My almost-week at home!

Welp, I am back in Tallahassee! Our house was just as we left it - score! So, how was my trip? I shall tell you, because I know you want to know.

It was awesome!

Tuesday was driving day. We were on the road by 6:30am, and home to Virginia by 6:30pm! My mom made some deeeelicious she crab soup! It was fun catching up with the mom, the dad, and the sister. I must have been in food coma mode, because I currently cannot think of what the heck we did after dinner. Oh dear...

Wednesday was fun! The husband, the sister, and I drove out to Short Pump for a quick shopping mission. We met my dad for lunch at a delicious Mexican restaurant. Steak fajitas nom nom nom!! After that, it was off to drop my sister at her first day of work at Pier 1, and then back to Short Pump for an Apple Store adventure. While the hubby waited for his appointment with the Genius Bar, I got us yummy beverages! Mexican Mocha for me and Vanilla Chai Latten for him. So, after I got drinks, I had to get past the Apple store bouncer (they was a roped off line to get into the store) to bring the hubby his beverage. We waited, and waited, and waited. We waited for an hour past our appointment and finally asked "WTF?" Welp, our name had gotten deleted and nobody even knew we were there. LOVELY. Our transaction took on minute. Then we got my sister an oil change (we're such nice people) and headed home to hangout with the mom! Meatloaf was for dinner! I believe this was the night we watched Super 8 - good move.

Thursday was Thanksgiving! After a lovely breakfast we hung around the house all day until heading off to Linda's for Thanksgiving festivities! The wine was delicious, the company was great, the dogs were adorable, and the food was nom nom nom worthy! We sat at the kids' table, of course :) I ate cheese, veggies, dip, grapes, turkey, sinful potatoes, kale, rolls, dressing, and chocolate pudding cake. Be jealous. Then, it was back to the house for some Get Him to the Greek. Umm, not exactly the best movie in the world, but it was okay, I suppose.

Friday was da bomb! An early (not by Black Friday standards, but by Regular Friday standards) trip to the mall was first on the agenda! Then we had to drop the sister off to her first day of work. We met the boys for a yum lunch at the Chop House (best. rolls. ever.) and then went to Bass Pro Shop. That store is overwhelming, but I got to see both cute dogs and Santa Clause, so I was okay. After that, we separated from the boys and did a few more girl missions (thanks, mom, for the new shoes and shower curtains) and headed home. Then, it was off to pick Allison up from work and head to Fredericksburg to see friends! We went to Capital Ale House for some food, drinks, and fun :) We had such a good time. I missed my friends oh so much. And the food was once again deeeeelicious! Some drunk dude tried to ruin our fun, but he was a douchy and did not succeed. Miss you, Princesses <3

Saturday was Short Pump day! Nope, didn't buy anything, but had a fun time! We had Nanny over for football and dinner that night. Pork roast, potato casserole, and green beans. Once again, nom nom! I actually watched the football (well, a little). VT beat UVA (I was rooting for both teams since I come from a house divided) and FSU beat UF (woop Seminoles!). I didn't get to watch the game, but ODU beat NSU (yayyyy Monarchs!)

Sunday, it was time to say goodbye :( The drive was long and the drivers were obnoxious, but we made it back! Our children seem happy to be home and quickly fell into the usual routine :)

Sooooo, I had a LOVELY time. Thanks everyone for making it an awesome visit :) I hope you all had fantastic Thanksgivings! I would post pictures, but I'm too tired and lazy, so just look on Facebook, muhahaha!

I am never bored at work.

YES I AM! I AM BORED RIGHT NOW! booo :(

Happy Friday, loves! I'm out of this place in two hours. YES! 

Tonight, I am going to see Twilight: Breaking Dawn. Oooooooo, it's probably not going to be very good, but I'm going regardless, as I don't get invited out often! Sooo, I'm excited :) And I do adore making fun of awful movies!

Tomorrow night, we're going to the FSU v. UVA football game. It's the homecoming game, so it should be fun. However, it's at 7:30pm so it should be cold. I want to wear a UVA t-shirt under an FSU sweatshirt and snuggle in my ODU blanket. Identity crisis much?

As of now, no plans for Sunday! Perhaps yard work, coupon clipping, crockpot cooking, house cleaning, and dog walking? I'm such a grownup!

Monday, it will be work. Ugh. 

Tuesday, it will be Virginia time!!!!!!!! Wednesday, Virginia time. Thursday, Virginia turkey time. Friday, Virginia friend time. Saturday, Virginia time. Sunday, back to Florida time.

I can't waiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit to visit <3 Love you all!

PS: Reasons Why Bradley Cooper is not the Sexiest Man Alive ~ True that!

Funnel Cakes are delicious.

Happy Monday, folks! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was quite nice. Let me blog about it!

Friday night the husband took me out for an Outback feast! We ate at old person dinner time, but didn't have to wait for a table! It was deeeelicious :) Then, we ventured out for the most amazing thing ever: The complete Harry Potter series on Blu-Ray. Wal-Mart didn't have it, Best Buy didn't have it, Target across town didn't have it, BUT the Target right across from our neighborhood had it! Turns out we drove all over town when our prize was just across the street. It was on sale because of opening day and we had a $25 Target giftcard from the Brians, so it was quite the amazing purchase! So, we went home for a "Harry Potter Marathon" which consisted of watching the first movie and going to bed, bwhahahahahhahahaa!!!!!!!!!!! 

Saturday was a good day :) I spent most of my day shopping around town with my Birthday money from Nanny! I never shop for myself, since we're still in poor person mode thanks to the townhouse, so it was a joyous occasion! However, I suck at shopping and it was a difficult quest. I ended up getting two tops at Kohls and will be searching for the perfect pair of brown flats this week (thanks, Ellie, for chewing mine up). Soooo, after my shopping mission, it was time for the FSU game! The game was soooo loooong, but they beat Miami, so it was worth it! We were going to go the fair after the game, but it was too cold (mid-50s is too cold for fair fun!), so we watched what we thought was the 2nd Twilight movie...... nope, I discovered this morning that we had watched the 3rd one. No wonder we were so confused the whole time, we missed an entire movie! Ugh. Tonight, we go backwards and watch the 2nd one. I'm invited to go to the premier of the 4th movie this weekend, soooo I have to get caught up!

Sunday started off rough; I woke up with a nasty headache, rawr! Luckily, some meds, a shower, coffee, and cereal were the perfect combination to kill that sucker. Joshua was a good husband and went out to get the Sunday paper so I could have my first coupon clipping mission. Dude, it was fun! I'm signed up for this website, www.couponmom.com, that sends you an email every time your selected stores put out their weekly ads. It links up all items that have coupons for extra savings, and even links you to the coupons or tells you they're in the Sunday paper. I've been using this for a few weeks now and it's awesome! Last Thursday, I saved $17.00 at Publix, and only paid $15 - for that I got SO MUCH stuff! It's fun to save money :)

Anyway, after my coupon clipping adventure, it was off to a day of fun! First, it was a pizza date at Momo's with Karen and Zach! I actually got a stuffed portobello mushroom (I don't really like pizza, eek), which was delish! After that, it was off to the fair! It was in Sketchville, Florida, sooo there were strange people all around, but the four of us had fun! We rode rides, ate funnel cakes, saw awesome animals, read strange 4H poems, visited the freak shows (they went in and reported back to us; we were out of money, boo!). It was a great time! We spent entirely too much money (I miss the days where the rides were unlimited, and not $4 for a ride on the swings!), but it was super fun!! Picture time :)

Welp, hi ho hi ho, it's off to work I go...

Oh wait, one more thing! My "Little Girl" is six months old:

Ugh, I love that little thing!

Humpity Hump Hump Day!

Happy Wednesday, my lovely readers! I'm stuck at work on this gorgeous day; simply terrible. But I have decided to brighten my day by blogging! Knowing the coolest people I know read my blog makes me happy :)

I have absolutely nothing interesting to write about, sadly, so please do not expect a very exciting blog. Hmm, what has happened since I last typed in this box? Well, I worked yesterday (yawn!) and came home to the husband, who was a good house-boo that day; he did laundry, did the dishes, cleaned around the house, and made me spaghetti for dinner :) Me gusta! I watched Glee (although, honestly, the show is not that great), New Girl (favorite.new.show.) and sadly fell asleep during Raising Hope. My life is super exciting, guys! SUPER exciting! Today has been unpleasantly uneventful. It has mostly consisted of me sitting at my desk, staring at my computer monitor, and wishing I was somewhere else.....

....... Speaking of somewhere else, I will be in Virginia oh so soon for Thanksgiving! My heart is very happy about this :) Hopefully we'll be driving up on Tuesday and I can say hellooo to my family and friends! The pups will be making the trip with us; last time they came to VA Ellie was only 8 weeks old. You guys aren't even going to recognize the little lady :) Mr. Wrangler is still as studly as always.

I got some birthday cards in the mail on my birthday, which made me super happy! Got a card from Nanny, a card from the Brians, and a card from Miss Holly containing a pair of football tickets that I am very excited about!! :)

Alas, I do believe I have run out of things to say. Love you all, as always! xoxo <3

Birthday Blog!

I'm 26 years old, yowza! I had a loverly birthday weekend :) It was a very low key weekend, but sometimes those are the very best!

Saturday, we hung around the house before Zach's surprise welcome back party at 3:30! It was fun :) We got to meet some new people, eat some tasty burgers, and chit chat. I got to open my birthday gifts on Saturday because, yes, I am a little kid and cannot wait until my actual Birthday! I did good. The husband got me a purse (that I had pointed out in Dillard's forever ago; very good hubby) and a wallet! The parents got me pumpkin coffee, some awesome hurricane candle holders which are now on the mantle, an adorable doggy wind chime which is now giving my pink flamingo wind chime some company (seriously, I'm so cool), and another awesome purse!! The Brians got me a pajama set and some puppy slippers. YAY BIRTHDAYS!!!

Sunday, we celebrated my birthday - who wants a birthday on a Monday? Screwww that! We drank some amazing pumpkin coffee, mmmmm! I couldn't decide what I wanted to eat, sooo we went shopping to walk around and work up our hunger. The weather was so gorgeous, I chose Chez Pierre for brunch, due to their awesome outdoor seating area. Joshua got ham and cheese egg benedict, which he gobbled up. I got a south beach omelet, complete with smoked salmon and capers smothered in a yummy sauce. Oh boy, it was good! Then it was home for cheesecake that I had made the night before - delish as always! We relaxed on the couch and then headed off to Home Depot where we bought a push broom and hedge trimmers! Back home, I trimmed the hedges while Joshua swept our driveway (so many pine needles and leaves, you couldn't even tell we had a driveway!). We then relaxed and watched "Up!" aka the cutest movie of all time. Then, it was dinner time, for a Chicken and Mushroom in Garlic White Wine Sauce (photo on Facebook soon).

Monday, well it hasn't been the best actual birthday, which is why we pretended yesterday was my birthday :) I was stuck at blah work all morning. A nice Chik-Fil-A lunch with the husband made me happy :) And then it was back to blah work. I did get another cheesecake though! (when someone in my office has a birthday, we all sit in the conference room and eat cake together).

<3 you allllllllllllll!

FRIDAY. Hellz yes.

Thank goodness it's Friday!! I don't talk about work on here, but I will sum up my week with one word: "UGHHHH" Get the picture? Okay, moving on.................

YAY for the weekend's arrival! And extra YAY for the arrival of this fall weather. Staying under 70 degrees today! I have my skinny jeans and leather boots on today; Glorious! I have an abnormal amount of energy today, which is driving me nuts because I'm stuck in this office. My fingers are seriously moving so quickly right now I have so much energy. YAY I GET TO LEAVE AT 3:30 TODAY! Gotta love me some Fridays :) The day of the week, not the restaurant, because it's honestly not that great. Moving on, again.............

So, Kaitlin, what are you doing this weekend? Well, self, I'm going to a surprise party Saturday night! Must stay hush hush in case the person reads this (which there's actually a 0% chance of considering he's not even on Facebook, but shhhhh). Sunday, we celebrate my Birthday! No clue what we'll do to celebrate, but I'm super excited :)

Side note; Halloween candy is dangerous. I don't even LIKE candy, and I can't stop eating the Halloween candy at my office. NOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I am eating a sandwich right now; eh, it's okay. I like my lunch breaks because I can close my office door and hang out without having people bugging me. It's phenomenal! I want to go out and do something, alas, I have nothing to do. Oh woe is me.

I have nothing constructive to say, anything exciting going on, or anything else clever or witty to add. Therefore, I SAY GOODBYE <3

Helloooo there, November!!

I hope everyone had a lovely Halloween :) We had 17 trick-or-treaters (yes, I kept count). I discovered a couple things last night: 1. I get abnormally excited whenever a trick-or-treater arrives to the house... like, jump up and down clapping excited, 2. I am way too generous with candy... like, "here, have a handful of our overpriced candy" generous, and 3. I'm so jealous of the trick-or-treaters and wish I was walking around the neighborhood, too. Josh and I had fun handing out candy. We had our pumpkins lit up and Addams Family on our TV. The poor dogs were not so thrilled with the random, miniature people constantly ringing our doorbell. Poor Ellie was walking around whining; I think she was scared. Silly Elle-bug :)

It's officially my birthday month!! The ending of a quarter-century is arriving in less than a week. Even though my 26th birthday is on a Monday, I do believe we will be celebrating it on Sunday the 6th. What's the fun in celebrating a birthday on a work day? (although, my office is ordering a cheesecake for my birthday SCORE SCORE SCORE). Speaking of birthdays, Ellie is almost 6 months old - awwwww!!

I shall end this post with a photo of me handing out candy:

(such a nerd)