A few months back, my mother in law agreed to take all 5 kiddos overnight so Johnny & I could get away. It was much needed. Our dates tend to be short, and (maybe) monthly (I know, bad!) so it was a welcomed break! We stayed Thursday night at her house, and bright and early Friday morning, I jumped in the car with Johnny and headed to Portland. Since he had to be at work at 7am, I had a LOT of time to kill. I spent the morning exploring the area of town near where he works. I found a Target that opened at 8am, and spent some time there. I checked out local coffee shops, read a book, discovered a hidden-away Trader Joes. I stopped at a hole in the wall pizza shop and stumbled upon Salt & Straw (We had already made plans to try out S&S that evening.... we both had never been!) I browsed shop after shop along 23rd... taking my time... just enjoying that fact that I didn't have to be ANYWHERE, and I didn't have ANYONE demanding that I be ...