Wilmington

We went to Wilmington early yesterday to stay the weekend. G and I dropped Jon off so he could play in a golf tournament. We then headed to the beach. I love it there. I am convinced that Wilmington is where I am suppose to be living. It just feels like home. I forgot my beach bag at home, so we kind of roughed it. Since I didn't have any sunscreen we stopped at the beach side store. $15 for sunscreen. Yeah, not for me. So I thought we would be ok. G had on a hat and tee. We left them on the whole time and G is blessed with Jon's complection and of course was totally fine. I, who is not blessed with such great coloring... got fried on my shoulders and shins. I had on shorts and a tank. My face was fine, my new Laura Mercier Tinted moisturizer with SPF really works. So I am in great pain today!! You would think by 30 I would have made peace with the fact I can NOT be out without sunblock. I should have coughed up the 15 dollars. Lesson learned... until next time. G and I played in the sand, wished we had the hot prebaby bods of all the college girls there, watched the surfers and the sailboats. A stop at Starbucks. We then headed to the hotel to shower and rest and then went and picked Jon up. We all went to do a little shopping and then to eat a fabulous dinner at Bonefish Grill. I love their Chilean Sea Bass with the Pan Asian glaze on the side and their Jasmine rice. Yum yummy yum. And we love the Bang Bang shrimp.
Today we woke up WAY early to drive Jon at another course for a golf tournament. Then G and I went back to the hotel for breakfast, showering and packing up. We headed to Target, more shopping and Starbucks (of course). We picked Jon up and then stopped for lunch at a place nearby. We had fantastic pizza, mine was roasted eggplant, tomatoes, Italian olives, feta cheese, and garlic goodness. We then headed downtown to the children's museum. We walked all around, they were having the annual azalea festival so there were tons of people around. It is the most amazing downtown, with great historical homes, lovely old churches, wonderful trees with weeping moss and tons of flowers. It was SO pretty!! We ate ice cream at a place that makes it homemade, along with fudge, caramel apples, candy and other goodies. AND fresh made waffle cones you can smell a block or two away. SO tasty. I tried telling Jon that is where we should be living but he was a Debbie Downer. So the cool old homes don't have garages and you have to park on the street, so he doesn't have anywhere to work there, so it is farther from Raleigh and the airport, so I would be surrounded by cute college girls with fantastic bodies and be reminded that I do not have that... but we would be at the beach and have culture and art and beauty and history. Oh well... it is great to "what if" about. I forgot my camera since it was in the forgotten beach bag. I did get some pics on my phone and will try and get them downloaded soon.