The coffee shop

Last weekend went by with not much happening because we never made any plans. We decided to just go with the flow. Well, the flow went and we stayed. That was last weekend-this weekend I marched into the bedroom this morning and said, "This is what we're doing, get dressed!" We started our morning off at one of the coffee shops in Mansfield, The Night and Day Cafe. We had breakfast sandwiches and coffee. I had the white chocolate=hazelnut that Leisa and I discovered was so tasty while we were in Utah last. YUM! Anyway...as we were sitting there enjoying a leisurely breakfast I was people watching. A favorite pastime of mine. What I noticed was there was a very unique and diverse group of people coming in for coffee and whatnot. When we arrived there was a farmer sitting in the front, bump-out, old fashioned store-front window, a college professor sitting in the back reading his morning paper and a clearly foreign couple trying to decide what to order before they headed to PA's Grand Canyon (I think they might have been Italian). Then after we sat down, in walks a couple of college students who had just rolled out of bed(I know this because they were still in their PJs(, a woman in a business suit who seemed in a hurry and a family straight from church. Next comes in two motorcycle dudes dressed in their leathers and had bandannas on their heads. They take an outdoor seat when in walks a cowboy and his lady. He was in shiny black boots, a HUGE belt buckle and a HUGE black cowboy hat. They order and I notice a cyclist coming in with his super tight shorts on followed by a snooty, uptight mom with her family. It was odd looking around at so many different "types" of people in that tiny little cafe in our tiny little town. All I could think was, "how cool is this?" Now if I could get someone to open up an Indian joint somewhere in Mansfield life would be pretty close to perfect!
Oh, and the rest of the day was spent in the big city of Elmira. We did our "city shopping" with stops at Michael's, Staples, Target and Panera. Got some supplies for the Spooktacular Crop, Eclipse in paperback and some Halloween decorations. After that we and saw Inglourious Basterds. It was a fun film. I love me some Tarin-tooty movies-and he re-wrote history in this one!

On the way back home we spotted two kitties on the road very near our house. One young cat and her very new kitten. We stopped and Charles jumped out to give them something to eat. Happens that the only thing we have for them is 1/2 of his chocolate chip cookie from Panera-they ate it! I tried talking him into bringing them back to give them some real cat food, but he wasn't buying it. He did come home and pack a Ziploc with cat food and put in his car because he plans on putting food out for them on his way to work tomorrow. What a softy!
All in all a pretty darn good day!