My BFF and I headed east for a much needed end of summer vacation in Palm Springs over the long Labor Day holiday. We stayed at her in-laws timeshare (that decor-wise was very Republican Model Home Chic) located in a private gated community that included a golf course, tons of swimming pools and armed guards to boot. Very ritzy for us lower income folks who are usually perfectly at home in places like Laughlin, or Hemet for that matter.

In the desert of Palm Springs it felt completely unnaturally lush and green, but admittedly, the view of the lake from the patio was pretty dreamy.

We spent most of the time lounging in the pool, eating copious amounts of crappy food and driving around aimlessly in the golf cart. At about 115 degrees of blasting solar heat, all you could physically do was mellow out and kick back…which was my secret agenda all along.

The evenings were perfect. Everything cooled down, the skies were clear, the pools were bathtub warm and the liquor was deliciously sweet.

We did venture out of the compound for some thrifting (more on that later) and more eating, but mainly we stayed locked away in this very strange community enjoying the air conditioning and watching terrible movies. (That just means I watched Twilight for the first time. Terrible. TERRIBLE movie. Oh, and all of the last season of Dexter.)

It was great to spend some time with a friend I haven’t seen in many months and get away from the homestead for a long weekend of being lazy.

What did you guys do? Anything awesome? BBQ galore? Home projects? I know a few folks were in Palm Springs this weekend as well. The twitter told me. So, so hot ladies.