Weekend Recap (4/12- 4/14)

tIt’s Monday again.  I’m pretty glad that this weekend didn’t go by too quickly, because I was able to get a lot accomplished.

Friday

Friday right after work, Bryan and I drove about an hour and a half (with traffic) to drop my Honda off at the shop.  After getting in that small accident a month ago, my car is finally getting fixed.  After dropping Shelly (my car has a name, yes) off at the dealership, we went to Chickie’s and Pete’s for dinner!

We were so hungry, that I forgot to take a photo of our dinner. We ordered crab fries to share, I got crab cakes for my entrée and Bry got the McGooby.  If you don’t have a Chickie’s and Pete’s near you then you probably have no idea what crab fries and McGoobys are.  Crab fries are basically french fries seasoned with Old Bay.  The McGooby is a sandwich with shrimp, melted cheese, and some other stuff on a roll. 

I chose a Blue Moon draft, because I haven’t had one in a LONG time! 

Saturday

First thing on Saturday morning, Bryan and I went to pick up my loaner car to use while my car is in the shop.  I got a Jetta!  It’s really nice inside with leather seats, but I really love the dashboard on my Honda Civic.  The Jetta didn’t have navigation on the steering wheel nor did it have a large display box for the radio.  Oh well – the car is pretty sweet though because it can go super fast!  A lot faster than my Civic.

Once the car was picked up, Bryan’s sister and I went to breakfast then got a gel manicure.  Unfortunately, I have to go back to the nail salon this week because the woman who did my nails painted over my cuticles instead of cutting them.  When I took a shower, my cuticles ended up getting soft (as expected) and then all the polish came off of them.  So now, I have a huge gap where my cuticle is an where the nail polish starts. 

After getting my nails done, we went to Party City, Lowes and Target for random items for our engagement party.  It’s coming together pretty well, but there is so much other stuff to buy.  Can’t wait until next Saturday.

Once we were done shopping, we had dinner at Bryan’s parents house – grilled steaks and shrimp!  Of course I had the shrimp, and they were delicious! 

Sunday

Sunday was a pretty relaxing day.  Without setting an alarm, I was able to sleep in until about 8:30AM when I had to get up to use the bathroom.  Bryan and I made breakfast Sunday morning – homemade waffles and fresh squeezed orange juice!  I’m telling you, since buying a juicer, I am unable to drink store bought orange juice.  It just doesn’t taste good anymore. 

While eating our delicious breakfast, we watched Silver Linings Playbook.  OMG so good.  Of course I cried at the end.   Want to know something random?  The guy who wrote the book “Silver Linings Playbook” is a La Salle University graduate!  La Salle is where I got my master’s degree.  Oh another random fact – the high school that Bradley Cooper works at in the movie is my old high school.  Hell yes.  I love movies set in Philadelphia and the Philly suburbs.

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After the movie was over, we went to the King of Prussia mall so I could do a few things:

• Buy a rain jacket
• Try on Tory Burch flats and pick a pair out to purchase at a later time
• Buy an engagement party dress

I only did two of those three things. 

I did buy a rain jacket!  It’s called the Carli from North Face.  I basically LOVE it.  I’m so happy that I finally have a rain jacket.  I’m not sure how I lasted so long without it.  Now I don’t have to run around in my North Face fleece in the rain looking like a complete idiot.  

I also picked out the Tory Burch flats that I like:  the patent leather Revas in tan.  I tried on other flats there without the scrunched back and they didn’t fit as well as the Revas – which I’ve been told NEVER go on sale.  Oh well, I think I’ll just buy these soon.  I need a new pair of flats to wear to work ASAP.  I thought they were pretty true to size, but I’ve been told by many people that if I’m buying a pair to get a half size bigger. 

I unfortunately couldn’t find an engagement party dress, but I’m going to go to the mall after work this week and buy one.  I only have a few days this week that I can go after work, so I must find one soon!  I’m looking for a white cocktail dress, preferably something on the conservative side – nothing crazy!  I actually tried a dress on today from Nordstrom’s Top Shop section that was so short that I couldn’t bend over.  No way am I buying that. 

Talk to Me

• Do you own a pair of Tory Burch flats?  Did you have to do a half size up?
• Where is the best place to buy a white dress?
• What did you do this weekend?