Monday was a little drizzly and grey so MJ and I took it easy and popped up to the Boca Raton mall. Lots of high end stores like Nordstrom and Saks. Definitely were not going to find a cheap duvet cover. The night before we had met a lovely mom and her 2 daughters from Chicago. One of the daughters worked for Nordstrom and she told us we should go and use one of their personal shoppers to help me find the "mom of the bride" dress. Well, why not! We found the lovely Amanda who didn't look much older than Rachel and was so excited to find me the perfect dress. The 1st 2 she picked I said no, she said yes. What the heck, on they went. Would have been perfect if I was the "pudgy mom of a mermaid". Amanda also wanted to see them all. Eventually you just say have a seat and start taking your clothes off and on. Tried on about 20 dresses and found one I just loved. Not sure if it is for Rachel's wedding, but luckily we have 3 weddings this year. It was a nice relaxing day.
The next day was a beach day, 15 minutes and we were there. The water was very rough but nice and warm. The storms had brought in lots of seaweed and when you were west of it, it definitely smelt like dead fish. There is quite the incline down to the water, the waves must just pound this coast.
Being on the east coast the sun worshippers turn their chairs to catch the afternoon sun as it travels over to the gulf coast.
We ate most meals in. Jim is great at chopping chicken, he is just great at chopping. Curried Chicken, spaghetti and meat sauce, steak salad, pizza, burgers. It is amazing how great food tastes when you are sitting out on the balcony.
The next day, the guys went off to the golf course and MJ and I went for a walk around the area. A lovely residential area. Florida should change it's name from the sunshine state to the bird state.
These are 2 really old snowbirds. :)
This is an Egyptian Goose. It's colours are amazing (thinking I might do a bathroom in this colour combination). It's mate passed away and it was wandering around looking for her.
Next we came upon a flock of Amazon Parrots. Lunch time, they were dive bombing these feeders.
A lovely couple of days just enjoying the weather.
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