ya-ya dreams

i watched 'divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood' (my second or third viewing) last night before going to bed, and i feel like all my dreams were inspired by strong women. good timing.

today, i went and picked up salimah for our celebration dinner (since she got into grad school). we went to fridays and had drinks and an early meal (including salimah's 'bowl-o-liquor') before i carted salimah off to get her a surprise (i made her keep her eyes closed the entire time in the car, so she couldn't possibly know where i was going). i got her this tote she'd really been wanting that has photos of kitties in hats and coats all over it (so cute!) and a book she'd also really been wanting. she was quite surprised and seemed overwhelmingly delighted:). i love presents!

afterwards, we stopped at safeway for a few necessities - cookie dough ice cream included - and then headed back to my nearly clean apartment (i spent hours tidying, dusting, and vacuuming earlier, but still have yet to scrub anything) where we will now watch some movies and chill out for the rest of the evening.

things i learned today are as follows:

1. do NOT drink a bahama mama after having had NOTHING in your stomach all day. tipsiness will ensue.
2. when the waiter, after checking your i.d., begins calling you by name over and over again, that can only be a good sign.
3. if you want your best friend to buy you some ice cream, spend an inordinate amount of time staring into the freezers at the grocery store; she will eventually get entirely sick of the process and just offer to buy the more expensive brand you had already chosen in favor of you hemming and hawing over something on sale.

good times.