Christine is a fan of the interior design show Junk Gypsies on HGTV. If you aren’t
familiar with the show, two sisters (the original best friends!) find ‘junk’ and
reimagine it and use it in their interior design projects. So, because
Christine is a fan of the show she knew that the Sikes sisters have a store
front in Round Top, TX just about two hours outside of Houston where we live.
Both of us are teachers so we have the luxury of having summers off. We decided
to celebrate our Friendaversary over the summer when we would both be able to
relax and enjoy it a little more. So we met in the morning, picked up some
Whataburger and hit the road.
We
arrived at the Junk Gypsy and were immediately excited. There was the iconic
pink suburban Large Marge parked out front.
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| Large Marge the Party Barge |
We wandered in and were greeted by
the cutest little store! It isn’t very large but they definitely make the most
of the space. Though the store is not very big we walked around it at least 5 times
always finding something new to look at. And the nice
things about the store is that there were items for every price
point, from $5.00 koozies to $500 light fixtures.
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| Cheesin' |
We each found a few things we were excited to
purchase and upholding tradition we found our celebratory Friendaversary gift.
Two pairs of cactus earrings - $9 for both pairs, a steal.
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| Don't be jealous of our cactus earrings! |
After spending a couple of hours shopping we took a few minutes and sat
out on the rocking chairs in front of the store. Despite it being summer in
Texas there was shade and a nice breeze and it was surprisingly pleasant and not miserable!
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| See, smiles! Not drenched in sweat! |
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| So delicious! |
We were struggling to make a decision on what to eat so I got a burger and Christine got the highly recommended shrimp sandwich and we cut them in half so we could share. That’s what best friends do. If at some point you find yourself in Round Top, TX and you are eating at Royer's do yourself a favor and get the shrimp sandwich. Oh my goodness it was amazing!
Royer’s
food is good but the real reason you go is for the pie. Holy Cow! First of all,
good luck trying to decide what to get, these are not your run of the mill
apple pies. These pies are loaded. And all of them sound incredible when you
are reading the menu. But a choice had to be made and I cannot overstate how
delicious the pie was. I got Blueberry with Lemon Cream and Christine got Key
Lime Chess. And just a heads up, if you can’t get to Royer’s café for lunch,
they do have a pie stand in town where you can just get a slice and some
coffee.
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| We got free ice cream for being teachers! |
After
all that yummy food and pie, we felt like it would be prudent to walk it off a
little and enjoy the true small town charm of Round Top, TX. Let me just say, I
have not been to a friendlier town than Round Top. Every store we went into,
the people were happy to see us, chat for a few minutes, make recommendations to
us. And really, the town caters to girlfriend getaways. Many of the people we
saw around town were groups of women, friends, mothers and daughters, sisters.
In the
growth of popularity surrounding girlfriend getaways it seems that there has
been marketing towards cruises and cross country trips to major cities. Round Top
was a reminder that it doesn’t have to be that extravagant. If you have the
time and the means those type of trips are lots of fun. But there is a whole
realm of possibilities in exploring places around your own home!
So as
you may have noticed. We had previously taken a brief (or long) hiatus from
blogging. But with the advent of our tenth Friendaversary we felt like maybe it
would be a good time to revisit our blog. And as if the universe was giving us
a sign that maybe it would be good time to kick things off again we received
two emails this month from lovely ladies sharing their friendship stories with
us. We are looking forward to sharing more of our adventures with you and we
hope that you will keep sharing your stories with us!
