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Feeling Accomplished

March 3, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

I’m taking my first official vacation for the year. This weekend is jam packed and I figured I’d take a day or so off to relax before it began.

I realized having Rizzo in my life has made me less lazy in the sense of sleeping. No matter what time I go to bed, I’ll always wake up no later than 7 am because he has to do his business.

There are four pups in the house at the moment and not having to go to work and cuddling with them instead was joyous. Best decision ever. Then I had a lovely shower before getting ready to head out to work on my side stuff with a drink in my hand.

I sat sitting in Cocohodo for a good hour and a half trying to fix my DNS issues all because my laptop decided to do an update last night. After much research on YouTube videos, because no other web pages worked, I found a great one that fixed my issue! Ugh … jerks for having updates that fudge people’s day.

But anyway, we’re all good now and my tummy is full from Cocohodo. I got a lot done which wouldn’t happen if I didn’t leave the house. I would have stayed longer if I didn’t get kicked out of my seat for a big group of ladies where the table I moved to was a dead spot for Wi-Fi.

Back to checking things off my list. I love when things get completed especially when it’s still super early!

Happy Thursday, poops!

Dish Society | Katy, Texas

January 28, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Dish Society
23501 Cinco Ranch Blvd
Katy, Texas 77494
(281) 394-7555
http://dishsociety.com

Half Quinoa Stuffed Avocado [avocado half topped with citrus quinoa relish] | $5

Is it worth the $5? No. But was it delicious? Yes. I’m contemplating making this for my lunches next week. It was that good and simple enough. Our house is always filled with quinoa and avocados so it shouldn’t be too hard. I just have to get the sauce just right.

Grilled Chicken Pasta [linguini, texas pecan pesto, tomato, grilled chicken breast, parsley] | $13.50

It didn’t come with a lot for that price but it was good. Not much to say about it. Just regular pesto pasta.

Would I come back to Dish Society? Probably not unless someone makes me. It’s pricey, not much choices to where I’d want to come back and try something else. Plus their service was a little slow. It was fine until they had more people come in so we were waiting a long time for our waiter to take our order, to give us our food, and to get the check.

We had a little dessert at The Sweet Boutique. I’ve been to the one in City Centre enough times but surprisingly never tried this one. Fruity Pebble, Cookies & Creme, Key Lime, Blueberry. I’ve never seen any of these flavours over at City Centre. They probably have it and I missed it but it was nice not having the usual macaroons.

The Coffee Tale | Katy, Texas

January 19, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

The Coffee Tale
25600 Westheimer Pkwy
Katy, Texas 77494
(949) 292-1881
http://thecoffeetale.com

Always in a search for a good place to blog and work. Last Friday I decided to try out a new place and found this place on Yelp. When I got here, I was surprised. Not what I was expecting. It’s attached to a market. The Harvest Natural Market. Organic and all that fancy shizz. Picture it like Whole Foods. I should of read Yelp reviews better … but I didn’t.

Not too sure how to describe the chill. Brooding? Dark and gloomy? Cozy? Cozy. Let’s go with cozy. I came here on a Friday during lunch time so the noise level was mute, except the barista when she talks to customers that come in. They have booths and comfy chairs. But they also have a high table with stool like chairs. Those are always my favourite.

You can order coffees, teas, and even … get this! wines and beers! Which I um … might want to do next time because who wouldn’t want to get a little tipsy while they work. Just kidding ……

She put my $4.50 Chai Tea Latte in their pretty branded mug so I could take a pretty picture. One of the best chai lattes I’ve had in a long while. I would say for the amount you get, it’s not worth $4.50. But I guess, for it being organic, it’s suppose to be worth it.

I probably won’t come back for the coffee since I’m poor, but I would come back to work and blog … and okay, fine. I would probably come back to drink while doing so.

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom | Katy, Texas

January 13, 2016 by Mellie Dee Leave a Comment

Hump Day! The weekend is almost over and I’m excited. Hopefully I will be without much pain, enough to actually go out this weekend. Fingers crossed. I miss seeing some peoples in my life!

How cute is this? One of my coworkers saw this and bought it for me. Eeeep!! If you can’t tell, it’s a hedgehog mug. Super adorable. I cannot wait to use this when I have my new place … whenever that is.

Last night’s Mellie Dee & Mallory’s weekly hangout ended up at:

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom
24515 Katy Fwy
Katy, Texas 77450
(281) 347-0090
http://oldchicago.com

Their menu is a little crazy. Too much to chose from. And if you know me, I’m not a big lover of pizza but she is so that’s why we were there. We are trying a new thing this year where we try new places and we’re doing well so far.

Parmesan Garlic Fries [tossed with Italian garlic seasonings and drizzled with our creamy garlic sauce] | $3.99

They were okay. We tasted more garlic than Parmesan. I would probably just get a burger with fries next time because the fries are made to perfection.

Chicago 7 Calzone [an Old Chicago original with pepperoni, Italian sausage, and onions, black olives, green peppers, sliced mushrooms, and a blend of mozzarella, ricotta, and Asiago cheeses] | $10.99

Bleugh … super thick dough which turned hard. Somehow there were two layers of crust which made it worse. I just ate the insides which wasn’t bad but nothing special.

Hawaiian [Canadian bacon, pineapple, red peppers, green onions and sweet Thai chili tomato sauce] | individual size $11.59

Not a lover of pineapples but we both like this over the calzone but even then … meh. Nothing special.

If I end up here again, I’d try a burger or wings instead. The pizza isn’t horrible but I would stay away from the calzone. The service was pretty slow and there wasn’t even much people there. It took Mallory a good 15 minutes to get her beer. Would we come back again? Probably for our birthdays for free pizzas but that’s about it.

Proud Pie Bingo Night | Katy, Texas

January 6, 2016 by Mellie Dee 1 Comment

Proud Pie Bingo Night | Katy, Texas Mellie Dee & Mallory

Mallory and I have been eyeing this place and have been waiting for their first Bingo Night since December! We were super excited it was finally here yesterday and invited Janna and Madison to join us.

Every five dollar spent equals four bingo cards. I ended up with twelve cards and won … nothing. None of us won anything. We’ve failed but had a lot of fun doing so.

Proud Pie | Katy, Texas | Hazelnut Cafe Mocha

Large Hazelnut Cafe Mocha | $4.50

Super sweet and lost points since it’sin a coffee cup and not in a mug like how I like my coffees. Might try their teas next time.

The Tuscan Clucker [grilled pesto chicken with roasted red peppers, goat cheese, fresh pesto on cheese focaccia roll] | $6.90

I wanted to trade out the goat cheese but they only had American cheese? so I kept what it was. I thought I wouldn’t like the cheese but it went really well with everything. I would definitely come back just for this sandwich. Pesto has not failed me yet.

Miss Daisy’s Rich Fudge

Too rich for all of us but Madison. She really enjoyed it. Or maybe because her daughter is also named Daisy? haha She got ice cream on the side which was extra and they even warmed it up for her. She said it paired really well.

Wobbly Turtle Caramel Heath Chocolate Silk [Ghirardelli chocolate silk mousse with layers of crunchy heath bar and sweet fresh butter caramel, topped with sweet cream]

Again too sweet for my taste but having the little Heath bar pieces in there gave it some texture other than just mush. This was one that took us all a while to finish because it was just too much.

Pierhouse Key Lime [from the Pier house resort in the Florida Keys, tart and sweet creamy lime pie]

Most of our favourites. I was going to buy one for a friend but they were sold out. Sad. Will have to come back for this because it’s very delicious.

Blueberry Lemon Chess [layer of buttermilk lemon chess custard topped with fresh blueberries]

Not the same as what the picture was. We thought the blueberries were with the pie but they had it separate which I was not a fan of.

Overall, a cute little place. I want to go back and take my laptop to blog. They have a point system to where you scan the receipt and collect points. After so many points you can get five dollars, ten dollars, etc. off. I’m almost close to five dollars off since we put them all together.

Cannot wait to go back and possibly try something new. Craving the pesto sandwich right now though … fattie over here.