Well, the hotel issue worked out great for the weekend. A friend of mine had a free room offer at the IP, so he booked it for my daughter and I. I am glad because I really wanted to go shopping at the Outlet Mall in Biloxi. I took Friday off. We had Parent-Teacher Conference Day at school, and I didn't have any conferences set up, so a 3 day weekend was just what I needed. My daughter decided to work a half of day, so I picked her up around 1 PM. We went eat lunch, then stopped by the bank and finally got on the road about 2ish. We hit NOLA about 3PM, so it took us longer to get through the city due to school and Friday afternoon traffic. Once through NOLA, we cruised on in to MS, stopped to "tinkle", then made it too Bilioxi around 4:30. We met my friend, ck'd into the hotel, and unpacked. My daughter wanted to rest, so I went down to the casino to meet my friend. I was glad to see him. We had "heated words" the weekend before, and I had not really spoken to him since that weekend. He is from a middle eastern country, and from time to time, we have a total communication break down - especially when texting. I've just decided to keep my text simple, let him text me when he has time to talk, and anything he says that bothers me - I will talk to him about it in person, or I will deal with my "hurt feelings" on my own. Those of you who know me, know I really try to look at the broader picture - I would hate to lose a friend over a miscommunication issue. Anyway, I couldn't get at the Blackjack table with him, so I found my own table and played quite a while. I needed to use the "potty" so I took a break around 8 PM and went up to the room to check on my daugher. She was getting dreassed, and the first thing she said when I walked in was "I'm hungry." HA! I told her to come on down to the Blackjack table when she was done getting ready, and I would get us a ticket to go eat. The buffet at the IP is the best, by far, of any casino in LA or MS. We both ate until we were sick. Afterwards, we went back to the casino to gamble a while. My daugher ended up winning $140, which paid me off completely. She was so glad to pay me off...HA. I wish all of my children was that excited to pay me off...HA. She went up to bed, and I played a while more. Never could get at a table with my friend, but we checked in on each other from time to time. I finally decided to call it a night around 2AM. My phone had died and I couldn't find my friend, so I decided to call it quits. The next morning, we got up, checked out of the hotel, and headed to the Gulfport Outlet Mall. I bought some clothese at Taylors, looked at clothes in several different stores, but the "big find" of the day came at the Coach factory outlet store. OMG is all I can say. Every woman should have at least one Coach purse once in her life. These are designer purses that range in price from $150 (small handbags, wallets) to over $1000 for the normal size purses. Each purse is hand made with the best materials, and each is marked with a serial number. Well, my daughter found 2 purses for a total of $154 and I found one for $130!!!! I wish I had bought one of the small over the shoulder purses like my daugher did, but that will give me an excuse to go back right?! HA. (WOW, Break! My oldest daughter just showed up with my grandbabies and surprised me with a short visit!!! She came down to pick up her truck from her dad. One of my neighbors just came over to show the boys some baby ducks she is selling for Easter. Good thing she lives in an apt. or she would be going home with some pet ducks. I miss them. They just left.... : ( now I'm sad, back to my story.......). After that "hot find", we shopped around some more and left for NOLA. My daughter and I love the stores at Lakeside Mall. I found some more clothes, shoes, and we needed to go to get some cleaner for my daughter's make-up brushes. By then we were shopped out and getting hungry. I had 2 complimentary buffet's at Harrah's in the CBD, so we headed downtown for supper and a lil more gambling. My friend met us there and we ate and played a little Baccarat. My daughter was exhausted, so I left my friend with my $60 and told him to make me some money! I dropped off my daughter at about midnight, then headed home. I slept today until noon, called my buddy, Jackie, for her birthday, checked in on my friend (he was just leaving Harrah's and lost our money :(, but he played quite a while on our $100). So now I'm sitting here dreading to get my homework done. I will be so glad when this semester is over. I am so procrastinating this semester. I need a break bad. Well, that was my chillaxin weekened, back to "the grind" as they say. Will blog again soon.
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