Random Ramblings

Some more random thoughts...

This weekend I did purchase a new Kate Spade Wallet. It's the Taryn Wallet in Yellow... I can't find a picture of it and I haven't switched it out yet... but you get the idea...

Also, do you guys have any movie suggestions to rent? I am updating my Netflix Queue. I finally watched Bride Wars last night- super cute! I love Kate Hudson.

I found out from my Netflix Queue that 30 Rock Season 3 & The Office Season 5 come out in September! Yay! I love those shows! I own Season 1 & 2 of 30 Rock and I think I want to wait to buy like a box set of The Office-whenever that may be.

I am trying to get together some girls for a Thirty-One Party in the next few weeks... Have ya'll heard of Thirty-One before? B/c I hadn't until about a year ago. Check out their catalog- They have the CUTEST bags and you can get just about any and everything monogrammed! (You have to view the catalog to see all the stuff-check out 31 Kids too- I definitely have bought stuff from there before, totally a kid at heart!) Yes, Please!

Have you guys heard of the CASH for Clunkers Program the government is offering? I think my dad might try to take advantage of it and trade in his super old Dodge Dakota for a Toyota Tacoma. I hope he decides though soon, b/c the money is running out!

Memorial Day Weekend Wrap-Up

I hope everyone had a wonderful 3-Day (four in my case) Weekend!

I think we should have a lot more of these for sure. I'm just sayin'...

So Friday I volunteered at Field Day with Angel.

(She picked me up at 6:00 in the morning.... )

Let me first start off by saying "Kudos". I really could not be a teacher with this generation of children. I have never been around children who were so disrespectful. They didn't think twice about back talking adults or simply doing the exact opposite of what you asked them to do. They were incredibly whiny and pouty. One of them threw a full blown temper tantrum in the middle of field day. Just threw himself down in the middle of the activity, crying & hyperventilating. It was crazy. Oh by the way--she teaches 9-10 year olds.

I can't believe how much they got away with. When I was in school (not that long ago) I would never dream of back talking my teacher. I was scared of getting in trouble at school, and even more scared of getting trouble at home. That's where my generation differs from today's. These kids parents either let them get away with whatever they want, and speak however they want or they just don't care. I seriously could go on and on, but I won't. It makes me sad that two of my best friends have to deal with these bratty children on a daily basis. Teaching definitely isn't what it used to be.

So back to field day... it was fun when we weren't disciplining children. I played tug-of-war, jumped on those bouncy ball things, and got my face painted!!

After that, we hit up a much needed happy hour! Visited her gma, then checked out the mall. We didn't get home till about 9 p.m., but it was totally worth it! I love when me and Angel can spend all day together and not be bored with each other. We always have a fun time!

Saturday, we got our driveway finished. We got it widened so we can fit more cars- it was definitely over due.

Gus supervised the work from inside.

And, who doesn't love ticking off the neighbors by having a cement truck take up the whole street?

Natasha & I worked on Shannon's wedding programs for the rest of the night and rocked out to Michael Jackson's Number Ones. We then had the BEST idea for Halloween Costumes --- we're all going to be different Michaels. I want to be "Bad" MJ, she wants to be "Smooth Criminal" MJ, and I'm pretty sure I can talk my friend Sarah into "Thriller" MJ. We had a lot of fun with that...

Sunday, I laid out by the pool and got the most awesome sunglasses ever. My nose and cheeks are still pretty red today. I don't think I'll ever learn the sunscreen lesson.

Emma & I did a serious cleaning of my room and closet in the evening. Sometimes everybody needs a little help when it comes to organizing & cleaning. I figured out how I want my summer tops, skirts, shorts, and tanks. Finally. I am very pleased with the outcome. We did decide one thing for sure: I definitely need a bigger closet.

Monday, I hit up the outlets and scored some A-MAZING deals... I'll start out with my fav... Kate Spade was having 50% off all purses. Yes, you read that correctly. (if you're still reading this super long post.) I got this canvas tote for $47!!! Ahh, I love it. You know I switched everything into it when I got home!

I also go a shirt from J. Crew & some stuff from Gap including this super cute little bag...

Last but not least, Jenna & I ordered some fun stuff from Thirty-One Gifts a few weeks ago and our stuff came in! I am in love with all my purchases!

Super cute little baggy that I'm using in my purse to hold my lotion, hand sanitizer, medicines, finger nail clippers- that kind of stuff.

New Key Chain that I think I might take to get monogrammed- haven't decided officially, but how fun and summery is it!?

This is from their Kid's collection and it's called a "Kids Fold & Go Organizer". I haven't officially decided what I'm going to use it for yet... They have an example with a notepad and some markers (for kids), I can put pens & sharpies!! for when I get ideas, or I feel like making lists! I'll let ya know what I decide to do with it!

For dinner, Emma & I hosted a cookout- White Sangria, girlled chicken with italian dresssing- so simple, yet so good, corn on the cob, BLT Pasta Salad & Peach and blackberry cobbler. It was one of the best meals ever!

I hope everyone else had a super fun weekend like I did! I can't believe it's over already!

Ok Bloggers- so many new things to tell you!

First off...

I got a JOB!

Found it on craigslist.com last Wednesday, talked to the guy and set up an interview Tuesday morning and they offered me the job! I am a working woman! I started today- it was busy. I created two new ads and a business card design for a rep. It's gonna be pretty busy these first few week! Just more stuff to ad to my portfolio!

Ok so now on the one of the best weekends EVER!

I drove down to Savannah on Friday morning... got there about 11 AM. It was almost exactly four hours.

Sarah & Matt have made their apartment such a beautiful home! Here are some pics of the cuteness that is Lincoln Street:

Sarah & I took Tahoe (her dog) on a walk around her block, then she showed me her hospital that she works at and then we headed downtown. We found a parking space FINALLY and walked around Broughton & River Street and did tacky tourist things. We went to the coolest store called the Paris Market. They sold vintage furniture mostly- but a TON of other totally random/somewhat useless things. See pics for some examples...

Go Cocks!

Next on the list- PAULA DEEN'S! We had dinner reservations @ 6PM for the Lady & Sons. It was so amazing- we got the buffet- garlic cheese biscuit, ho-cake, salad, fried chicken, low country boil, mashed potatoes, mac n' cheese, green beans, corn casserole, and peach cobbler.

I was NOT on my diet that night!

We went back to Sarah's & watched Twilight :o)

Saturday, we got up early & went to the gym (worked off all that bad stuff from the night before) came back & showered, then headed downtown. We ate at the CUTEST little café for lunch - The Express Café.

I felt like I was in Paris. I got a chicken salad sandwich & caesar salad, and then we split the most AMAZING bread pudding I've ever had in my life.

I'm not even kidding. We forgot to take a picture before we demolished it in a matter of 0.5 seconds. So this is all you get of it. Sorry!

We took a carriage ride around the historic part of Savannah. It was super fun b/c we were the only people & our driver was super nice. I took a ton of pictures-Savannah is the most beautiful place ever!

We went to City Market too so I could get my mom some pralines!

We also found a super awesome painting of a Westie that I totally would have bought if I was a millionaire... I took a picture instead and made it my background on my phone! How cute is he?

We then went to Gap before our Spa Day! The Gap in Savannah only has women's clothing- fine by me- and it was super big. The dressing rooms were really fun too- they wrote Sarah's name on the outside so she'd know where her stuff was! It was super cute & organized- two of my favorite things!

When we got there, we had a 30 minute massage...

Changed into robes... and waited in the super cute waiting room for them to come get us for the next thing. Since Matt booked us the Spa stuff... every time they called us, they'd say "Matt Party" or "Mr. & Mrs. Matt" and we were like... "that's us." It was funny.

While we were waiting we looked through some random magazines they had out... and Sarah found this awesome ad for a monkey baby doll that was NOT FOR CHILDREN. Seriously, the ad specifically said that.

Had a facial and then a manicure. It was such a fun experience- I'd never had a facial before- it was awesome how soft and fresh my face felt... it's definitely something I'd like to do more often!

When we left the Salon it was POURING rain. I'm not talking about a shower, I'm talking a CRAP LOAD of rain. It was scary- the storm was RIGHT over our head- before the lightening stopped the thunder had already CRACKED over our head. We hid in this honey store until it stopped raining long enough for us to run to our car. That night we all cooked something for dinner- Matt made chicken, Sarah made green beans & I made squash. It was a lovely meal :o)

Sunday, we got up and went to church. Matt & Sarah go to this church called Tapestry- it's a fairly new church, there were only about 40 people there, and it was in a movie theater- which was kinda cool. They had a band to do worship music and a great message about margins in our lives. We went to Wendy's for lunch and went back to Sarah's to change.

We went to Chippewa Square (FORREST GUMP SQUARE) to do all the cheesy Forrest stuff :o) We took so many pictures of everything Gump related. I couldn't help myself. It's my favorite movie of all time. Deal with it.

After that, we went to Bonaventure Cemetery - where parts of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was filmed.

This was probably one of my favorite parts of the weekend- it was amazing. It was so cool to be standing in the same place that people 100 years ago were standing... It was just beautiful.

All of the azaela's were in bloom all over the cemetery. The Spanish Moss hanging off the oak trees was SO crazy. I kept doing 360's - I mean everywhere you looked it was beauty. Typical Southern City.

We had chili for dinner that night and watched Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil... interesting story- it all takes place in Savannah so we were all pointing out things that we knew of.. it was cool.

Monday I got up and packed and we went back to the Express Café for breakfast.

I got scrambled eggs w/ cheddar, whole wheat toast & spinach and feta quiche.

And I of course got some bread pudding to take home :o)

If you are still reading my ramblings about this weekend- kudos. Savannah is seriously my new favorite place and I CANNOT wait to go back!!