and now I am not eating until Christmas

I'm back! Not that I went anywhere, I just took some time away from the computer over the long weekend...hopefully work will not be too busy today so I can catch up on all of your blogs! Even though it was only 4 days it felt like a much longer time off of work (amazing) and I also probably ate enough food to cover about 3 weeks. I feel like I gained 10 pounds but I am way to scared to get on the scale.

Here is a little recap of my weekend, as usual I didn't take any pictures...I'm thinking about making "take more pictures" my New Years resolution:

Wednesday: K and I went out and bought our NEW TV! (it was our Christmas present to each other) We ended up get the 46" Samsung LCD. Now that I have an HD TV it seems like I haven't even really been watching TV all these years. I would highly recommend Samsung, our TV was very easy to set up and works great.

Thursday: Thanksgiving! We (K and I) started off the day by going to a Thanksgiving wine tasting at this cute local wine store then we headed over to my parents house. It was just my parents, siblings, K, me and the pups so we had a relaxing day watching the parade, the dog show, some movies and of course eating!

Friday: My mom, sister and I opted to go to some wineries instead of shopping, so we spent most of the day doing that. Maryland has a lot of small cute wineries and several of them are pretty close to where I live.

Saturday: We all headed over to College Park for the University of Maryland vrs. Boston College (where my sister goes) football game. Even though I hate football and it was very windy/cold, it was still a lot of fun tailgating.

Sunday: In the morning, K and I went shopping for a fake tree and Christmas decorations, last year we didn't decorate our apartment at all which was a little sad. We got a great deal on a tree from Target that was labeled wrong and some other fun decorations. I spent the afternoon decorating while K studied for finals then we went back over to my parents for Chinese food and to help decorate their tree (which is where all my ornaments are.)


Whew...typing about all that made me tired, it was a jam packed weekend...I feel like I need a nap. Too bad I am back at work today :(

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope you all have scrumptious Thanksgivings!

(I thought this was funny since I used to work at Sesame Street)

the weekend ended with a surprise

Saturday was a very nice day. K and I dropped Hanna off at my parents and headed over to movies to see "New Moon." I actually thought it was really good but I could see how if you didn't know the story it might be slow at times. It was also hilarious to hear 12 year olds scream every time Jacob Black appeared sans shirt.


Sunday my sister came home from college so I went to get her at the airport then hung out with my family during the day while K studied for finals. I was planning on staying for dinner but decided to head home to relax and clean up around the house a little bit.



That is when the surprise happened.



But first...a little back story.



As I mentioned last week, Friday was my friend L's last day at work as well as a couple of other people so there was this big happy hour at the Outback Steakhouse (classy, I know.) I was not planning on staying long but as I got there people were all buying L shots and she was talking about how she had to drive home (she lives about 35 minutes away and I live only about 2 minutes from the Outback.) As she was getting a bit tipsy I offered up sleeping over at my place as an option. She agreed and I figured that since I had to wait with her anyways...why not just keep drinking? Which is what we did...until about 11 pm when I called K to come rescue us.

We got home and K made up our futon in the office for L to sleep on...and she passed out in her work clothes. At around 6:30 she woke us up and asked if we could take her to go get her car. She did seem in a hurry to leave but I figured she was just concerned about her husband worrying and that she was uncomfortable from being in her work clothes all night.

That morning I noticed Hanna kept going in and playing around on the futon, she like to "dig" on blankets, so I didn't take the sheets off. We didn't notice anything strange in that room...in fact K did homework in there on Sunday. Then when I got home from my parents and we were cleaning up he went into the office to take off the sheets. All I heard him say was "Oh my God."

There was a huge dried pee stain on the futon. I guess that's why L was in such a hurry to leave and why Hanna was playing in there (gross puppy.)

Fortunately, the damage doesn't seem to be too bad but it is so awkward. She is not a close enough friend for me to call her out about it (nor do I anticipate seeing her much to ever in the future) but I wish she had told us right away so we could clean it while it was...fresh.

If you were in my place...would you tell her? She had to have noticed when she woke up. And why do people pee when they get drunk? I have never done that and I have been drunk many, many times. So nasty.

It's Friday...and here is what is going on with me

1) I am finally starting to prepare for Christmas and I ordered Christmas cards this week from Tiny Prints. I have been wanting to do a photo card with a picture of Hanna from K and I but was sort of worried people might think it is weird to send combined Christmas card since we are not married. But then I figured, who cares and ordered these. Super excited to see how they turn out!


2) Today is my friend L's last day at work. She was in my training class and probably the only person from work that legitimately became a real friend. Over the past year we haven't hung out as much because we have different work schedules, she moved further away and we are in different departments but I will miss having her around. I am very happy for her though, since she found a job doing something she really loves! (can't wait until that's me.)

3) I think we have decided on getting a Samsung TV, we scoped them out last Saturday and talked to a very helpful Best Buy worker. We also told her (the Besy Buy worker that is) how we were planning on going on Black Friday and she said unless we want to get a "doorbuster" (which is usually not as good of a model apparently) there was no point as they match sales the whole Thanksgiving week. We are going to go on Wednesday night. It is nice not to have to worry about getting K a big present this year since we are getting the TV (as our present to each other)...he is so hard to shop for!

Happy Friday Everyone!

sidenote: I have really been sucking at blog post titles lately. sorry.

I love awards! (and can't think of orginal titles)

The fabulous Jenny DB gave me the "Sugar Doll" award. Thanks Jenny, and I agree with you, these blog award names are super cheesy. The rules for this on are basically: list 10 tid-bits about yourself and then nominate 10 other bloggers.

So here are my 10 tid-bits:

1) I love Mexican food of all kinds and could totally eat it every day! Especially while drinking a margarita.

2) The History Channel is quickly becoming one my my favorite channels. I have been watching it a ton lately on the weekends. The documentary-type shows are really interesting.

3) Since getting my puppy, Hanna, in May I (with the help of K) have probably come up with 100 nicknames for her. I'm not sure she even knows what her real name is!

4) The heat in cars makes me feel really sick so I only keep in on for a few minutes until the car gets warm. Normally I have the air conditioner on in the winter but I turn my heated seat up to high to keep warm!

5) My favorite ride at Disney World is Splash Mountain. I once rode it 5 times in a row.

6) My favorite make up is Bare Minerals .

7) Until about 5 years ago the only Thanksgiving foods I would eat were mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and rolls. I was very picky. Now I eat everything...which is sort of the problem!

8) I don't really like cats, I am semi-allergic to them and the thought of having a litter box makes me want to vom...but every time I go to Petco and see the ones that they have up for adoption I want to bring one home.

9) Someday I really want to live near the beach, or at least have a beach house I can go to a lot.

10) I am the oldest child in my family; I have one sister who is 21 and one brother who is 17.

Here are the blogs I nominate, if you have already gotten this award feel free to ignore!:

Wishful Thinking

Llama Tales

Ladybug Blessings

The Perks

Pink Champagne

Martinis or Diaper Genies?

A Life More Exciting

Everyday Delights

Glamorous Newlywed

In Love With A Farm Boy

Wishful Wednesday: Movie Genre

I wish my life was a movie and I would want it to be an epic, fantasy, adventure!

Not sure if this is an official genre or not but it's definitely my favorite type of movie. And how awesome would it be to be sword fighting against amazing landscapes in an epic battle of good vrs. evil?

Similar to my absolute favorite movies... the Lord of Rings Trilogy.

Although I would probably want to be a little more glam than a hobbit.

Or perhaps I could be a young, witty witch, fighting evil in between classes at my magical school. A wand might also be easier to wield than a broad sword.

Don't worry if this was really me I would use magic and/or twilight makeup to fix my two tone skin.

{if anyone was looking for proof that I am nerd...here you go}

is it bad that I want to buy some of this?

Just when you thought Twilight mania couldn't get any more crazy...Twilight Beauty. For all your undead makeover needs. It's available in both Volturi and New Moon theme "Luna: styles.
Enrapture Lip Gloss in Arsenic($12.00)

Gleam Metallic Mascara in Panther ($22.00)


Labyrinth Loose Eyeshadow in Frost ($9.00)

Bella Color Palette ($28.00)

First Light Body Glow ($34.00)

They also have lip "venom" which seems to be the same as the DuWop lip venom lip plumper. I have used that before (in it's non-Twilight incarnation) and it actually works really well.

So would you buy Twilight themed makeup?