Sunday we took our time to get on the road. There was no rush to get down there. So after gassing up, we dropped off Libbie at Caleb's parents house and we hit the road.
4 hrs later and we arrive to Boise, We checked into our hotel and really didn't have anything else planned for that night. So we decided to go to a place we had never eaten. We ended up at The Village and ate at a place called Yard house. It was PRICEY but tasted really good. Caleb tried raw Tuna which totally grossed me out but he liked it. They had the biggest bar inside a restaurant I have ever seen. Our meal was 80 bucks! Cringe. But, what the heck. Why not? After dinner, we walked around a bit. I LOVED the fountains they had and fireplaces all around. Way cool.
After walking around it was like 9:30. We really didn't have anything else to do so we headed back to the hotel. I love hotels with Caleb. They are just fun! We fell asleep and after a long night of not sleeping well (the pillows were awful and it simply wasn't my bed) it was finally morning.
Monday early morning, Caleb met up with his work partner or whatever you want to call him to head to a convention thing. After that, they headed to the Big Juds down there for a meeting. All while he was gone, I was just at the hotel by myself. So I took my time getting ready, watched tv, and then decided to go on a little drive to see the place. It wasn't a long drive mainly cause I hate traffic and trying to navigate by myself just got me annoyed so I came back to the hotel. haha I did find the mall though :) Caleb got back at around 4. We ate the food I brought there at the hotel and then met back up with the other couple that was staying at the same hotel. We drove to the Big Juds because Caleb and his partner Wes were filmed eating a burger for a commercial or small clip to be put on this website and they both got paid 50 bucks for it! haha it alllmost paid for our expensive dinner the night before. lol After that ordeal, we rode with Wes and his fiance' to an ice hockey game! All of the Big Juds crew was there. They had paid for us all to be in one of their suites. So we had our own room where you could order any drink or food you wanted and watch the game. It was seriously way fun.
They film people during the break so our faces ended up on that screen once. haha and also there was a clip where they were filming this girl and she was dancing on the screen. She turned around and totally fell 2 bleachers down backwards all while the camera was on her. It was sad yet hilarious.
Our team lost by one point in overtime. But it was a lot of fun to watch! After the game, Wes invited me and Caleb to play pool with his fiance and friend before we went back to the hotel. Us being naive said sure. So us 5 ended up at this bar....uhm....me and Caleb both were like...uh, this isn't what we expected but they were our ride. So we went in. Obviously we didn't drink. We don't do that. It was definitely a situation that was weird and slightly uncomfortable. We ended up chatting while 2 drank. It was kind of just a weird night. Made me miss home and also made me grateful for how we are. After that bar they wanted to go to another bar for their wings or something. Me and Caleb opted to be dropped off at the hotel before they went over which we were happy with. Me and Caleb know that in the "real world" if that's what you want to call it, that people drink and that this is what people do. But I am grateful that I don't have to deal with a drunk spouse every weekend. I don't even get why...It's funny to watch but the root of drinking is crazy to me. Anyways, once we got back to our hotel, we crashed. It was late and we were tired.
Tuesday, we woke up and had to be checked out of our hotel at 11. We were late checking out by an hour..woops! After checking out, we had another hotel we were staying at that night but couldn't check in till 3. So we had a few hours to kill. So we headed back to The Village and actually scoped out the place. Before we had only gone to dinner and saw the place but this time we wanted to go through some of the shops. I noticed there was a Charming Charlie there and died! I was SO excited to go through it. I had heard of it but never been in one. So I browsed the whole store and ended up with a new purse, wallet, and watch. All which I LOVE. I now know where to get my purses from. They had some cute accessories in there!
The walled looks navy blue on the sides but it's actually black. And it matches the inside of my purse. After Charming Charlie I saw a Lush. Had never been in these stores before! Caleb is a trooper. haha. We kind of just browsed some of the stores in there and then decided to grab some lunch before checking into this 2nd hotel. We chose to grab some Chipotle. It was a place we had never tried and we both liked it! I thought it was good. Simple and tasty. After lunch, we went and found our hotel. It was a mess getting there. Traffic was thick and it was in the middle of down town Boise where all the one way streets were. We finally found it, finally got parked in their messed up parking garage, checked in, and got to our room. A little side note, Caleb's job and the people that bring us down here pay for everything. So they pick our hotel and pay for it and what not. So this hotel was supposedly a super nice one. Vallet parking, people wearing suits and white gloves, someone playing the grand piano in the huge lobby. kind of hotel. Nothing we have ever experienced. To be honest, the hotel kind of freaked me out. It reminded me of the tower of terror hotel at Disneyland. haha. Our room was the 12th floor up. I personally didn't see what was so fancy about it?? I don't know. This was our view.
Pictures never do it justice, but it was pretty cool! We hung out at the hotel for like an hour and a half. Then we left to meet up with some people at a Japanese steakhouse restaurant called, Kyoto's, It was way fun! They have your table seated around a grill and the chef comes out, does some tricks while he cooks your food right in front of you. There was fire, cool spatula tricks, egg cracking, he'd flip a piece of shrimp from the grill into your mouth, and just kind of a fun show to watch while he cooks your dinner.
(this isn't our group. I just found a pic on Google so you could actually see since the only picture I took wasn't a good one)
I personally do not like Japanese food at all. I'm not into sea food, shrimp, sushi, any of that. But I did enjoy my dinner here. Caleb loves this kind of food and wanted to go all out. He tried a couple different kinds of sushi that had eel in it. (SICK!) and then helped eat my plate. I wish every restaurant had your food cooked in front of you because that was a lot of fun! After dinner, we headed back to the hotel for the night.
Wednesday morning I woke up to Caleb getting ready for his last convention.
Just lookin at the view before he left. After he left I got ready and packed up the hotel because we had to be out by 11 again....and again, I was a half hour late checking out..woops again! After lugging all our crap down 12 stories and another lever down to the garage twice, I checked out and headed to the mall while Caleb was still at his convention. I was basically just killing time. Everything was packed, I was just now waiting for Caleb. So I get to the mall and browse some stores that I have never been into. While I was there I saw a Sephora and about died! I have been watching a ton of beauty/makeup gurus on you tube and they all talk about their makeup and that it comes from Sephora. I was in heaven! I could have spent all day in there. I LOVE makeup and seeing the nice stuff that I watch all the time on you tube was way too much fun for me. I'm glad Caleb wasn't with me in this store because I know I would have bored him to death. I was able to take my time and look at everything. I knew there was at least one product I wanted to get from there. And I found it!
Ta da! I was stoked. I have HATED my eyebrows my whole life and have tried different products to get them to look decent and haven't loved ANY of them. I have wanted to get them tattoo'd on for so long now, but today I tried this Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz and am amazed. Best product I've ever used on my eyebrows. It's a pricey penny but I will never go back to my old stuff. Thank you Sephora! I'm pleased. After the mall, I was STARVING as I had not eaten yet. I headed to Subway and ate a sandwich there, then afterwards headed to Shopko. I knew Caleb was just about finished so I was just killing time. While I was in Shopko, Caleb called and said he was done. He met me there at the store. We gassed up the car, grabbed some drinks, changed into sweats, and headed for home. The car rides with Caleb are maybe my favorite. There's nothing to do but talk, sing to music, dance to music, hold hands, laugh, and just sit with each other. So the car rides are a definite hoot! We picked up Libbie and got home around 8. Ahhhh. Home sweet home. There's nothing better. Your own home, own bed, bathroom, food, comfort of home! It was a good trip. We will be back there in 6 months!
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