooking cruise 1 &

2) to show up. They called and were stuck in traffic in LA. DH and I fell asleep for about 1 hour (alarm set for 7ish). Called friends again and they just got there. We left to go to the Cheesecake factory. I had 3 different appitizers and no meal! it was great. we were right across the street from the Bella Terra Mall and the hotel was on the other side. I took a few pics. most were blurry. Not sure if I was cold or getting no good with my camera. Back to the hotel and to bed for a BIG day tomorrow. Our 2 friends from northern California (San Ramon), were making Darrell and I laugh so hard and we had such a great time.

Saturday morning we got up and met in restaurant downstairs at 8 for breakfast. Wasn't worth $10.95 buffet price. Too much to complain about there! We left and went to the warehouse sale/open house at the Sunday International Rubber stamp factory. Walked in and there were already tons of ladies there. I knew at least 8 people in there already!. There was a set of ladies there from Arlington,TX. Dee introduced 2 more sets of rubber stamps.

has a forum and there is a link to see the 2 new sets. Birds and watercolor fruit. Dee was demo-ing again. I brought her a chocolate kiss covered Christmas tree, and a recycled bottle made into a dressy bottle of Christmas m&m's. She was excited to see me yet again. I also talked with Warren, her husband. I bought over $320 worth of stuff but get this... I got 20% off right away for the warehouse sale. then I had four $25 coupons from last month's rubberstamp show purchases. I got another $100 off. I paid $155 for $320+ worth of stuff. Dee gave me a complamentary tag set for free. it is pictured here Left there and went to Westminster Mall. Huge 2 story mall. Shopped a little (LINDA: ate Dreyers Birthday Cake IceCream..... on a cone!). Left there and went to Hotel to catch a ride with our ladies to the Huntington Beach Pier. We got there at Sunset time. Huge long pier. Beautiful Sunset!! Pics in webshots soon as I can. Still behind on Christmas stuff and trying to catch up! Left pier and went to a scrapbooking store. Got the new tape runner gun. 1/3 the size of the huge glue glidder. lots of paper and some huntington beach ppaer for our pier visit. THen to eat at Chilis and then back to hotel to pack everything for the trip home. I couln't believe all my stuff made it through as carry ons. I had a bubble gun and bubbles (more then 3 ozs) go right thru!... Got back to town at 4pm and headed to great grandparents to get daughter!... Home unpacked and bedtime came quick!! That was our trip in a nutshell!

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