Dear Diary,
Yesterday morning I awakened with the Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious song from Mary Poppins floating through my head. In fact, as I walked downstairs from the bedroom to the kitchen I was singing it out loud.
I am such a dork!!!
Because I was feeling English suddenly I decided to have a proper pot of tea with milk and sugar. I got out my little blue 2-cup tea-pot, added some Taylors of Harrogate Irish Breakfast Tea [which I admit is not English at all, but is the only kind of strong black tea that we have in the house] and brewed myself a lovely beverage.
Jolly good, I tell you.
Did I mention to you, Dear Diary, that Z-D took a day off from work yesterday? Well, he did. And because the weather was so mild and the skies were so clear, we decided to skip yard work and drive over the river to the next state to have lunch on the patio of an English Pub.
Yes, my morning theme continued. Isn’t that cool?
At the Pub, I had my favorite unhealthy appetizer, curry and chips. I washed it down with a Belhaven Scottish Lager [which I admit is not from England either, but I like it– probably my ancestry coming through]. I also had healthy fish tacos with a side salad to balance out my first course.
Then, fortified with alcohol and calories, we decided to go exploring.
We drove back over the river into our state and went to a crowded, fussy, older part of the city where we found the bestest place yet. Yes, we went to Penzeys Spices, a place I’ve longed to go to for years, but only just discovered has a retail store in our city. You’d be proud of us, Dear Diary, we showed admirable restraint and only bought 6 small jars of spice, 2 small bottles of extract and 1 bag of herbs.
My inner foodie was in heaven.
Then we drove back home to the ‘burbs where we collapsed on our screened-in porch. One of us played Candy Crush [Level 205, be impressed] while the other one, exhausted by the day’s excitement, napped while pretending to read a book set in London [because once you have a theme day, you have to go with it].
This is middle age fun. Such as it is.
The rest of the day was the usual hum-drum of laundry, dishes, bills, planning, what have you. But that was okay, Dear Diary, because we had such a good time goofing off earlier in the day.
We need to play hooky again, real soon!!!
THE SPECTACLED BEAN 
Isn’t it funny how that song shows up? You made me smile – yes, playing Hooky is definitely a “must do”
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philmouse, I couldn’t tell you why I was humming it when I got up in the morning. I mean, talk about RANDOM. But it did set the stage for a fun day.
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Your day of English fun sounds lovely. How fortunate you and Zen Den are to enjoy his day off together doing something fun instead of chores. The chores will always be there—the other opportunities not so much.
Supercalifragilistcexpialidocious!!
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Beth, yes we let the chores slip. We’re getting better at doing that more often! It leads me to wonder how how long before we let the house go “Grey Gardens”? 😉
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I smiled all the way through this post, Ally Bean! And from my perspective, smiling is SuperCaliFragilIsticExpiALLY(BEAN)docious.
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nrhatch, you have made my day with this comment. I’m laughing here. Thanks.
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After reading your post, I had to google “Curry & Chips” (I’ve never heard of them before). WOW! I feel like I’ve been missing out. Next time we have steak fries, I’m making curry sauce for dipping, dunking, pouring, or drinking.
BTW: I didn’t notice *ALLY* set off in your title until my return visit.
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nrhatch, curry & chips are yummy. I don’t have them often, but when I do I savor every bite. Enjoy!
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A wonderful day it was. Many thanks again Bean for letting me play hooky with you. Penzeys was spectacular.
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Zen-Den, it was fun. And so pretty outside. Let’s do it again, soon. 🙂
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Hookey! Yes!
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kate, you said it!
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I need to start having theme days. Hmm, I think I’ll start with Paris, then move onto a Caribbean beach, then…
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Carrie, I like your ideas for themes. Both sound like they could keep you pleasantly entertained for hours on end. If you do one, let me know how it turns out.
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Now, I just have to track down a French patisserie…
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It sounds like a delightful day. I wish we had an actual Penzeys store around here so I didn’t feel compelled to order enough to make the shipping “worth it.”
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Zazzy, I know what you mean about ordering only when the shipping makes sense. The store was fun because all the products were there and many of the spices were in lidded canisters so that we could smell them before buying. Fun.
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I love your theme day and say CLOSE ENOUGH on the nationalities of the beverages. 🙂 Glad that you got some good weather too; you’ve been needing that!!
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Margaret, exactly! I kept all my beverages from the UK so I feel I did my theme day a-ok.
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What a lovely day! I do enjoy Mr. & Mrs. Excursions, and when Rick is available, we like driving off and having day trips such as these. Good Show!
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nance, I like your name for a day like the one we had. “Mr. & Mrs. Excursions” is perfect. We need to do more of them.
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