Spring Break

In past years, my mom has flown to Houston for spring break. This year it was me who did the flying. I flew to New Orleans where my mom, aunt and uncle picked me up and drove me back to my aunt's house in Gulfport, Mississippi. My mom had driven there to meet me. We treat it sort of like a half-way point, even though its not even close to being "half-way." My mom and aunt (dad's sister) LOVE to shop, and since I do as well, it works out pretty good!

I flew in Monday afternoon so we could shop Tuesday and Wednesday, and then I flew back home on Thursday.

We went to the gulfport outlet mall on tuesday as well as some stand-alone stores. I bought some clothes (for Matt, too) and some household items. On Wednesday, we went to the Biloxi mall and a few more stand-alone stores. I found some great rugs for my kitchen!!

I had packed up a suitcase FULL of "freebies" to take to my sister. And, since you can't take liquids on planes, I had to pay the $15 fee to check my bag!! I hated that, but I decided that my free stuff was worth well over $15 AND I had saved way more than $15 by "buying" it. So, all in all, I guess it wasn't too bad of a deal. Then, upon arriving in gulfport, I gave the freebies to my mom to take home to my sister which freed up a lot of space in my suitcase to bring home stuff that I was going to buy! I thought it was a great plan!

So, Wednesday night when I was packing up to come home I realized that I had bought so much I could barely fit it in, even in the place of all that free stuff. And, to top that off, my new rugs were the foam kind, so I had to be careful not to bend them because they could break. Clearly, they weren't going to fit in the suitcase. I had to roll them and carry them on the plane in a shopping bag. Haha! I was carrying my suitcase, stuffed FULL, the rugs rolled up in a plastic bag, and my purse. But I was determined to carry-0n all of it so I didn't have to pay that $15 again. It worked. After an hour delay at the New Orleans aiport and another half-hour delay ON THE PLANE due to fog in houston, I made it home. It was 2 hours late, but I made it.

Fun was had by all. :)