St. Augustine Beach, and The Best Restaurant in Town

Good evening, people!
I hope your week is going well!
I am so behind on my blogging its not even funny, and on top of that Instagram has been giving me major trouble and restricting my viewers, my content, etc. Its like it thinks all new accounts are full of hefalumps and woozles. >:|

But I'm just going to keep posting as usual, because even if new people can't see what I'm sharing, my family and friends can still keep up with our goings ons, and besides that I enjoy taking pretty pictures and sharing just for the heck of it. ;)

Anyway, as you might have already heard, this was my youngest daughter's first time seeing the ocean. And she LOVED it! Actually, I think her favorite part was just being allowed to play in the messy sand (typical toddler, lol), but hey, she still loved it!

Chari doesn't really care for swimming, but she adores building sand castles.

When she was done with her creation, she jumped to her feet snd threw her hands in the air and yelled, "Tada!" ♡

My mom and dad and two youngest siblings went with us, but I only managed to get a pic with my mom.

The other three were harder to get a hold of, being avid body surfers. ;)

Mark and I and the girls left the beach in between our time there and went to check out a restaurant that had come highly recommended to us by a friend of mine.

Its called Gas Full Service Restaurant, and let me tell you- its da BOMB!
Seriously. SO. DELICIOUS.

It has major character with the cutest retro vibe going on. Even the hostess was wearing a cute polka dot dress, and the cooks wore retro gas attendant jumpsuits.

Everyone was beyond polite, and the food (we ordered burgers) was out of this world. Food came out in a timely manner and was fresh and hot, and well worth its price in quality. I recommend the Sarah Burger.

Its got bacon and fried green tomatoes. Definitely a southern burger!

If you stop by, ask for Chef Gabe and tell him The Brunette sent you and says hi! :)

It really was a lovely afternoon spent at the beach.

*Note: I'm not sharing these full-length shots because I think I look great. I struggle a lot with self-image, among many other things. I'm sharing them because they're real.

This is me, and my body is on a journey to being better along with the rest of me. Too often we're pressured to share the perfect parts only (and don't be fooled, nobody is perfect, anywhere), and to hide the rest. So here's me being real, saying that I want you to be real too, and to love yourself, all of you, on your very own unique journey. ♡

XO,

The Brunette