I've been away from home for 9 months now. That is a long time. If I had gotten pregnant the day I left America, my baby would already be born by now! How crazy is that?! Well I've made a few lists of things that I have been missing so far, and here is my last batch of things I miss about good ole America!
LUBBOCK! Sweet West Texas. Lubbock probably doesn't appeal to everyone, but after living there for 5 years, I grew to love it! There is just something about your hair being blown back by gale force winds, and dust grinding between your teeth (: But seriously, Lubbock is wonderful and you all should go visit! To my extended family: apparently I wasn't a good enough excuse for you to go to this great town, but now that WVU is in the big12 you have no excuse! See yall at the Jones AT&T stadium on Oct 13!
BARNES AND NOBLE! Who doesn't love getting to read all of the magazines for absolutely free?! There is a magazine store in the CBD called Magnation, but they don't have Southern Living, and their People are always outdated. Not cool, Melbourne.
DEL PUEBLO! If you're not from Northwest Houston, then you have no idea about this fabulous place, but it is a local favorite. On pretty much any night of the week you are guaranteed to bump into someone you know, and their food is great - especially their queso!
CHEAP HAIR PRODUCTS! Oh how I miss walking into Wal-mart and being able to buy a bottle of mouse for $3. You can't get hair products under $15 here, and that is just too much money for me to pay. I wish I could go without product, but I'm not that lucky. So instead, I'm semi-surviving on what my parents brought my over when they visited, but I'm thrilled to stock up on these goodies when I get home.
YARDS! The houses here don't have big yards like we do at home. Most of the homes have little tiny front yards, and a fence right at the sidewalk which makes it super uninviting and unappealing to me.
BAHAMA BUCKS! mmmm.. yall these opposite seasons are so weird! It feels like winter, but Christmas isn't for 8 more months and my mind knows it is April so I'm expecting Spring. And if it were spring weather, that would make me think of snowcones. And when I think of snowcones, I think of Bahama Bucks!
CHICK-FIL-A! Abby and I have already decided that this is going to be our first meal when we get home! What's not to love about this place? I'm thinking of stealing a whole suitcase full of chick-fil-a sauce since I've been deprived of it for the past 9 months. It only seems fair, right?!
HONEY BUNCHES OF OATS! I haven't found a cereal here like it yet!
A DISHWASHER! We handwash all of our dishes, and it's not that I mind doing the dishes, I just feel like they all need the kind of clean you can only get from a dishwasher.
MANICURES/PEDICURES! I'm not one of those girls who goes to the nail salon fortnightly, but it is fun to splurge every once in a while and go get pampered! If I chose to do that here, I wouldn't be able to afford groceries for a few weeks! WAAAY too expensive!
Ok, so there you have it. Just a few more things that America has to offer me that Australia does not.
xoxo
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