Mexican dinner and IKEA shopping

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I don't have any picture today but I will report what I did and ate on Friday night and Saturday.

On Friday night, I went to Manhattan to meet up with my husband and his friends for dinner. We went to a Mexican restaurant called "Mama Mexico". I have been to this restaurant before and I liked it so I decided to go there again.

Initially, we wanted to go to other places such as Cuban, Lebanese or Russian but we did not know the exact number of people until the last minute so when we tried to make reservation, all the restaurants were booked already. After all, it is Friday night. Even though we are in recession, people still eat out on Friday night, I guess.

I had pina colada and Shrimp dish at the restaurant. It seems like everybody else liked the food also so I was very happy.

Since I still have a jet rug, I went home after the dinner. On the way home, I felt sick and dizzy so I have to get off the train and have some fresh air. Our train does not come too often so we had to wait for about 30mins for the train to come again. I could not slept well the night before because of the jet rug so maybe that is why I felt dizzy.... Well, I got home safely and went to bed.

On Sat, we went to IKEA to buy a book shelf. We also had lunch at IKEA. I had salmon and my husband had meatballs. IKEA is really cheap. We had a nice simple book shelf for a very reasonable price. I am excited to have this book shelf so our house will be more organized.

I also wanted to get a new shoes because the one I always ware got a hole in it. I like this kind of easy slip on shoes for everyday use and I found one from VANs which is slip on (no shoe races) and very comfortable. It said $39.99 and I brought it to the casher and it turned out that the shoe was on sale and it was $9.99. I could not believe the price. I was happy to make a big saving on my new shoes!

Today, we are planning to bake something together. It makes me very happy to bake something on a cold sunday afternoon and fill the house with a warm delicious smell of sweets! Oh, but I have to be on a diet since I gained some weight in Japan. Big dilemma....

Shopping at Costco

Yesterday, I went to Costco and bought some stuff which I needed at the house. I love going to Costco but normally, I can not buy food there because the portion is just too big for 2 people household. I think it makes a lot of sense when you have a big family or if you share with some other family. 

Nonetheless, I love going to Costco. Every time when I go to Costo, I buy Salmon but yesterday I bought Mussels for the first time. I would like to steam this Mussel with White wine and maybe coconut milk and cilantro and curry. I love the Mussels at the "Spice Market" and also "Markt" which are the restaurants in NY. I am hoping that I can make something similar to their Mussels. 

At Costco, we also had lunch because we were starving. We had a hotdog and chicken bake. I was surprised how cheap those food were. 

I was going to make the Mussels for dinner but I helped my neighbor to put their air-conditioner on their window and they asked me to have drinks with them afterwards. So I joined them for drinks and we ended up having dinner together at their place. We ordered Sushi and had a great time together. Unfortunately, I did not have my camera so I don't have a photo of Sushi... 

Well, I feel a little hangover today after all the drinking from last night. But I would like to make that Mussels and upload the photo tomorrow! Wish me luck!