4: Swept off my feet by a Texan

On that gorgeous Friday afternoon, we headed south to explore Texas! About an hour south of Dallas/Fort Worth, we came to Hillsboro – where we made our first stop at an Outlet Mall! John got his first taste of Robyn’s love for window shopping, trying on the odd thing, AND “winning”… he he…buying!! John bought a couple pairs of jeans and then I found a cute yellow summer dress that John said looked really nice!  Mmm…a man with an opinion and it was a very sincere comment. The best part was that it was on sale! You may be thinking – it’s October, you’re just buying a summer dress to wear the following year. You have to remember we were in Texas and days were still reaching 85F (that’s around 30C)!! WHY am I telling you these details – because this dress entered my life for a reason and you’ll learn why very shortly!!

We kept driving south on the four hour road trip (Texas is a huge state!) and came to Austin! John loves this city, because it’s Texas’ capital! He loves politics and is so proud that the state capital building is taller than the United States capital – of course, everything is bigger (& better) in Texas ;)

John told me he wanted to take me to Rockfish for supper! He remembered that I loved seafood! Interesting…as miss chatty I didn’t recall telling him this, but I’ve come to learn that he is very thoughtful. John ordered Chicken Fingers – I didn’t think anything about it at the time – BUT know now that he doesn’t “prefer” the texture or smell of seafood. Well…quite a guy for taking me where he did for our first dinner together ;)

1 hour left until our destination! Half the fun is getting to where you’re going! Little did I know that this amazing road trip would be the start of the rest of my life, not just a weekend destination!

I PROMISE I’ll post the next segment over the long weekend, I’ve got most of it wrote…

Happily Married and Living with Passion,
Robyn

P.S. A few weeks ago I was telling John that all of you were addicted our love story and to my surprise he commented that he “knew”!? I was confused and after some prodding, he confessed that he “checks” up on me by reading my blog entries to confirm that he approves! Ha ha!! He was also quick to conclude that he didn’t think our story was going to stretch between many more entries, but I assure you he is incorrect!! I’ll keep you on the edge of your seat for awhile! Our story has many more issues to go – especially since he still does things daily to sweep me off my feet and fall more in love with him! Hi John – thanks for following my blog ;) Amazing friends that also follow – rest assured – I won’t bore you forever with our story!