treat people nicely!

 

first off, travis, i am very sorry if you hate this picture but it is adorably funny and will hopefully offset any cheesy-ness in this post. 

i have learned from travis that the way a guy treats waiters/waitresses or any other retail-type employee is very important. travis has been a waiter before and whenever he takes me out to eat he always...always makes sure to give our server a good tip unless they are disrespectful or something. 

at cafe capri, this yummy italian place in downtown bryan, we had this waiter a few months ago who was really funny, knowledgable and attentive. as we were leaving travis made sure to go up and shake his hand and thank him for being so great. cute, right?

we went to cafe capri again this past Saturday and due to the home game traffic, we waited for about an hour to get a table and whaddyaknow, we got the same waiter again! this time he was much more stressed but still very nice, trav and I split a dish due to the massively delicious portion sizes there but travis felt bad that the waiter wouldn't be getting as good of a tip. so when our check came he went ahead and tipped him for the amount it would've been for two dishes. 

as we were leaving, the waiter approached travis and said, "can I ask, are you a server?" travis said yes and the waiter said, "thank you so much buddy, you really understand, I appreciate it." that just gave me the warm fuzzies because travis treats everyone like that but doesn't often get to see the benefit. 

so any single gals reading this, make sure you pay attention to how a dude treats strangers, I think it is very telling of how a guy will treat you. 

and no, travis doesn't tip me but you know what i mean.

Halloween 2012

Long time no blog! 

I really owe this post to Lauren for hinting to get my butt in gear and blog again. I also owe it to an extremely boring Saturday night where I am working on (avoiding) school work while most of my friendles are out of town or busy.  

Halloween was a blast this year, we actually had our Halloween Date Party on Halloween so it felt extra special. Here is a quick summary of my night. 

- Me and Travis went to Hobby Lobby to buy supplies for our costume, we were very excited to be so thrifty about our costume...but then couldn't resist the giant bags of candy near the checkout line, oh well. 

- We went to dinner with a bunch of my pretty pretty pi phi friends and Abby (dressed as Megan from "Bridesmaids") made me laugh so hard I thought I was gonna puke. It was awesome. 

- After dinner I had my first round of painful hiccups. Probably due to the marg and the laughter. 

-Got fire ant bites while standing in the lawn waiting for the date party buses. My feet look like they have pimples all over them.  

- Bus ride to the party was terrifying. Yellow school busses going 80 mph on country roads, not my thang. Imagine that scene in Willy Wonka where they are on that terrifying boat, only minus the colors...and the wonderment.

- Danced like a maniac/idiot with my friends. Honestly, this was probably the most fun date party ever. No one gave a crap about how crazy they looked. My kind of date party!

- Travis did some dance moves I've never seen before, like I don't think Travis has ever made me laugh that hard ever....I laughed really really hard, 2nd round of painful hiccups, while dancing.  

- Got 3rd round of painful hiccups when Travis brought me home. Poor guy, I was being quite annoying with them, saying 'ow' every time I hiccuped. By this point he was over consoling me (can you blame him?) 

- Slept like a baby 

All in all, yes, quite a successful last Halloween as a college student. People either understood our costume (formal apologies) or...they didn't, but we really didn't care.  

Exciting week this week, the election, going home early for Blake and Holly's wedding and hopefully lots of time with my mama, I miss her!