Weekly catch up Monday March 24, 2008

I had a lovely weekend. I worked on Friday; it was a long and late night. BOO!!!! But on Sat I only worked 1-6, a nice mid shift. So I was able to go to the gym in the morning and then I went to work and then out with my lovely friends. It was my dear Katie’s birthday on Saturday so we all went out to dinner at Azteca and it was quite unfortunate that the food was bad, the service was bad and the liquor was bad, well Allison’s drink was bad. So just as an FYI, don’t eat there because it isn’t good. After that Dave, Anthony and I went and met up with the lovely Megan and Seth and their great group of friends at the Brewhouse and got our drink on. Unfortunately I did not drink enough to get my pepper on! But maybe next time! HA! After that we dropped Anthony off at his car and on our way back home we got a flat tire! YES! Nothin better than being F-A-Rozen, having a flat tire AND being a little tipsy while we are on the side of the freeway changing my tire. Did I mention that it was F-A-REEZING? Man am I a baby? HA!

Sunday was nice though. We slept in! YES! My favorite thing to do. Then we went to Fido and had coffee and potatoes. It was my first time there and it was really nice. I like the coffee. YUM! BUT I think that I like going to Zach and Joey’s (Sam and Zoes) has a much better atmosphere. Although I do like the coffee better at Fido’s, I think I’d rather go to Z & J’s. My luck Fido has the same coffee as Z & J’s, just like Seth’s Pitcher of Miller Lite tasted better than my pitcher of Miller Lite. I swear there was a difference! I swear! Oh back to my day. Then we went grocery shopping! Heck ya! We went to Whole foods, cause white people love whole foods, and they had free samples of sushi! HOW AWESOME ARE THEY?! YUM! Then we went home and just hung out for the rest of the day. It was a very nice and relaxing day. I feel like I never get days like that anymore. This next weekend will be like that, I hope. I took the weekend off for Dave’s birthday so I’m hoping we can relax and that I can get together with Amanda to scrapbook. Oh and Dave made an awesome pasta dinner. I couldn’t tell you how he made it but I do know that it rocked my socks!

Here’s what on the agenda for this week. I know you are all excited. Leaving early today because I have to go to Costco to fix my tire. Then to Express to work. YAY! Tomorrow I’m supposed to go out shopping with Megan after work for Dave’s birthday before we meet up with Dave and Seth at the hockey game. I told Dave that we should go get drinks at somewhere for Happy hour so we don’t go to the arena and pay $8.00 for a 24 ounce beer. So maybe I’ll get my pepper on when we go out tomorrow. Wednesday and Thursday I work both nights and will be training a bit on my Sales Leader position so that I can be signed off and ready for tax free weekend. YAY for training, YUCK for tax free weekend! Then I’m off Friday through Monday of next week.

Less than 2 weeks till Amanda and I go on our trip to St. Louis. I’m super excited and getting ansy! I can’t wait to scrapbook and have fun with other people like me. I know I totally suck at it but it’s just inspiring to be around people who don’t suck and who do really great work! People joke with me about how I am a 100 year old grandma, they also will then ask me if I knit too, to which I reply with “No but I do crochet!” Which they always laugh and say that their grandma crochets. I just laugh it off, because I don’t care if I’m like an old lady. This is what I enjoy and they will be sad when they lose their memory and don’t have their pictures in order or on a pretty piece of paper.

So I was looking at pictures of me back when I was heavier. I am happy that I am not like that anymore. It’s weird to think that was me, but it really was. I am a little bit disappointed because I have gained like 12 pounds of the 60 that I lost back. I look in the mirror and I know that I look great compared to what I looked like but now I don’t look AS good as I was looking so I feel a little bit frustrated. But I’m really going to have to kick my ass into gear otherwise I’m going to gain all my weight back and then I’ll be really sad!

These are 2 pics from back before I lost my weight. The first is when Dave and I stared dating, the second is when we went to the mountains, I know scary! The third is me now. Know I know I’ve lost a lot of weight but I dont look nearly as good as I did last March. Hopefully I can fix that soon!

Okay, I’m going to get back to my work that is piling up. I will probably write later once I see the twopeas challenge question. Hope everyone had a great Easter!

Steph

P.S. Here is a purse from my daily calendar. I thought it was pretty!

Monday Morning Catch Up… March 17, 2008

Had a fun weekend.

Friday night was great! Dave and I went out drinking with our friends! Had a blast thanks to my BFF Megan! HA!HA!HA!

Then Sat I went to work, Express, and worked till 2 and then shopped as it was a 45 % off weekend. I didn’t spend a whole lot there but I did get 3 t-shirts and a light-weight jacket. Then Dave and I went to the gym for like 30 minutes, not really a motivating workout day. And then we went to Opry Mills and went shopping! Woo! Hoo! I love shopping. We went to sushi too and that was super good. YUM! I bought a pair of Guess jeans, which fit AWESOME (!!!) and a pair of cute flats from Banana Republic for 9 bucks. YES! Oh and I got workout shoes from the NIKE outlet for 15 bucks from the kids section! Yes I’m cheap!

On Sunday we went to Michaels because I had a 50% off coupon and I bought the awesome Making Memories Trimmer that I’ve been wanting for the past week. It was the best deal that I could get and I need it for the convention so it worked out perfectly. I think it was meant to be! We also went to Zach and Joey’s (Sam and Zoes) and had coffee and lunch. It was the best. If you ever go there get the Tijuana Wrap, you will not be disappointed. It was great. We went to see Laurel cause she was working till 2 so we hung out and talked and drank coffee and then went to her house to play with the puppy, Walter. I now want a puppy more than anything. But I cant have one so I decided to carry my stuffed puppy from
FH Schwartz around and make puppy noises. HA! Dave was amused, cause I’m hilarious! God I’m full of myself. HA! Ummm…. What else did I do. Oh I ironed like a good wife. AND I made a bad ass pasta dinner. Thanks Giada De Laurentis. She is the bomb.com. Ya I said it and there is no denying it.

Ok enough bragging out my weekend. I’m back to work today. Yippee! Going to lunch with Megan after her interview and then to Dan McGuiness to party after work. YAY! That’s about it for now.

Oh here are my 365 pictures from this weekend. When we were at the Mills this weekend there was a cool Wrestlemania thing going on and I got a fake Randy Orton tattoo. So I felt it was only natural to take a picture of my tattoo with a picture of him.

Yesterday’s picture is of my new shoes while we were at Zach and Joeys. Kinda cool!

Going to work now.

Steph

Lets play catch up March 4, 2008

Okay so my lovely friend Laurel, okay so she’s Dave’s friend but she’s my new friends too, works at this freaking awesome coffeshop, Sam and Zoe’s or Zach and Joeys as I like to call it. I wish I could make coffee and make it taste good because I’d want to work there if I did. Anyways… So this is right down the street from The Pfunky Griddle that I went to like a week or so ago with Amanda. It’s very similar as it is in an older house and it feels really retro and great. I love it there. I went on Sunday and got a Latte and a shared a muffin with Davey–Pumpkin (so good). I also went yesterday and got a Latte and that was super great too. I love it there and would recommend it to anyone. I think this will be my new coffee shop choice. Check it out if you live in Nashville or Tennessee.

So life has been very very very busy lately. I have recently taken a promotion at Express. This is just on a temporary basis as I am trying to help out my wonderful store that I LOVE so much! We have a few sales leads that are leaving our store and our store manager is taking a few month sabbatical, so to be a team player and help them out I have taken this promotion. It’s basically like what I’ve been doing but just a little more effort has to put into it and I will be working on the weekends and making more money. Yay! This will only be till June but I’m excited.

I had a doctor’s day yesterday. Never any fun. I got a little nervous because she felt a lump in my left breast but she said that it wasn’t anything to worry about, at least not right now. So that’s good, I suppose. I also went to the dentist and they found a crack in one of my fillings so now I have to get a crown. Yippy for me. I hate going to the dentist because it sucks. There are some people who hate the doctor, I am not one of them, but I hate the dentist, I go but I hate it. It’s not any fun ever! Last time I was there they told me I had to get my wisdom teeth out, I did that and my face hurt for a month. Stupid teeth growing in sideways!! UGH…

I can’t wait to get my new camera. I’ve been having a lot of fun working on my 365 self portrait project. I think it’s so much fun, but I really want to start using my new camera so that I will get better pictures. Here’s Sunday’s picture. This was fun to edit because I really have no idea of the hell I’m doing with photoshop but its fun to play around till I like the way it looks, and I had 1 person comment on the editing of it on Flickr. Yay! I haven’t had time to edit yesterday’s so it’s not ready for your viewing. But here is Sunday’s pic.

Okay, I’m going to get back to work!

Steph