Breaking Dawn Part 1, Chapter 3

This will not be the final chapter in my Breaking Dawn mini series.  I should have only one part left after this.  LOL.  It had to be in parts because I knew I definitely wanted to tell every detail of our trip (considering it fucking ROCKED!).

Okay, straight down to business....Where were we....

When we were leaving the carriage tour we decided that we needed to go to Target because Jade needed a few things and we love Target!  We were super happy to realize that Target was attached to the MALL with a FOOD COURT!  Hells yes!!  Perfect! 

Jade, Lolly and I went straight for the food court because by now, we were kinda starving.  Here is what we had for a "snack".  

Oh my!  I got a gyro.  I wanted pizza too but the gyro won.  Delicious!



Lolly had pizza!  OH YUM!  I think this slice was about as big as her whole head!

Jade had a Stromboli from the pizza place.  I couldn't stand it!  The pizza smells were driving me crazy so Jade and I ended up sharing the gyro and the Stromboli.  :)  Just what I needed, the best of both worlds!  (MWAH, Jade!)

After we refueled with nasty, yummy, greasy fuel we went right over to Target.  We're standing there, looking at the $1.00 items for possible stocking stuffers, when I bend over to pick up something...And the whole fucking shelf fell apart and stuff went everywhere.  WTF?!  I didn't even touch the damn thing!  The shelf literally fell apart at our feet.  Holy shit.  Then not 5 minutes later, here comes a Target associate to put the shelf back together again.  Wow, Target, you have your associates trained.  If we would have been at Walmart, that shelf would have stayed broken until Breaking Dawn Part 2.  <Round of applause for Target!>

After we got the items Jade needed, bought myself a new purse and wallet, and got Supa something awesome on sale for Christmas (I wish I could say what it is....he hardly ever reads my blog but if I say it, he will surely read it today, SIGH, I'll post that later)  We decided that it was time to just SIT in the truck for a few minutes and regroup.  We are getting old (Jade is the oldest, turning 35 this Sunday, LOL) and we were tired! 

Time to head back to:

Golly, great goodness.  I am so glad we got a room. 

It was time to take a rest, take a shit (for 2 out of 3 of us) and get all dolled up for our dinner and movie later.  Jade and I called our children and husbands while Lolly hung out, most likely texting her boyfriend.  Before we knew it, it was time to head to the restaurant!  WOO HOO!

We researched some restaurants that we wanted to go to before we left and there was one in particular that really stood out:

Hyman's Seafood Company - Voted the best seafood restaurant in South Carolina.  That is saying a lot since we have a huge number of seafood places here.



Now this is what I call a bad photo with a great deal of character. 

I am standing across the street trying to take a night picture of the restaurant with my semi-shitty camera.  Jade and Lolly are actually sitting on a bench in front of the joint but (lucky for me) you can't see them.  That big blurry thing in front of the restaurant is actually a car flying by.  COOL! It only took me about 15 times to get a bad photo with character.  Geez.  I think I see a new camera in my future.


This is a picture of the window right outside of the bar section of the restaurant.  I'm sure we could have stood at the bar and waited for our table but that would have been TOO tempting and I had to drive.  ;)

Of course they said our wait would be 10-15 minutes and it actually turned out to be about 35 minutes.  FUCK!  We were thirsty and cold and extremely impatient.  I complained for most of the time we waited, LOL.  Jade was busy entertaining us.  In the short long ass time we sat there on the bench waiting let me tell you what Jade pointed out:

--  an older woman that was sitting kind of close to us with a big, ugly wig - it was a large, clip on blond, curly mess - if you like fake hair, she would have rocked your world - it was so obvious!

-- that the huge, totally beautiful building across the street was actually a Bank Of America  -  wow, who would have thunk

-- a man with lavender pants, no not purple (think the baby color lavender) walked by with who appeared to be his wife and kids - the pants did not seem to be because of an alternative lifestyle 

Last but never least:

-- the lady that walked past us wearing MC Hammer pants - SMDH!  Really lady, 1990 called and they want their pants back!

Very entertaining of you to point these things out to us while we waited, Jade!  She earned 20 points for each one!  (Because in Darling land, points are fun but they don't really mean anything)

We finally got our table and let me just say people, it was WELL worth the wait.  After realizing what we consumed, I would have waited 2 hours for a table if need be.  

This was FREE.....Wait, did I say free??!!  Yes, I fucking did!

Shrimp Salad!  For free!  We got a coupon from one of the tourist books that we picked up from somewhere.  It was absolutely divine.  Shrimp, dill, mayo and who knows what else.  Since I was with two crazy girls that don't eat seafood, I got to eat it all :)  Blessing and a curse for sure!  Let's just say that I moaned while eating it.  Many, many things have made me moan in the past but this was a new experience.  Haha!

Next was the potato soup.  Guess what?  Also completely FREE! 

Another one of those coupons we picked up somewhere.  Jade doesn't eat potato soup (what the hell?!) and Lolly had a couple of bites but for the most part, all me yet again.  Fucking delicious!  Best potato soup I've ever had.  

The coleslaw that came with each of our meals.

Jade doesn't eat coleslaw either she has no idea what she is missing!  Lolly killed her coleslaw I mean, I would have been starving too if I had to watch my friend eat those other 2 courses.  I love coleslaw but I didn't like it at Hyman's.  It was full of red vinegar which I do not care for.  I set that puppy right to the side so I could save room for my main course:

I also had a coupon for this meal.  $19.99 all you can eat crab legs and shrimp, any way you want them.

Holy hell.  It was a ton of food.  I got the shrimp fried, I didn't eat one single french fry, the hush puppies were sweet, I didn't care for them and the crab legs were wonderful.  I have never, ever, except the one time we went on vacation with Jade and her husband to Myrtle Beach and we ate a seafood buffet ordered crab legs at a restaurant.  Thank you, thank you, thank you, sweet hardworking husband for allowing me to be able to afford crab legs.  They were so good!!! 


Lolly got chicken fingers.  Totally predictable of her.  She loves them!



Jade had hot roast beef over toast.  I had a few bites and it was excellent! 



I was full after the soup.  I don't know where I put all this but I couldn't stop eating!  Here is round 2 of crab legs. 

There were 3 rounds total of crab legs.  My two patient and lovely friends sat there for 2 hours and watched me clean and eat an absolute shit ton of crab legs. Most of the time they were ducking and covering since I was slinging crab meat, crab juice and butter all over the damn place.  I had butter dripping off my elbows and my lap was covered in crab.  YAY!  Just how I like it!  I was HAPPY to have crabs all over me ;)

After we were finished stuffing filling our tummies it was time to pee!  Upstairs we went:

I'm standing on the top step taking this picture.  We didn't even realize that the entire upstairs was full of tables and very nice!



Apparently, a whole bunch of famous people had eaten here!!!

That reminds me, I forgot to mention earlier that when we sat down we noticed that Neil Diamond AND Billy Joel had eaten at our table!  sAhweet!  Then we go upstairs and realize that we're not THAT special.  Tons of famous people eat at Hyman's!

We found some really nice hand scrub in the restroom and we all loved it.  We walked next door to the little general store/ice cream shop (I actually talked a big game about eating ice cream but there was no way.  I was SO full)  to get Jade some and it was $20.00 for a regular sized Mason jar full!!  Hold the damn phone, that scrub can stay right there. 

After that, it was time to head to the theater!!!

TO BE CONTINUED........................................