Weekend re-cap: junk-ing, fondue-ing, wine-ing, eating, and relaxing

We started off our Saturday by visiting Leander Market - a group of vintage/antiques/junk stores - on our way to Burnet.

 In particular, we were looking for a solid wood bookcase for Firstborn's new apartment.

 I loved these stores and want to add some more farmhouse decor to Camp Rustown - and I was tempted by offers of "wheeling and dealing".

 A lot of the Christmas-y stuff I saw was something I could create myself!  Next year...when I have my crafts room back.

LO AND BEHOLD!  It was $35 and just needed to have a scuff or two knocked down and a fresh coat of poly.  Plus, I would love to cut a piece of beadboard to fit the back.  {We were running short of time to get 'er done, though, and were doing good to get it prettied up for Christmas morning.}

We stopped at Hoover Valley cafe for a catfish plate to go, then mosey'd over to Perisso's for a tasting  to be followed by a bottle on the patio.  The weather was glorious and they had live music.  

Wineries are very relaxing places during the holidays.  Especially on an outside patio!

 After that, we headed to Highlands and Hubby surprised me with an early gift:  A fondue pot with a bottle of Rousanne, a loaf of bread, and some swiss and cheddar cheeses.

We filled up on fondue and skipped dinner!  And we were treated to a pretty sunset, and a calm evening by the firepit.

 A million miles from holiday stress.

The next day we visited Westcave Cellars since we knew there would be live music and more beautiful weather.  {even so, they had barely ANYONE there} Along the way, we picked up Schlotzsky's - and Hubby indulged my craving for fried okra by going through the Chicken Express drive through just next door to that.

 I could sit and snack on that with my wine all afternoon!  Oh yeah, that's right...I DID.

 The guitarist was a nice guy and he and Hubby chatted it up for a while...It was lovely at WC, but we had one more stop to make...

 It's been about a year since we visited Wimberley Valley Winery, but we knew they would have spiced Christmas wine so off we headed!

 The place was EMPTY.  Turns out that three of the employees we loved PLUS the manager had left this year.  So it was a little sad knowing that the Change Machine is still cranking.

But we enjoyed a leather couch all to ourselves in front of the fireplace and we sat sipping our Christmas wine in peace - not having a crowd of people around you does make for relaxing times and it was a delightful break from holiday stress.  We collected our wine (which was delish all warmed up on Christmas Eve) and we headed home.  And today it seems like Christmas 2018 is already a million miles away...