On the Rest of the Weekend..

So besides the aforementioned happenings of this weekend (which you can read here), overall it was a pretty good weekend! I hung out with Kelly on Friday night, hung out with Kelly & Cheryl on Saturday night and went to the Yankee Game Sunday! =)

Friday night after I got out of work, Kelly and I headed off to the bookstore and to do some browsing at some stores. We headed to Borders (not one of the one's closing) and I went to seek out a travel book on Alabama. They did not have any! Not a single one. (more about this whole thing later!) I did find some US based books that had a little info in them. So, we carried them over to the children's section and sat down and read them. Why the children's section? The nice comfy chairs were gone from the store! The only thing left was the round leathery donut chairs. I happened to find Bert from Sesame Street, and he was kind enough to pose with my books.

We browsed some more stores and then I dropped her off round 11 and headed over to boyfriend's for about an hour. Then it was home and to bed.

Saturday I woke up, went to Cheryl's, that whole thing happened with her roomie, and we headed out for the evening. We stopped by boyfriend's house so I could wake him up and so best friend could talk to Dan's mom. I woke up sleeping beauty but he wasn't feeling so hot, so I let him rest and I continued the night with the ladies. We got Ruby Tuesday's for dinner, and all got the mini turkey burgers but I got broccoli and cheddar soup (seriously the best i've ever had!), Cheryl got some bean soup and Kelly got the salad bar. After that we headed to Wally World and then I dropped them off and headed to boyfriend's. We hung out for a little and then it was time to go home and get some sleep for the Yankee Game.

Sunday morning I woke up bright and early at 9am (seriously its early for me). I got ready, headed to boyfriends and we were off! We stopped and got some gas, headed to the bank to take out some mulla, got some Dunkin Donuts & we were off! We were on the highway around 1030 and got there about 1230, so roughly 2 hrs. We headed to the parking garages and every single one was $35!!!!!!!! Last year it was $20, I could validate paying that, but $35, are you kidding me?! But, there was nothing we could do but pay it.

We parked, and headed to the big beautiful stadium, found our seats and took in the view. Honestly, in that sun, it felt like 80 and I was kicking myself for wearing a long sleeved shirt. At least it was light. Most people had on jackets or sweatshirts like it was supposed to be 30. (It was 60). Our seats were great, we were down the third base line pretty much dead center of A-Rod & Brett Gardner.

The game did have a lot of hits, Jorge Posada hit two homers as well as Mark Texitera. Unfortunately, the Yankees still lost, 10-7. BUT! I did get to see my future husband Joba Chamberlain close out the game. =D
So all in all, minus that little "hiccup" it was a great weekend. Here are some pics from the stadium!









Waiting for the game to start. =D



Taken with Instagram.

Future husband, Joba Chamberlain pitching. (bf is okay with my obsession)

Taken with Instagram. (Love that app!)

Just a normal shot.

Weekend.

This weekend was pretty laid-back. I haven't been feeling 100% for some reason and its really annoying the heck outta me. I think its the Pepto Bismal's fault. Seriously. That stuff is evil.

On Saturday, I headed out with my favorite girl Kelly for some driving and errand running. She got her haircut, we got some Subway and I think we went to a store or two, but then I felt like crap so I brought her home, went to boyfriends, crawled in bed and snuggled up with his doggie.

He got home from work around 5; and we waited around for his coworker to come by so he could fill out paperwork for her so she could get an apartment. While we waited, we watched some HGTV. Dan always protests but then he eventually gives in and admits he likes it. His coworker showed up; he signed the paperwork for her and then we decided to see a movie. So we checked the times and Battle: Los Angeles was the closest. So we headed down the movies, and plopped down in our seats just in time.

It was an okay movie, the script was so cheesy that most of the audience (boyfriend and I included) laughed at some of the lines. It was nicely action packed and a bit suspenseful, I may or may not have jumped a couple times.

After the movies, we grabbed a bite to eat and then it was back to boyfriends.We had a little sleep over party and Dan fell asleep at 10pm. So I played on the iPad for a while before making myself go to sleep because someone is the loudest snorer ever.

Sunday morning I woke up at the unheard of time of 730am. Dan woke up so I did too. We got all ready and then headed out to grab some breakfast. Unfortunately that was interrupted because Dan is the "big boss" this week because his boss is on vacation. The opener of the Subway in East Hartford called out half an hour before he was supposed to be in, so we sat in the parking lot of Friendlys' where we were gonna get breakfast while Dan called around trying to get it all squared away.

Unfortunately, we had to head to Hartford to pick up a key from a girl, head to the store and Dan (not wearing his uniform, because its his day off haha) had to open the store and serve customers. Finally, the girl that was scheduled at 11 came in and the backup opener came in.

We left and headed back towards home. We went to the grocery store and got some food to make for dinner. Then it was back to Dan's where we both took a nap, watched Cupcake Wars and then I made dinner while he played video games.



We had the above. It was good, but the potatoes were kinda bland. (I think I just a mouse scurry behind my desk, will not freak not, will not freak out) Okay we all freaked out. He's teeny tiny. But seriously, we all jumped. It all good now.

Anyways, the chicken was really good. Then I played some video games and then watched some Family Guy, Cleveland Show and finally some Real Housewives of Orange County. I love Gretchen and Alexis. Then it was time to go home and to bed. Laziest weekend I've had in a while.

Weekend Recap Finally!

I really have been thinking about writing this post since Sunday night; but I have just been feeling horrible lately. Stupid weather. On Saturday it was soo nice out that I was like hey I'll rock no jacket. Then I stood outside on Sunday night; and it was kinda cold.

But the weekend over all was awesome. As I previously said, boyfriend got Saturday off. Which meant an entire weekend with him! (do happy dance!) It also meant he could get a lot of the errands he couldn't get done, done.

First, it was off to the Mazda dealership to get his car serviced. It has only needed to be serviced for like a bajillion miles now, but since he works Monday-Saturday & they're not open Sunday, it's kinda hard. But, we dropped it off, he hopped in the car with me and we headed next door for some Mickey D's breakfast. We spent about 1/2 an hr waiting in line & eating & then he got a call his car was done. (we thought it would take all day!)

So we headed back to our city, dropped his car off at home, he jumped in with me and it was off to Lenscrafters to get some glasses. He's wanted a pair for a while since he wears his contacts soo much. So we tromped in there & found a lovely pair of wire frames that fitted him nicely. We were surprised again when we found out his glasses would be ready in an hour.

We then headed to the Family Haircut place so he could get his haircut. His hair grows so freakin fast it's not even funny, he has to get a haircut every month. I feel bad for our future offspring, the kid will have a ton of hair. They took virtually no time, so we headed back to his house to wait to get his glasses. He took out his contacts & we waited around till it was time to go then.

Finally it was time. We headed back down to Lenscrafters and the lady told us one of the frames didn't pass inspection so we left and went back to his house. He took a nap & I played some games on his iPad while we waited. I finally woke him up around 4 and we headed back down. He tried on his glasses and I have to admit I giggled a little. The lady told us he would have thick frames but I didn't realize how thick they really were. From the sides they are monsterous, but from the front it looks fine.

He wore them for a little bit but by the time we got to Checkers (first one to open in CT is in our town!) he decided to put his contacts back in. So we grabbed some food & then decided to head to some stores to browse, which is really one of my most favorite things to do ever. Then I told him about the pottery painting place for the millionth time & decided to just drive there & make him get out of the car. (I'm evil I know!)

He relunctly climbed out and we headed inside the Pottery Piazza; which is a studio that has pottery pieces that already made that you can paint. It's one of my favorite places to go. I've painted four pieces so far. I can tell you I am no artist but my pieces don't come out half bad. After you're done paiting it, you write your name on the bottom with a glaze pencil and then they fire it in the kiln. The turnaround time for that is one week which isn't that bad.

Now if we just had a frozen yogurt place....

Anyways, I showed boyfriend some pieces I thought he would like. I suggested maybe he do a Disney piece since they have color guides with them. He finally chose Mater from Cars! I chose a Post-It holder.

(I'm reading theyre website apparently we could have brought some wine, WTF lol!)

An hour and 15 mins later we were done. I'm so excited for us to pick up our pieces on Saturday! After that, we headed back to his house, played some video games, and watched some tv. Then it was home for me.

The next morning I woke up and had to wait for my daddy to rotate my tires. Then it was off to boyfriends. We bummed around for a while, him playing video games, me playing on the iPad. Finally, we headed out with Mulligan, his Boston Terrier to the pet store to buy him some dog food.

All cuddled up

We bought him some dog food and I got him some cookies. Then we dropped him and the food off and then it was off to Checkers yet again. That's right, two days in a row hahaha. Then it was back to Dan's, to wait for my gay bff Jesse.

Around 5; he finally came and then we waited for my bff Cheryl and grabbed her and we were off to Port Chester, NY for a volkswagen meetup! It took us about an hour and 15 mins to get down there and we had fun playing the license plate game. We read the three letters on license plates (it goes ###-letterletterletter here) and come up with some funny combinations. Such as PCT, Pretty Cute Tattoos. We were laughing till we were crying!

We finally made it around 715 and said hello to our friend Rich. Rich introduced us to some of his friends, we talked Volkswagens and then slowly everyone started to head out so Rich asked us if we wanted to head to Dunkin Donuts to chill for a while longer. We said sure and headed out.

About five minutes we were there and we were just talking and figuring out what we wanted. As we stood there talking a rather large black spider crawled down from the ceiling and almost landed on top of poor Jesse's face. We all stood there fascinated and someone told Rich he should take a pic so he did.

He was pretty big in person!

Around 10, we said goodbye and headed back to good ol CT, getting home by 1115. I really had a great weekend! How was everyones weekend? (more pics below of the Sunday night Volkswagen meet!)

Cheryl

Jesse

Ny Friends (with my car peeking in the background)

Port Chester, NY (so cute!)

Weekend Recap & Love Day.

This weekend was a pretty quiet one since Dan had to work his butt off. It's pretty much become the norm but that's quite alright with me. It means being lazy and watching tv all night; which isn't a horrible thing. =)

Saturday night we ended up going to Ninety-Nine for our Valentine's Day dinner and then went to the grocery store to get some stuff to make for breakfast the next morning since we were having a sleepover at his house.

Sunday morning we woke up and made some eggs and French Toast and then it was time for some xbox with my bff Brian who lives in Arlington, VA. Around 1pm, we left for my Valentine's Day present to him, tickets to Monster Jam!

It was pretty freakin cool I must say. I love the sound of the trucks as well as seeing the entire frame just twist when they were running over the cars. Unfortunately, I was slightly disappointed only because the venue was so small. It was at the XL Center where the AHL Hockey Team, the CT Whales play as well as the UCONN basketball program plays. So they couldn't do any really big things. But the freestyle competition was pretty cool!

After that it was off to spend my Valentine's Day present. While I was venturing around Blue Back Square waiting to meet my first bloggy friend in person, Jan from Struck By Serendipity (shes such a sweetie, and I had a great time!), I found this wonderful jewelry store called Charming Charlie.

Everything in the store is beautiful and all arranged by color. The best part is their prices are very reasonable, everything is between $4.00-$25.00. So I was in heaven when I finally got to buy some stuff. I bought these cute cubic zirconia rounded earrings, this heart necklace that I have to unfortunately return because it's too small and chokes me (haha), and this pearl bracelet with adorable hearts hanging off. I def. need to go back and buy a ring or two, because I'll admit I love big gaudy rings.



(i didn't take this pic)

After that, we headed home to relax for the night. I ended up falling asleep while trying to watch Family Guy and woke up around 11, just in time to head back home for this week to start.

We didn't do anything last night, since we celebrated this past weekend and plus I had class last night. We got to place leads on mannequin. I can now hook you up to an EKG machine, but we haven't learned how to actually work it yet. I hoping we do soon! So far I absolutely love the class and I'm actually bummed we don't have class next week due to President's Day, but that also means more time to study for the quiz on Chapters 1 & 2.

And it means I can still subject Dan to more stickys on his body. That's how the leads are connected. It's these tiny stickys with a tab at the bottom and it has gel based solution on the back to help the EKG machine read the transmissions. So Dan is like my mannequin. He's not a fan of it though, but maybe he'll become use it the more I do it. =)