If a person isn't familiar with cowboy boots, they would have no idea which brand or style to buy. Personally, I love the craziest looking ones I can find and with the loudest designs. I prefer Old Gringos, Corrals, or Luchese's. The square toe is for a more casual look and the pointed toes are for a more girlie and fashionable look. I have both and I wear my square toes when I am outdoors and on the ranch or riding horses.

Just when I thought things were about to cool down, we have another in store at work. The Damn Quails from Norman, Oklahoma showed up to play and we just kept on truckin with our craziness. They were a lot better than I thought they were going to be by the looks of their strange name and album cover. They were also hilarious and really down to Earth guys, and we had a great time hanging out with them. They informed us of the upcoming weekend and how we would be seeing them again as long as we were attending Whiskey Myers at River Road Icehouse. Oh boy, here we go again. Yep, we sure did, and it was once again an out of control good time. And did I mention that I love my job?

The Thursday night at Cheatham Street turn into a whole weekend of excursions and escapades that were a little out of control. I had just learned to use Foursquare this certain week so I was more than anxious to be out on the town and raising some hell after checking into a cool place and getting a free shot or free chips and salsa. After slowly getting myself together on Friday my friends and I headed to San Antonio to eat and have some drinks on the riverwalk. We ate tons of Mexican food and the margaritas were made real dirty, but it was a good time. The place was called Rita's on the River, and not too expensive. After this casually crazy Friday night we were in bed early and up again before I could barely blink, then we ended up at River Road Icehouse on Saturday night to watch William Clark Green and John David Kent. Both bands are awesome and we got to hang out with them afterwards. I had a blast. Free shirts and koozies?? Yes please.

As if our boots hadn't been scuffed around a dancefloor enough, we found ourselves going once again to the infamous Cheatham St. Warehouse to do a little more celebrating of our rockstar lifestyles. Turnpike Troubadours were there having an awesome show, on top of being from my hometown in Oklahoma. They were awesome and I might have enjoyed the show a little too much, on top of my friends from high school coming into town to stay with me to ag it all on. I was very well behaved.

The next crazy extravaganza my fellow coworkers and I got outselves into was on October 7 at our very own LoneStar Music in Gruene. We got to sit around and drink beer, listen to the legendary Jason Boland and meet him and his band. Once again my mother was very jealous at the pictures she received all the way in Oklahoma. I lovvve my job. Not long after was the Adam Hood in store on Friday October 14. This one was good but didn't have near as many people show up. However there were a few unexpected guests that tweeted us ahead of time to let us know that they were going to make an appearance. None other than Cody Canada and the departed were right there in the store with us having a few beers and listening to great music. I thought I could just die.

The best concert I have ever been to was on Saturday, October 1. Randy Rogers Band, Justin Moore, and Miranda Lambert put on an awesome performance. Not only did Miranda show why she is my favorite singer/songwriter but also Pistol Annies, her new band that she did an album with, made a surprise appearance and sang a few songs with her. I was so excited, it was absolutely amazing. I thought it was very strange that Randy Rogers came out before Justin Moore did though , especially in this part of Texas. I figure Randy would for sure be coming out after Justin opened for his band. This concert was at Cedar Park in Austin. The arena was huge but we were right down on the floor in the middle of all the action. SO FUN!

The week of September 19-24 was a very exciting and entertaining week. With the release of Kyle Park's Make or Break Me CD release at Cheatham Street on that Tuesday night, I knew it was going to be a hoot. Kyle Park is a little guy in person, but that doesn't stop him from being ridiculous when it comes to his talent and wooing the ladies. His cowboy get up and Texas country tunes are really an awesome show to watch. As though I need any more reasons to go boot scootin, my aunt's boutique, Bella Dames had an Old Gringo trunk show on September 22. It was awesome and all the boots were AMAZING. I was in heaven. I didn't buy any this time though, but my birthday wasn't too far off!