trip: long island

Back from my weekend trip to Long Island!

smashedrecords met me at the office after work on Friday and we headed off to Long Island to visit Dion and Tanya. The drive was pretty uneventful except for part of the Hutchinson River Parkway that was blocked off (going the opposite direction, thankfully) for no reason we could tell. It was pretty far from the city, so I can't even blame Pope-related traffic. I did, however, get a bit lost coming off the LIE because the Google directions were a bit unclear so we ended up missing our turn and ended up in -- of course - the only part of Long Island Tanya isn't all that familiar with. Awesome. There was some quick over-the-phone navigation thanks to Tanya and we finally made it to their place at about 9:30p I think. We chatted a bit with Dion & Tanya before settling down for the night.

Saturday was pretty fun. Tanya and I made french toast for breakfast and then after playing with make-up that I'd brought Tanya, we waited for Andres and Bonnie to arrive. They actually made good time and didn't have any run-ins with Pope or Comic Con related traffic. We all just hung out and chatted. Dion & Andres played Guitar Hero while Tanya and I did some things on the computer and Bonnie & Annalisa wandered outside to sit in the sun. I was finally convinced to hang out in the fresh air for a while before the girls all decided to go on a trip to the Target that was right across the way and leave the boys to play their games. I do love myself a trip to the Target, but their Target is super-spiffy! There were all these brands (Juice Beauty, Bb, some others...) that we don't have in our local Target. Man. I only ended up with a t-shirt and some shoe inserts, though XD I think Bonnie and I had a nice chat about allergic reactions and DVDs... erm, but not allergic reactions to DVDs, that would be sad for me. At some point during the day, I also helped Tanya reshoot some images of her jewelry for her etsy shop.

Once we got back to the apartment, we puttered a bit before going out for dinner. It was a BBQ place; pretty good food. Then it was off to A.C. Moore. I kind of wanted the cold soldering iron, but honestly, there was not reason. I did get some items for the Firefly Shindig, though: mini take-out boxes for the raffle slips, a Chococat stationary set, and tiny bears for the Kaylee raffle prizes. As if I need more stuff for that... anyway, back at the apartment, Tanya, Annalisa, and Bonnie beaded and I played Super Smash Brothers with Dion before watching some silly things like Puppet Up on youtube. Oh! Then we watched the "Voyage of the Damned" episode of Doctor Who, which had aired on SciFi the night before. Yay! It was pretty good (and okay, the Doctor is kind of a jerk most times) and I loved Kylie Minogue in it. Tanya made me a pretty bracelet while we were watching. I think it was about 1:30a by the time that was over and Bonnie & Andres decided to head out. The rest of us went to sleep shortly after.

Today we all got up kind of late. I helped Tanya make some banners for her etsy shop and her imageevent gallery. Oh, I also redid the front page of her website, which was a pain in the arse as none of the images would load correctly on the first four or five edits. I finally got it nearly an hour later. It was getting late, but headed out to Trader Joe's, which I'd never been to before. It was great! I bought some chocolate covered things (cherries, blueberries, and ginger) as well as a granola to put in my yogurt in the mornings. There was also a stop at Ulta, which was neat and very Sephora-like.

Finally, smashedrecords and I got ready to go. It was nearly 4pm by then, which is two hours later than I had planned! Oh well. We only stopped to get food and gas on the way back and I was able to drop her off at home at about 8:30p, which isn't too terribly bad. I got home at 9p and chatted with mom for a bit before unpacking and writing this entry and now I'm going to bed! Because there is work tomorrow. Blech.