And So We Ate...and Ate...and Ate...

So we decided on a place to eat last night for our girls night out. Drum roll, please! Texas Roadhouse!! I have to admit, I really do enjoy their food and last night was no exception.

We arrived at 7:00 and were told that there was going to be a bit of a wait but within ten minutes we were seated. The walk to the table was a bit sticky - a fact that freaked me out for a little bit. Then we realized that it was hot in there. Not just warm, but hot. We asked out waitress what was going on and she didn't seem to know and so we asked for a manager. Within minutes the manager appeared at our table and told us that there was a crew there working on the system and things should be cooling off soon. And they were. I was impressed with the service.

It was three of us for dinner and we started out with the appetizer combo - potato skins, chicken fingers and rattlesnake poppers (jalapenos and jack cheese fried in to a ball - very yummy), hot rolls with butter and salads. Whew! I was feeling comfortably satisfied but then the main course came - beef shish kabobs with steamed veggies (I opted out of the rice pilaf because of all I ate in the first course). It was done to perfection and delicious. We talked, we laughed, I showed the girls the pictures from my trip.

The Roadhouse does not have an impressive dessert menu and so we left there - slowly, we were all very full - and got back in the car and headed over to the Cheesecake Factory! What were we thinking?? Luckily it was a thirty minute drive and then there was a thirty minute wait where we walked the mall a bit. Honestly, I could have done without the dessert but it was just too tempting. Ironically, I don't like cheesecake! Fortunately, the Cheesecake Factory had other dessert option and so I decided on a slice of chocolate truffle cake.

Oh...
My...
Gosh...

I nearly went in to a sugar coma right at the table! It was the most amazing chocolate cake I had ever eaten and I know chocolate cake!! I only ate half and took the rest home. And because Frank was such a good sport and ate left over lasagna for dinner while I went out, I grabbed him a slice of white chocolate, macadamia, caramel cheesecake for dessert - at $7 a slice!! He did enjoy it - mainly because I didn't tell him the price!

If you haven't been out for a night with your friends in a while, let me encourage you to do so! I always feel so much better after spending time with my girls. Monday I am going to get back in to swimming with Donna and life will be completely back to normal. I love it!!

Random Yumminess...Where to eat? Where to eat?

It's Friday - Yeah! Girls night out. We cannot decide where to go and eat. I know, I know, it's tough to be me, unemployed and contemplating where to go out to eat on a Friday night. Poor Stace. I get it. But truly, this is a dilema! I honestly don't know where to go where it will be all that we want it to be!

There are a lot of the usual restaurants around: Outback, Applebees, Chili's, Texas Roadhouse, Texas Steakhouse, Macaroni Grill, O'Charley's, Red Robin...yawn. All have good food and reasonable prices but they are all so LOUD! I mean, I am a loud person and sometimes it's hard for people to hear me in these places. That's not normal. Seriously, I am THAT loud.

Outback is most definitely my favorite. But when out with the girls, we all try to pretend that we don't want to eat a lot so that leaves out the Bloomin Onion and honestly, that's the best dang part of eating at the Outback! Applebee's is out because my one friend used to work there and well, let's just say that we know things now that we wish we didn't. Chili's? I'm not much on the Tex Mex thing. Texas Roadhouse? Love the food, hate the music and dancing that comes around every thirty minutes or so. Texah Steakhouse? Eh...it made no impression on my life. Macaroni Grill? Their food is okay but I'm still Italian-ed out from last weekend. O'Charley's? We did that not too long ago and again, it was just eh. Red Robin? It was better in the 80's.

What do I do? Where do we go??? There are some smaller restaurants around town but they are more pricey. All I know is that I want to go SOMEWHERE! Sigh.

Now I need a snack...