She happened to arrive on my last workday at RE/MAX. I had spent the better part of the day crying (half tears of sadness that I was leaving my team... and half tears of joy), so it was really nice to have Allison in town that night to keep me company and to be able to spend time with her before my move.
The next morning - day one of my month-long unemployment - I had coffee with Allison while watching the Bachelorette. The movers were coming that week, so I had already packed most of my things. Despite sitting amongst boxes and drinking out of styrofoam cups, it was a perfect morning!
I picked out a bright shade of orange and Allison picked out a neutral pink (although in retrospect she felt it was too "girly girl")....
This poor woman had her work cut out for her...
We decided breakfast-for-lunch sounded good, so we headed down to Snooze.
Allison looking cute in our cute little booth:
About five minutes after taking the above picture, two guys sat in the booth next to us. These booths are TINY, so they were sitting literally two feet away. I kept looking at the guy catty-corner to me, trying to figure out why he looked familiar.
[SIDEBAR: I just googled why some people say catty-corner and some say kitty-corner. It turns out catty-corner is more prevalent in the South, and kitty-corner is more of a North thing. I've always said catty-corner. Interesting...)
All of a sudden it hits me. We are sitting RIGHT NEXT to Troy Tulowitzki!!!!
His hair is what really gave it away.
I played it cool and let him eat his omelette in peace. He and his buddy weren't talking AT ALL, so it was impossible to let Allison know who she was sitting next to without him overhearing us. As soon as he left, I said, "Do you KNOW who that was?!" She didn't.
After that brush with fame, we were feeling pretty saucy, and Allison decided she wanted to get her ears pierced.
That's right.
Allison is 31 and has virgin earlobes!
We consulted Yelp - as you do - for a nice tattoo parlor downtown. We found one within walking distance from Snooze called Celebrity Tattoos. It seemed like fate considering our recent celebrity run-in, so we headed that way.
Once we got to Celebrity Tattoos, we soon realized they weren't interested in giving ANYONE the star treatment. The "piercing guy" wasn't in yet, and they weren't too concerned about when he'd be back.
Apparently we should have just gone to Claire's.
Not to be dismayed, we decided to get pedicures instead...
I picked out a bright shade of orange and Allison picked out a neutral pink (although in retrospect she felt it was too "girly girl")....
Rock those girly toes!
After our pedicures, it was unfortunately time to get Allison to the airport. She was making her way to Seattle for several job interviews. I, for one, hope she moves there because it would be awesome to visit!
Thanks, Allison, for a wonderful day!
1 comment:
I was so confused when you posted that pic on FB of having coffee with a friend and watching Bachelorette on your first morning of unemployment. I was like, "Wait, does she have a stay at home mom friend I don't know about? Who's having coffee with her?"
Now, I get it!! Based on this post and that awesome Lander post, Allison looks like a good time indeed. Maybe she'll come visit S.A.! I mean if she moves to Oregon & for some reason want to have a weekend getaway that's the exact opposite of that, Texas would be it.
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