Awesome Weekend!

We got to Houston about 4:00 Friday afternoon. We spent a few hours playing with Cara’s Wii Fit. That was a blast...and My Wii Fit Age is “32”! Woo hoo! Not sure exactly what that means, but I like the way it sounds! Then we walked (benefit of Cara living in Mid-Town!) to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner. Then back to the apartment where Cara hooked up American Idol on Wii & we serenaded my hubby (& probably her neighbors)!

Saturday we were up early for our “Day of Pampering”. We both had massages that morning; met Thumper for lunch, then off to Mid-town Retreat for facials and pedicures! The facials were a first for both of us...and I loved it! It wasn’t anything like I envisioned. And I’m not sure I can even relate to you everything that I experienced (because my eyes were closed 90% of the time!) but I’ll try.

When I emerged from the dressing room in this big wrap-around robe and little bamboo flip-flops, I was led to a quiet room (a lot like a massage room, but the table is much more comfy) by my esthetician, Lisa. Lisa began by rubbing some sort of cream/cleanser over my face and neck and then gave a very relaxing face/neck massage. Then Lisa removed the cream with hot towels and repeated with another type of cream. Lisa put little pads over my eyes and brought over the heat lamp and steam. She left the room for a while and I just laid there listening to the soft, oriental music and trying to breathe through the steam (not an easy thing!) When Lisa returned, she used more lotions/oils and massaged my arms & hands. Then there were more warm towels and then a masque of some type was applied. I could tell it has some grainy texture (like oatmeal). And after that some sort of scrub was used on my face. Next Lisa applied something that felt like one of those peel-off masques? (I sure wish I could have seen what they were!) And between each of these were more of those wonderful hot towels! The finishing touch was some type of toner and then a cream that was applied with a very soft sponge. It was fabulous! And just a relaxing as the massage earlier that morning!

Back to the dressing room to change then Cara & I were seated next to each other for our pedi’s! These were wonderful as always, and we were given hot green tea and white wine to enjoy while we were being pampered! The only bad thing about the facials is afterwards your hair is a mess! So we hurried back to the apartment to wash our hair!

We had dinner that night at my favorite Mexican restaurant in Houston; Café Adobe. It reminds me a lot of Superior in Shreveport! Food was great and the margaritas were fantastic!

It was a great weekend! And we can’t wait to do it again!