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Corey and I went on a little mini-getaway before school got out... to a cattle sale. You're jealous, aren't you? =)

Corey told me I needed some boots before we went. But I'm pretty sure this isn't what he had in mind... 

 But I thought I had the cutest boots on the cattle ranch. Even cuter than Miss Hereford Association's. 

(Who knew there was a Miss Hereford Association?!) 

We got there Friday evening (thank you to my awesome mom for coming to stay with our kids!) and hopped in a golf cart to go drive around and look at cows.

You read that right. Golf carts.

They take their cattle pretty seriously here...

 We skipped out on the rib dinner and open bar and headed here instead... (He's a good guy, that husband of mine.)

We checked into our hotel... did a little shopping... enjoyed some serious yumminess at Cherry Berry, Oklahoma's version of Orange Leaf... and then spent a quiet, relaxing evening at the Candlewood Suites. 

The next morning we slept late, went out for breakfast at Cracker Barrel and then... I dropped Corey off at the cattle sale. (Now you can start getting jealous...) I drove back to the area right across from our hotel and managed to find a few places to keep me busy... 

I bought myself this happy little ring at Pier 1. The sales lady asked me while I was paying if green was my favorite color. No idea why she might have thought that...

I really wasn't in a mood to spend too much money (Corey was taking care of that... it's a tiny bit crazy how expensive cattle are...) so I spent my Old Navy gift card, bought my $6 ring at Pier 1 and shopped at Target for awhile. Then I went for a late lunch here...

 I spent an hour and a half with my laptop, some magazines, a yummy bagel and an even yummier smoothie. (Funny how I've changed... I used to think that eating lunch alone somewhere alone would be awful. But with my laptop (and free wi-fi), some magazines and a comfy chair... I was perfectly content.)

I had only been in Hobby Lobby about 10 minutes when Corey called and said he was finished at the sale. (And told me that I missed seeing Randy Owen, the lead singer of Alabama. Corey saw him there last year, too. He sat across from him at the auction, but Randy left after he bought a $31,000 hereford. Yep, you read that right, too. Randy's cattle budget was a bit higher than ours, apparently. But sadly, I could have sat right beside the guy, carried on an entire conversation with him and wouldn't have had the first clue about who he was. I know his music... but not him.)

Anyway... I drove back to the cattle ranch...

and picked myself up a handsome hitchhiker...

We stopped and had supper with one of my favorite aunts (thanks, Aunt Aletha!) and then headed home to our clean house and sleeping children. (Did I mention that my mom is awesome?) Who knew that a an overnight date to a cattle sale could be so delightful?!  =)  Just what I needed before summer started!