Yesterday in Review and New Year's Day

New Year's Eve day we got up and headed out to find a cupcake store; yes a cupcake store; I had seen on line.  We made our way up the coast, it was a little hazy with the marine layer, but it was a beautiful day.  We found the shop shortly after it opened and were in heaven after tasting the yummy cupcakes.  We bought some to share and two mini dog cupcakes too.

Afterwards we went further up the coast to find a Vespa shop; yes Greg is thinking??? The store was closed, so we headed out to find a Patagonia store instead, we drove by it and ended up at the mall that I wanted to go to.  I was looking for the store "Paper Source."  We were in Costa Mesa, my sister, Laura's old stomping ground; and we were at the "South Coast Plaza."  It is a huge mall with a bridge that connects one mall to another part. 

We got a bite to eat and headed out to find the Patagonia store and found it right down the road.  We parked and were tickled by the parking spaces with the sayings noted in each one. 

Lil E was getting tired and at one time laid down on the sidewalk.  

Tustin was our last destination to find a shop by the name of The Red Bee, a craft store that I had seen on line.  Tustin is pretty with the mountains as a backdrop, and has older buildings than most areas in Orange County.  

I was wrong we had one more stop and that was the mall in Mission Viejo where we picked one more thing up and stop by a grocery store, Bristol Farms, where we found some good Belgium beer which we shared over some pot roast.  

New's Day consisted of doing laundry, working in the backyard, taking down the Christmas Tree; which is still a work in progress, and popping over to my mom's house to say "Hello." Here is a shot of our new magnolia tree.  We ended our day outside with a little fire in our fire pit.