Cinco De Mayo Americano (or something like that)

Happy Mexican Holiday America!

I never knew what Cinco De Mayo was actually for. So I Wikipedia'd it. And you know what the first sentence was?

"Cinco De Mayo is a celebration held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla "

Which actually means that Cinco De Mayo is celebrated more in America than in Mexico. And Mexico has a much cooler name for it that Americans can only dream of pronouncing. So it's an American Mexican holiday. Or something.


Things that make you go ""hmmmmm."


I celebrated Cinco De Mayo the way everyone should: kid free. Unfortunately there were no oversized margaritas involved. Better luck next time. 

My friend Ashley (great name isn't it) and I spend the entire afternoon without our five combined kids shopping.

Maybe this isn't such a bad holiday afterall!

And we did our patriotic duty and in honor of the holiday ate fajitas...at Applebees.

This is as Mexican as we get. It even came with fries. God bless Applebees.

Hey, it is more of an American holiday, right? Besides, we weren't going to get real Mexican food around here since South Jersey is overrun with Italian-Americans.

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special all points public service announcement: Guidos are real. They are NOT fictional characters. You can identify them easily by big hair, baked potato skin overly fake-tan, duck face lips/too much makeup (or spiked stupid hair in the male variety) and clothes (if you can call them that) that barely cover the rated R parts. They are ugly obnoxious trashy not very friendly. If you find yourself walking at night anywhere near a bar/club in South Jersey, carry mace and shield your children's eyes. And now back to your regularly scheduled program. 

And because we are reckless had no kids with us, we stormed into Sears and tried on the butt ugliest fashionable high school prom dresses they had on display. 


I'm suddenly not feeling so bad about skipping my senior prom. 

And we even have a celebrity guest today! In the middle of the mall we ran into SPIDERMAN! (This is the one part of the day where I wish Calen was with me). 

Awesome. 


I like this holiday.

Endnote: Photo with us and Spidey is stuck in Cyberspace somewhere. I will update with the photo once Ashley's phone decides to not be stupid. 

 

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