Happy Easter Weekend! Part One.

Well, it is only Friday night and I already have lots to share about my weekend thus far.  I think I will have to break up the stories over the whole weekend, it just might be too much for you to handle all at once.  So, last night I was very lucky to have Paula and Andrew stop in Bardstown and visit with me on their way to Tennessee for the long weekend.  They stayed the night and most of the day today. It was so great to see them and I was very happy to have them here to help me play tourist and check a few more things off my KENTUCKY ADVENTURES list.  They arrived last night around 7:00 and we sat for a bit enjoying a glass of wine and getting caught up on our respective families.  Hers being a lot bigger than mine!  Paula is part of the MacInnes clan that has been like family since we arrived in Guelph from Ottawa some 38 years ago....and yes we did spend a lot of time trying to get our heads wrapped around the fact we have known each other for 38 years!  But let us gracefully ignore that part. After playing catch up we went across the street for dinner at the Old Talbot Tavern.  Restaurant, gift shop and Bourbon Bar Extraordinaire!  They also boast the fact they are haunted and are a part of the Bardstown Ghost Walk.  After dinner I took them on a quick stroll downtown before heading back to the apartment.

Bubba did pretty well with having visitors stay the night and I was pleasantly surprised.  He kept a safe distance at first and I am not sure if it was because we were ignoring him or because Andrew is some sort of dog whisperer, but the next thing I know Bubba has jumped up on the couch beside him and put his head on his leg!  I was speechless!  I had to get proof to share.

UNBELIEVABLE!

No coaxing, no treat bribes, nothing!!  All on his own.  It was like some kind of Easter miracle.

Now Paula being a follower of the blog, she had read about "The Most Fantastic Shoe Warehouse EVER" and knew she needed to see it for herself.  Understanding the love of shoes, I was not one to deny her this opportunity.  That would have been too cruel and heinous of me to do.....so off we went!  wwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  I think it is safe to say we spent over an hour in the place scouring the racks for the new friends that would have to come home with us.  Andrew was patiently holding onto Paula's purse and did not complain once.  That is a good man! I controlled myself somewhat today and it was hard!  But I settled on a pair of brown, distressed leather boots.  At 70% off $131.00 (all boots are 70% off) I could hardly say no!  Wait....it gets better. Standing beside Paula and Andrew he noticed that on the box, there was a sticker for $20.00.  $20.00!!! These beautiful boots are now only $20.00.  It was like suddenly, in one day...two Easter Miracles!!   WAIT...it gets better.  Today was friends and family day... and possibly something else...but when I went to pay the lovely sales clerk told me my total was ...wait for it...............$8.48.  MY FREAKIN' BOOTS WERE LESS THAN 10 BUCKS.  I swooned, I gotta little misty, I professed my love to Deb The Sales Clerk and asked her for a hug.  

This is Deb. (not a hugger, but quite

lovely anyway.)

And these are my new little friends!

It was a happy, happy day.  I am spent just thinking about it, so you will have to tune in later this weekend to find out about the distillery tours of Jim Beam and Heavenly Hill.  I gotta say Bourbon is not so bad when you cut it with water.  I have also learned that I seem to prefer the $53.00 Bourbon over the $32.00 Bourbon!