Wassailfest 2014

Thursday evening, after a rather loooong work day, Brendon and I headed to New Braunfels to Wassailfest. This year was the opposite of last year (which was freeeezing), warm and wet. Humid. But not terrible. We got drizzled on a bit, but survived as we are mostly not made of sugar.

Same old song and dance as years in the past, drank a years worth of Wassail and soaked in lots of Christmasy goodness. Although I think we ran into a record number of folks from high school this go round.

Cheesy. After wrapping up our Wassailing, we set upon the task of finding something to eat in New Braunfels, which is a challenge anyway for vegetarians, but more so in this instance as almost everything closes at 9 in that town. Aside from chains. So we ended up at BJ's Brewhouse. Not the biggest fan of that place, but it was okay and meat-free and at that point I would have settled for raiding HEB for snacks. We ordered off the appetizer menu, typical. By the time we got back home I was deliriously sleepy. So sleepy it hurt. This chica does not fair well when she is tired!

Wassailfest over the years. Spoiler alert, the photos all look remarkably similar.

Wassailfest 2013

As seems to be tradition since we moved back down south, we went to Wassailfest down in New Braunfels! (Here's Wassailfest 2011 and 2012) This year my mom, her friend Ray, Brendon, and I were joined by my sister and step bro! The more the merrier! Also, this year it was incredibly cold. I think everyone in middle America is enjoying a rather crazy cold spell at the moment. It's been hanging in the thirties or below for the past few days, which is rather wild for Texas. So we went a Wassailing in the cold, and it was very cold, but not as bad as I thought it would be. The buildings provided shelter from the wind and the endless supply of wassail kept you warm!

We also stopped by this bar called Pour House where a couple of my sisters friends (my sister knows EVERYONE in New Braunfels, seriously) were playing music. They were great! And it was a cute little place and the bar has swings to sit swing on. Coolest idea ever. There were fire pits and heaters to keep you warm outside, it was actually really nice!

Of course, because that is my luck, my camera died part way through Wassailfest. This blurry shot is the only one we got of the two of us. No picture in front of the tree this year, but that's okay! We'll get one next year!

It was a really fun evening full of holiday cheer and good folks. Although life has been crazy lately I'm very glad we were able to squeeze this night in. Last year we did TONS of holiday stuff, and this year I feel like we're just frantically trying to get everything done day to day, much less anything extra. Brendon finishes school this next week and I am very excited about that. Hopefully that will help slow things down a bit. This is my favorite month of the year and it is FLYING by! Slow down December, I love you!

Wassailfest 2012

Last night Brendon and I went a'wassailing with my momma and her friend Ray. We had a lot of fun! I love Wassailfest! We missed out all those years we lived in Denton, although they have a very similar celebration on their square on the same night! Brendon was unable to go last year because of evil pharmacy school, but this year he had the evening off and we got our wassail on. We tried almost every wassail stop and I am good on my apple-cider-eqsue drinks for a year.

We had a lot of fun, even though I limped through town because I am ridiculous and pulled some sort of stupidness in my knee running the day before. Physical activity hates me.

Last year the courthouse was under construction and completely covered in scaffolding so it wasn't lit up. This year it is somehow still under construction, but they lit it up anyways! It's so pretty, even with the tractors and piles of dirt in front of it.

One of the best things about Wassailfest is checking out each shop and how they decorate for the holidays. The hardware store is one of my favorites. It's so cute!

I have a way with these types of pictures.

Literally as I was taking pictures of the gazebo, a guy proposed to his girlfriend in it. They're on the other side of those risers hugging. I caught homegirl's surprised face in one of the blurry-unblog-worthy shots. Congrats random people!

A good night with family. After consuming copious amounts of wassail, we all went to dinner at one of our old favorite places to eat, China Kitchen! So good, it had been forever since we'd been. An appropriate end to a night back in our hometown!

Wassailfest!

First things first, happy December! Hope this magical month of holiday goodness treats you well.

Last night I headed to New Braunfels to go a-wassailing with my mom at Wassailfest. We wandered around downtown NB checking out all the cute Christmas-ness and tried enough wassail to last us until next year. Then we had dinner at Pat's Place! I hadn't been there in years, but we used to always eat there growing up. It was super yummy and good to walk down memory lane.

Big ol' Christmas tree! And some random people!

Me and my momma!

So pretty! Unfortunately the courthouse is in the midst of being renovated so was covered in scaffolding instead of lights like it usually is. Next year I expect to see it glowing!

This is my 100th post, hurray for my little blog! Thank so much to all of you who read it, I hope I keep you slightly entertained. And, as of yesterday, we have been living here in Austin for half a year! How crazy is that? Seems like just yesterday we were packing our life up in a uhaul and trekking down here in the heat of summer!

AAAAAND I want to wish an extra happy birthday to my lovely momma-in-law Deb! We love youuuu!