"I'll pick you up at 12:30 for our expedition", she said.

"Cool, do I get to know where or is it a surprise?"

"Surprise. :-)"

I love surprises.  And I'm really hard to surprise because I'm good at figuring things out.  And I did figure out where we where going on the way there because Lindsey gave me a hint.  But it was a surprise, nonetheless, and a great one because I've been meaning to check out Crown Candy Kitchen ever since I saw Man vs. Food take on the Crown Candy challenge.  Neither of us attempted that....based on how full we were after each consuming a whole shake and rueben it makes me a little queasy to think about.  It was a cute little restaurant/candy shop tucked in a slightly (very) ghetto neighborhood surrounded by abandoned storefronts and projects.  But we're not scared to go out of the way for an adventure.  Who knows where we go next week....hopefully not East St. Louis.  So today I'm grateful for fun surprises and lots of deep belly, and ab-renching laughs.