Post-Christmas Update!!

Hello, everyone :) I hope you all had an aaaamazing Christmas!! Ours was quite nice, even though our families were definitely missed. Our little family had a great weekend, though!

Soooo, I did a lot of cooking this weekend. Made turkey tetrazzini on Friday (my office sent me home with a 10 pound turkey; had to use it somehow!) It was good; nothing amazing, nothing awful, just good. I am quite impressed with myself for carving a turkey, though! Saturday night the husband requested our favorite sausage dip (the one I always beg my mom for!), which was fantastic as always. Sunday was the day of feasts!!! I made breakfast casserole for breakfast (duh), which turned out perfectly; I was so excited! It's way way way too much food for two people, though. Thank goodness it's yummy leftover! Dinner was the big production. We glazed the ham and cooked it; SUCH a good ham. Thanks to my office for that one, too. I made my favorite kale casserole, which turned out yummy, as always :) I made sweet potato casserole - Josh's absolute favorite!! I'm not so big on sweet potatoes, so it didn't impress me, but Josh loved it, so that's all that matters! I "made" rolls, which consisted of putting them on a plate. And I made a cheesecake, but we were soooo full by the end of dinner, we didn't eat any :) We did drink coffee out of our fancy china coffee cups after dinner, though. SO POSH.

Well, when I wasn't cooking this weekend, I was watching movies!! We watched The Christmas Story (a present for Joshua), Die Hard (Joshua got the entire collection on Blu Ray from his lovely wife), and The Social Network (thanks, Joshua, for this movie!). We also got The Hangover II from Dan, The Wizard of Oz from the Brians, and Tangled from the husband. Woohoo! Last night, per Jessica's insistence, I watched Revenge on my laptop. It's good! I got through the first 3 episodes. Thanks, Nakamuraaaa.

And when I wasn't cooking/watching movies, I was shopping! We hit up the after Christmas sales on Monday! Picked up a new wreath, tree topper, and Christmas cards for next year at Target - SCORE. Then, we finally did it: we bought a grill!!!! My fancy husband put it together while I cleaned up inside. I can't wait to use it :)

We also went to see Christmas lights! First, we had to stop at Dunkins for some hot chocolates! Then, we went to a home in southern Tallahassee (HUGE house) that had a light display set to "Proud to be an American" - it was really amazing; we'd never seen anything like that in person before. Then we went to a park near our house to walk around and see more lights. It was a great time. Thanks to the husband for taking me to see my nerdy, girly Christmas lights! :)

We used our fireplace for the first time - major successes! We got all of our fancy pants fireplace tools, so we're set! It was way too warm for fires, but we enjoyed them anyway :)

In other amazing news: I came into work today to see my boss had put a $50 Bonefish gift card in my chair. Major score! I cannot wait to have a feast.

In the amazingest news: MY FAMILY IS VISITING THIS WEEKEND. I can't wait to see you guys and ring in the new year with you <3

Such a Gloom-tastic Monday...

Happy Monday, everyone! If there is such a thing...

I hope you all had an amazing weekend. Ours was very nice and relaxing, aahhhh, love those kids of weekends :)

Friday, I went to the mall after work for top secret shopping for the hubby. He then met me at the mall where we walked around hinting to each other what we may want for Christmas! This was short lived as, of course, we were hungry. A lovely dinner at Panera was the next stop for us! Clam chowder nom nom nom. We relaxed at home Friday night, and watched Friends with Benefits. I got to stare at Justin Timberlake, he got to stare at Mila Kunis, it was a good deal. The movie was very cliche and predictable, but aren't they all these days?

Saturday, I headed out early to get even more shopping done! And my trip was cut short because I, shocker ahead guys, got hungry. I went home, scooped up the hubby, and off to Moe's we went! Nobody yelled, "welcome to Moe's!" My heart broke. I ate anyway. Then, it was off to get our tree! An adorable boy scout helped us pick out our tree. He walked us around, offered to spin the trees for us, and offered to shake them so we could see if the tree would shed. Aaaadorable. Then he trimmed the tree for us, and the older kids put it up on the Jeep to go home! Josh made our little boy scout's day by leaving him a tip :) Once the tree was in the living room, it was time for yet another outing - lights!!! We chose colored LED lights, and holy cow, they're amazing. Our living room looks so awesome! We decorated the tree (none of my super nice ornaments are on there at the moment, as I do not trust the children yet), drank some hot chocolate and listened to some Christmas tunes! Then, Joshua was off to do some Christmas shopping of his own. I shaked and baked some chicken - and then I fell asleep on the sofa during Super Bad. Old lady right here, yeesh.

Sundayyy was a nice relaxing day :) Got my newspaper, clipped some coupons, made some delicious pork chops in the crockpot (easiest recipe ever guys: pork chops with cream of chicken soup and a packet of ranch mix on top... got he "make again" stamp of approval from the husband!). We watched Star Trek and watched James Bond: Casino Royal. It was another good day!

Now, Monday: BORING. Nothing at all to type about, womp womp :(

I CANNOT WAIT FOR MY FAMILY TO VISIT, BY THE WAY. HURRY!

Miss&Love you all <3

Bored at work: SHOCKING

Well, hello! I have been slacking on my blogging. Woopsies :)

So, let's see, what have I been up to?

• Joshua and I finished our Harry Potter marathon and it was fantastic. We need something else to get hooked on now, hmmm.  
• I spent a big chunk of my day Saturday Christmas shopping for everyone; all I came back with was stocking holders for Joshua and myself. No gifts :(
• I finally got a frame for my 11x14 bridal portrait; only 15 months late on that one.
• I just ate Chipotle with the husband: 1) we're addicted, 2) holy guacamole I'm full, and 3) a dude that works there calls Josh "skinny Christian Bale" every time we're in there. Awesome.
• My office might be giving us a ham for Christmas which is perfect because Josh wants me to cook ham for Christmas!
• We bought awesome Christmas lights only to come home and discover there are no outdoor outlets on our home. womp womp. We found solar lights, but they're quite pricey, so only a small portion of our house is actually lit up, bahahaha. After Christmas sales, you best mark down the solar Christmas lights!
• I made some awesome crock pot chicken cordon bleu on Saturday; delicious! Not very pretty though, so no Facebook photo. I made some so-so steak, mushroom, onion skillet on Sunday; it was a healthy recipe, and therefore, way too bland.
• I've done a wee bit of Christmas shopping online so far! I refuse to pay shipping, so I'm hitting up all of the free shipping deals! #frugalchristmasforthewin (why did I just use a hash tag in a blog?)
• Josh got a Starbucks giftcard from a public defender intern today. You know what this means: HOLIDAY DRINKS THIS WEEKEND WHILE GETTING A CHRISTMAS TREEE. Christmas, I do love you.

I do believe I am boring and have nothing further to type about. Ooo Ooo I'm sending Christmas cards this week; that's exciting! I just need to drag myself to the post office to buy stamps :)

xoxo

Oh, I'm fancy, huh?

I have no earthly idea if this will work or what it will look like on my blog, BUT I am bored enough that I am willing to give it a try. Everyone else is off to lunch (I already ate a delicious bowl of Chikfila chicken noodle soup).

xoxo