a little getaway ~ and a new piece of furniture

 Just got home last night from an overnight getaway a couple of hours north 

in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. We stayed at The Washington House Inn ~ a lovely, historic

building that is now a B&B.

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We got up there late Thursday afternoon and basically hibernated in our

room until the next morning. The weather is really cruddy (read: cold, gray, snowy)

and just the thought of having to dress up a bit, then bundle up just to go out 

somewhere for dinner, didn't appeal to us. So we brought our own snacks with us

and had a simple dinner in our pajamas! We brought chicken salad, pub cheese, crackers,

cut-up veggies, nuts...and little bottles of wine!

Truth be told, I got a little bored. I can only take so much lounging in bed, watching TV,

reading, web surfing, and snacking ~ before I start getting restless. I told Brian that I felt I should be getting up and doing something...getting the laundry out of the dryer or unloading the dishwasher!

I even missed my kitties. I'm such a homebody.

Yesterday morning, I did enjoy a nice whirlpool bath and the breakfast the inn

provided was delicious...fresh fruit, homemade muffins and pumpkin bread,

yogurt, cereal, granola, bagels, and a cheese and sausage strata.

Cedarburg has wonderful little stores, coffee shops, and a winery but again,

the weather was so cruddy that we didn't feel like walking everywhere. We went to

a few shops and stopped for coffee (a hot mocha with Irish cream for me!) and tea (for Brian),

but that was it. We were too full from breakfast to go out to lunch.

I just had to take a picture of this hysterical sign at one of the shops!

 One of the shops we went into was a furniture consignment shop. Brian was actually

the one who spied this beauty right away and said, "This would be perfect for the end of

our hallway!" I agreed, but the price was a little high. The store clerk saw us looking at this

piece of furniture and told us he could bring the price down since it had been sitting there almost

two months. We asked how much and we were pleased with the final price, and it actually

fit into the back seat of our little Corolla.

Brian was right - the table fit perfectly at the end of the hallway and I love

the character in this piece. I've been looking for a gold sunburst mirror

to put on the red wall for awhile, but they're either too big or too expensive.

I've had my eye on one from Pier 1 Imports but it's been out of stock since

before Christmas. I went online today and supposedly the store by me has it back

in stock. I'm going to run up there either later today or tomorrow to see if that's true! 

(Crossing my fingers.)

We still had much of the day ahead of us and were wondering what to do,

when Brian suggested we stop at the Public Market in Milwaukee on the way home.

It's a really cool place with a lot of food vendors, a fresh seafood market, and a wine bar.

We picked up a couple of fresh, organic sandwiches at Green Market and sat in the wine

bar. I tried a glass of Grenache (Spain) wine, which I'd never had before. Delicious!

I wanted a bottle of it to bring home. Good thing it was only $10. Not bad for a good bottle of wine.

 Even though it's good to get away once in awhile, there's really

no place like home, is there? Any other homebodies out there?

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