Traffic Jam

Even a giant M&M can't help when you're stuck in hours of traffic.

On Saturday, all the Augustines piled into mom's car and headed towards the Outer Banks to go outlet shopping. What should've been an hour and a half long drive turned into four and a half hours of being stuck in practically standstill traffic. Note to self: NEVER attempt a trip to the Outer Banks on a Saturday during the summer. We didn't even make it to the outlet mall. At the rate we were going, the mall would've been closed by the time we got there, so dad turned the car around and we were back home in a little over an hour.

We ended up having dinner at Cracker Barrel and shopping at a TJMaxx in Chesapeake. We drove a total of 6 hours to shop at TJMaxx! But that's okay because it was quality family time together. And there's no better test on how well a family gets along than being stuck in hours of traffic in the same car.

We stopped by at a roadside farm stand to buy some fresh fruit.


An adorable rocking chair at the Cracker Barrel. Again, the only thing that stopped me from getting this chair for Grace was the fact that we're only visiting. So darn irresistible!