Tamales and Spices

It's been a fun weekend so far.  Mom and John arrived Friday evening.  Everyone was a bit tired from their day whether it was working, cleaning or driving.  So we opted for a low key evening.  We grabbed some Minsky's pizza, and then came back home and chilled with some wine.  Mom had brought me a couple goodie bags...one consisted of everything I left there when we stayed with them prior to the move...and the other had fun things in it.  One of my favorites was a 5x7 collage that she put together of the pics from our Going Away party.  So sweet.  She also got us an Italian cookbook that has one of John's sister's illustrations in it.  Very cool!

Saturday, we had breakfast at the Tamale Wizard, which is this great little mom and pop tamale shop.  They serve breakfast on Saturday only, but the rest of the time they serve lunch and dinner.  It was super yummy and very reasonably priced.  I will definitely be hitting it up for lunch or dinner soon!  We spent the remainder of the morning at the City Market.  It really is a cool market, and I believe it's bigger than the Soulard Farmer's Market.  Mom and John really liked the Italian Deli & Store, as well as the spice vendors.  Everything is so reasonably priced.  I love having this right in my "backyard"!  Last night we went to Cellar & Loft for the wine tasting, had dinner at Hickok's and then came back to the condo for a little Hand & Foot.  I can't believe that I haven't taken any pictures yet!  Hopefully, that will change today.

On a different note, we were happy to sell our dining room table off of Craig's List yesterday.  A big thanks to my Dad and Mary Sue for being there for all of that.  It was a huge help!!!!  They have also been checking up on house several times a week, which we also greatly appreciate.  We actually received an offer about 1.5 weeks ago, but it was $20K below asking price!!  That probably isn't so much when your house is several hundred thousand dollars, but when you are selling it for what we are, it sure is a ton!  We were willing to negotiate, but the buyers were not.  So we said, "Sayonara!"  We have a couple of showings on our house this weekend.  So keep your fingers crossed!!!

Cheers to a fun weekend!