Jen spent the morning pampering herself at a salon, getting a serious haircut (3 months of weed growth... ugh!) and highlights. You know you're in the Bible Belt when an otherwise normal Aveda salon is named "Salon Truth" and there are framed scripture passages all over the walls (but the stylists were all cackling about how shitfaced they all got last weekend, so I guess they're a looser kind of religious fanatic in these parts). Weird. Jen also took advantage of a real shopping mall with a Macy's to stock up on skin stuff and cosmetics. Ha, you laugh, but have you seen where we've been living the past several years? Macy's is a treat!!
We also discovered a great British Gastropub, with lots and lots of local beers on tap and locally sourced food. We discovered two great new breweries via this place - one from St Louis and the other from right here in Springfield (they just don't have a tasting room... yet). Our server was kind enough to tell us about a local beer/wine specialty store just up the street (after we had to explain to her what a growler was - apparently that concept is completely foreign around here). Gotta hand it to her, though, she was right - it was one hell of a specialty store. Even had beers from Maine! Jen bought one of everything with pumpkin on the label (including a pumpkin-infused apple cider from Woodstock) and Doug got himself some IPAs.
Then it was back to the Subaru dealer to pick up Jen's new car. She's in heaven. Not sure how someone could get so excited about a station wagon, but she's acting like she just got a Mustang or something. Of course, as soon as we got home, she opened the door to show Doug the inside and Finn jumped right in and got Paw prints everywhere. Ah, what's a Subaru without paw prints anyway?
Tomorrow, off to our new home at Ft Leonard Wood (a/k/a Fort Lost in the Woods)
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