I Suck At Not Your Average Joes

after going leaf peeping (yes, it sounds a little dirty), my friends (jen, bill, and andrea) met up with karen and i before going out for dinner. as it was going to be karen's birthday this wednesday, a bunch of us were going to celebrate her birthday at not your average joes located in norwell. at the restaurant, my bff (kerry) and my friend (carlos) were to join us.

but beforehand, jen, bill, andrea, karen and i were making a pit stop at the local liquor store (marsh's) because the store was having a jameson tasting. marsh's liquor store had two other wine tastings going on in addition to the jameson tasting... but we were primarily there for the jameson. for anyone curious... jameson is irish whiskey. since i'm all about the irish... i couldn't pass up the tasting... and neither could bill.

bill and i ended up getting an absolutely huge bottle of jameson whiskey. the bottle came with this neat contraption that allowed you to tilt and pour the whiskey from the bottle. for our generous purchase, we got free hats. what a deal! karen thinks that the cute jameson girl may have had something to do with our purchasing the huge bottles of jameson. i, of course, disagree.

anyway, from there we headed to not your average joes for dinner to celebrate karen's birthday. too bad i suck at not your average joes. as it turns out, it was the first time bill had ever been to not your average joes. andrea also ran into her aunt there... small world. (for anyone curious... andrea's aunt... looks a lot like andrea.)

i think karen enjoyed her dinner. i know i always enjoy the food there. i had a burger like my bff (kerry)... it was very good (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound).

after dinner, all of us headed back to our place for some ice cream cake. kerry apparently worked her mojo at the supermarket (stop and shop) to score some free food itmes... those food items being a carvel football ice cream cake and diet soda. karen loves the carvel football ice cream cake because the cake is covered in chocolate crunchies. my favorite sister-in-law (janine) was also able to attend the festivities afterwards.

all in all, i think karen enjoyed her celebratory night. she hasn't exactly been in the celebratory mood since our son (braden) passed away. so, it was good that she was able to enjoy herself with our friends.