Weekend Recap...

My weekend consisted of the following:

Carnivals and Carnies

Fried Oreos (YUCK) and funnel cake

Funny movies with my handsome husband  and

Way too much shopping for my poor bank account

It was our “Spring Break” last week so got to enjoy being together, which meant we actually were home at a decent hour at the same time. (Doesn’t happen very often)

I often think to myself just how lucky I am; that I got to marry someone I love being around every day. Now don’t get me wrong, its not always unicorns and rainbows (especially when I have to ask a certain someone about a million times to take his trash out) but even during those times I’m happy that were us!

Not much else is going on right now, I am kind of in a funk and trying to figure out how to get out of it.  I'm at a place in my life that I am very very confused as to what is the right path I should be taking. 

Can you have a mid-life crisis in your 30's?

Weekend Recap...

This weekend actually felt normal…I got to sleep in, or at least tried to. My body must be use to get up early, because I tried my darndest, but I was up super early.

Friday was a Holiday so we had the whole day to spend together and it was great. The boy has started running, and since the weather was pretty awesome me and Loco went along to do a little walking.

 We went out with friends for drinks and dinner…and someone had WAY too many mimosa’s and lost their wallet, only to realize it the next day, then they found out by the restaurant that a good Samaritan had turned it in. Go to pick it up from the restaurant to find it was run over and one of my cards was broken and the others were bent up. I am just elated that someone turned them in…and I can still use them until I get my new ones in the mail.

Saturday we tried a new local ice cream place in town called “Lick”….AMAZING is all I can say.

We got to try so many unique and fun flavors, and I settled on Carrot/Tarragon and Vanilla Bean, while the boy ended up with mix mosh of four flavors…one including cilantro lime…which was EXCELLENT.

Movies later that night to see “Immortals’, which was just okay. (Totally should have waited for Netflix) Finished off the weekend with wedding hair pieces and boutonnières and baked butter and sugar.

The only thing freaking me out, is the forecast of rain this weekend.  Its pouring as I am typing and I am hoping we don't endure it this weekend....BOO!!

Weekend Recap...

I am a few days behind on posting about our weekend, but I’ve been enjoying my summer break so much!! I’ve slept in, organized, made dinner and cookies and caught up on tons of Netflix movies.
Over the weekend we went to IKEA and picked up some adorably cute stuff for our new home office ( and the boy’s work out room), I can’t wait to show photos. We also went and saw “Bridesmaids”…OH MY GEE this movie was so funny!! I am actually mad at myself for waiting for so long to watch this. I think its definitely the Hangover for 2011. (and not that crappy Hangover 2 that just came out) I am in mucho love with Miss Kristin Wigg.

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I've been watching Netflix like crazy and the last few days I watched "Revenge of the Bridesmaids", with Raven Symone (another cute funny movie)and "Blue Valentine", with Ryan Gosling  and Michelle Williams. 

(Yes sir, I will take two...LOL)

It was a really good movie, but quite depressing.  I felt like I was looking through someone's window and watching the demise of their marriage.   I still have "No Strings Attached" with Ashton Kutcher to watch, but I have heard horrible reviews about the movie.  Has anyone seen it.

Were planning another trip to IKEA this weekend to pick up more stuff for our new project and I am hoping to run into a cute little 4th of July fair.  (I am in dire need of some corn dog and funnel cake) I also really need to finish up my two DIY projects for the wedding, can't believe there is about 140 days until were "Jumping the Broom". 

In cake updates, here is a picture of my final wedding cake.

(My inspiration on the right (from EatCakeBeMerry Cakes) and my cake on the left.  I was super pleased at how it came out, but it was a lot of hard work.  My favorite part (besides eating all the cake pieces) was doing all the shading and coloring on the flowers.  This was such a learning lesson and really taught me alot. 

Weekend Recap...

This was such a low key weekend, we literally went out for a couple of hours and then spent the rest of the time at home.   Were in the process of going through things for our big “Move-in” in a couple of months, and I am slowly realizing I have a TON of stuff, on top of that I’m kind of selfish  so I thought giving up some of my space was going to be the  death of me. 

The thing is you know you truly LOVE someone when things are so easy.  We moved in some of his stuff and it felt right, everything meshed together and I know this was a good indication of our future together. 

Along with that, I also found out I don't know how to cook a pancake (unless black and charbroiled is your thing) , I shouldn't chit chat it up when I am using sharp knifes (I cut myself TWICE in class, and now have band-aids covering most of my fingers) and I can easily be talked into purchasing the most random things. (PINK WIG...LOL)

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Weekend Recap...

The weekend is over and its back to the daily grind of things…..BOO!!! Why can’t I be a princess (I mean other than in my head) so I can just do princess things all the time, like sleeping in a castle waiting for some hot guy to kiss me, or biting into an apple and falling asleep, and waiting for some hot guy to kiss me….hmm, I am sensing a trend here….I need more sleep….LOL!!

We bailed on our movie plans and stayed in again, watching some things we got from Netflix. The boy always cringes when it comes to my movie selections, but in the end we always end up laughing at the cheeseball flick I’ve selected. We ended up watching a very bad 80’s movie called “The Class of 1984”.

Basic premise; new teacher comes to a school run by a crazy gang of punk rockers, who will win!! It was super crazy and worth the hour of my life I lost from being entertained from it!!  We also got the first season of Weeds, and I am loving it.  Its a very clever show.  Any other Weeds fans out there?

Went to a new Canjun restaurant that was super yummy. The dessert was rather, eh…but the food very much made up for that.

(Oyster Po'Boy)

(Blackened Chicken Pasta)

(Blackberry Cobbler, with the most amazing Vanilla bean ice cream!!)

(Bread Pudding in the STRONGEST Bourbon sauce EVER!! I swear I was getting tipsy just from the fumes)

Then this morning we found out they not only charged us for our food, but someone else’s, so depending on how this issue is handled, will determine if we go back.

Made a stop into Target (my mecca!!) and they were giving out free cotton candy...SCORE!!  Does anyone else love Target as much as me?  They are starting to bring out their summer dresses, and my poor checkbook is already hurting.

(Please disregard the HORRIBLE shirt he is wearing, this is a very heated subject amongst us!!)

I vote that everywhere start giving out free cotton candy, I would have no problem waiting at the post office, if I know cotton candy was in the works...Just Sayin!

Also, thinking its time someone had a date with a pair of clippers, the other day bringing him in, there literally was a whole tree stuck in his fur, but we love him anyways.

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I had really good intentions during Spring Break,


• to do lots of Spring cleaning,

• organize my closet (or at least pick up the clothes off the floor)

• make some sense of my spare bedroom (or at least pick up the clothes off the floor….hmm, I am sensing a trend here…LOL)

• utilize my big fancy camera and taking some pictures that don’t come off my phone.

But, guess what I spent most of my time doing, and got REALLY REALLY GOOD at…

NAPPING!!

I used my whole week to catch up on sleeping and getting addicted to Youtube videos (DAMN, you IPAD and IPHONE for making it so easy to watch a video of a cat playing a keyboard). I actually didn’t take any pictures all weekend , and now my stress free week is over and its back to the daily grind .

We did go and see "Paul", it was funny, went on a late night burger run (I heart you FIVE GUY's) and actually got to spend time quality together for a full week.  As far as posts goes it was kind of lame, but honestly it was one of the best weeks EVER!!

Weekend Recap...

The start of my weekend was rather cruddy. In class on Friday for our test, we had to do the simplest of things, Bake and decorate a cake. I figured I was smooth sailing, until my cake feel on the floor and I almost had a heart attack.

( I need to work on my shakey handwriting)

I put my big girl pants on, and tried to go with it, fixing my cake the best I could. LOW and BEHOLD, I came out with a 190 out of 200. Even though my cake was kind of jacked up, it was baked to perfection and my frosting was amazing(Per my instructor words). 
Culinary school has really helped me to not freak out so quickly. The old me would have chunked that stupid cake in the trash and went home to sulk, but now when something bad happens, I will just walk away for a few mins and then come back to re-evaluate the situation. I am totally becoming a GROWN-UP (YAY!!)

We didn’t do much the rest of the weekend, mainly recouped from the long week (AKA, lying on the couch watching cartoons) and enjoying the amazing weather!! (AKA, riding in the car with the window down...LOL)

My Netflix que sent us a little gem to watch and it was CRAZY. 

 I love those 70's Exploitation/Grindhouse films.  They are normally filled with sterotypes and crazy situations, basically a hot mess, but those are my kind of movies.  If you like anything by Quentin Tarantino, you will love these films, he got a ton of his inspiration from them.

I realized I never posted this, but I got into a car accident about two weeks ago. A guy slammed on his breaks, I slammed into him and my poor car took ALL of the damage. The boy and I have been carpooling and he has also taken up bike riding. (I’m so proud of my little exercise fiend) but I am hoping this week my car will be done with repairs and I can get it back. This week is also Spring Break, so I plan to RELAX like crazy and tackle my crazy closet.  It looks like my closet throw up clothes, they are EVERYWHERE...LOL!!

One last thing, I get alot of messages about the make up I wear, and I totally tried to do the whole makeup blog thing, but realized I just don't have the time for it.  Do you guys want me to start listing the products I use in my pics?  Let me know...Feedback.!!

PS -  How much do you love this cover!!

Weekend Recap...

Something very strange happened last week, it snowed. All day on Thursday there were rumors of this Great Blizzard set to hit Austin, so people were preparing like it was freaking doomsday. Well on the drive home from school we actually did encounter, but honestly I was not expecting much more.

Well at 6:30 it was official, School and Work were cancelled due to snow. Being the sleepy head I am, I didn’t even look out the window, I just rolled back over and went to sleep.

So around noon (I need my beauty sleep) I finally wake up and guess what…all the DAMN snow was GONE…melted, vanished. But being postive, I got to miss work and school, got my car fixed (Thank you Wal-mart and Love), broke out my Burberry Wellies (which were actually quite unnecessary, being there was no actual snow to trudge around in, but I think I looked totally cute in them), wore my new dress from Forever 21( I was super surprised I could fit into their Large, that place makes me nervous when it comes to sizes).

(Can you believe this was our "Snow" Day)

I also baked up a storm, I made a Lime Angel Food Cake (which the boy INHALED before I could take a picture), chocolate chip cookies and chicken and spinach hand pies.

So it was a pretty productive “SNOW” day!!

Also, after blow drying my hair I totally realized I looked like a 70’s porn star (LOL) and had to document….so introducing Coco Darling!

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I am feeling quite accomplished after this weekend, I met with the dress designer who is creating my CUSTOM dress. I am so excited (because she is local and I can watch my dress come to life, locally) and I left after our meeting feeling like my dress dreams were in great hands. The designer’s name is Anslee Connell and her company is Savannah Red, you can check out her website here.

(How fun is this dress she designed for an 80's themed wedding)

We also might have found the place for our reception. In August I will have to do an externship for school and I was doing some research for places and came across the cutest French inspired bakery, named La Patissere.  Well we stopped in on Saturday, and all I can say is SWOON.

We just made those Millefeuille ( also known as Napoleons) in class last week, here is mine....

Well we found out they rent their space so were in talks to see if we can make it happen. I am also meeting with the owner on Wednesday about my externship, so I am STOKED. (Bonus info, she also graduated from the same school I am going to, so that is the coolest)

Another thing I can check off my list is our photographer. So, I put an ad on Craigslist for a photographer to see what was out there…OH MY CUPCAKE, we got so many freaking responses it was crazy. ( I listed at the end of November and were still getting emails from people) Well we got every type of photographer you can imagine and a few creepers (What do you expect its Craigslist…LOL). I was actually surprised at the amount of people who were out of state who responded. Well after pouring over tons and tons of websites (and hysterically laughing at a few…ya were JERKS!) We came across an email that was perfect. The way the photographer described her work, were almost the exact words I would describe us and how we want our wedding reflected. So I emailed her back and found out she is actually located in Seattle. After speaking with her I totally fell in love (she was as sweet as can be) and was ready to sign here up. Her work is so pretty, make sure to check out her website here.

Along with all the wedding stuff....

I drank fancy hot chocolate ….

Made an edible fish complete with Hair Bow…..

Got all Austiney and had a yummy healthy lunch at Whole Foods ( DISREGARD the gallon of ranch dressing)

And the best thing EVER...finding this mint condition AWESOME Kaboodle for 2 bucks at GoodWill.  I am totally bringing this thing back into style!!

Weekend Recap....(Thanksgiving Edition)

Thanksgiving was so nice and low key. The Turkey came out PERFECT and I totally have to give my FI a high five for making magic with that thing.

He started the turkey early that morning and it was ready by noonish….now on my end I didn’t roll out of bed until about 1:30 and I only had to do the sides, which took WAY longer than expected, plus I wanted to show off some of my culinary expertise and insisted on making everything by scratch. So we didn’t actually eat dinner until 7, but it was so GOOD, it was totally worth the wait.

We had Cajun turkey, buttermilk biscuits, mashed sweet potatoes and my take on green been casserole (Green beans, green onions, bacon, mushroom soup topped with turkey stuffing).

Then for dessert I went all out and made Banana Cream Pie all from scratch (and totally forgot to take a picture of it).


The rest of the weekend we just chilled out and enjoyed as much time together as possible. We picked out our wedding colors, Cobalt Blue and Grey

We purchased the look for the boy

(he is going to look so DAPER, and not so much like an Asian drug lord)

 I looked at dresses (which I am totally undecided on, but I do know I want something tea-length).

(Loving this dress, but can only imagine a boob falling out...just saying)

I had a horrible experience with a sales girls at David’s Bridal telling me that they only had 2 dresses in MY SIZE for me to try on…BITCH PLEASE…people can be so rude!! At this point I have looked at several online retailers and currently emailing with an Esty seller about a custom dress, so I will keep you informed. We also picked the venue for the ceremony; Dreamy is the only word I can use to explain it. It’s going to be picture perfect for our small intimate wedding.

(Photos via Google)

I have to admit the whole idea of wedding planning was stressing me out, but all of sudden things are falling into place. 

We also went to the most AMAZING restaurant supply store; they had everything you could think of for super cheap. I had to really talking myself out the industrial margarita machine, but am really thinking about going back for the funnel cake supplies.

We also got some additonal work done on some old tattoos, when I get a chance I will post some updated pictures of the work.

You can kind of see mine in this picture...