WORK VACATION: COOTD: SEA/SEE FOOD :)

Boy oh Boy did my co-workers and I dine-out during the conference.

Our dinner bill from Thursday night is not something I EVER want to have to handle.

O-U-C-H

and yet SOOOO DELICIOUS.

I heart seafood,

but not your SEEfood.

That's just plain nasty...

and if you SEEfood me,

I'll SEEfood you right back ;)

I'm very mature like that.

Tank: Target

Shorts: DKNY (via Marshals)

Watch: Michael Kors

WORK VACATION: ROAD TRIP

My drive to the beach was just under 3 hours--probably a bit closer to 2.5 (we all know how I like to drive fast...).

I might have bombarded my twitter followers with obnoxious tweets... 

My bad.

However, what was I supposed to do? I was on a road trip by myself. I had to stay entertained :)

My #roadtrip outfit

Shorts: Land 'n Sea (via Marshalls)

Top: Old Navy

And well I might have gone a little crazy with my camera during my drive...

Maybe played Paparazzi a lil bit.

Good lord, I'm a friggin' cheese ball.

WORK VACATION!?

That's right.

I said it: Work Vacation.

I just returned (Friday at 5:00PM to be exact) from a work trip down in Ocean City, MD. As far as I am concerned the 3 days that I spent down in good 'ole OC were (most likely) all the vacation that my work-a-holic ass is going to get this summer, and for the rest of the year for that matter.

So for the next few hours BE PREPARED.

I'm going to be uploading pictures from my work vacay ;)

And you're going to like it.

The End.

WORDS OF WISDOM

I've never been a fan of 'word/phrase' posters or pictures on my wall, but on a recent roommate shopping trip I found these and fell in love!

I didn't purchase them--like I said, not really my thing--but I liked what they had to say:

 The photo-bob in the background thought I was weird for taking photos of myself in the middle of the store.

Eh, oh well :)

I had to get a full outfit photo some how...

So True.

A little roommate assistance with the photography.

Thanks Roommate M!

My Fav.

HAPPY WEEKEND!

I'm looking forward to a Memorial Day weekend (Sunday/Monday) spent with my roomies, friends, and family.

 

And PLENTY of sun, food, and wine ;)

Of Course.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!!!

**testing out which settings I like more via Vignette Demo on the Droid.

SISTER-COUSIN FUN

Saw "Something Borrowed" with the sister-cousin!

Definitely a good movie.

Will be adding to my RomCom DVD collection in the future :)

Oh, and can I just mention that she and I wore almost IDENTICAL outfits.

This was unplanned, especially considering I now live an hour away.

Great minds I guess :)

Or I've just influenced her wardrobe with my own...

I will gladly take credit for that one.

TEAMMATES ARE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH

Last week I told you how Roommates were Bad for your Health...

Well TODAY let me tell you how Teammates are Bad for your Health:

Saturday/Sunday the Baltimore rugby teams hosted the annual Rites of Spring rugby tournament.
Saturday night the majority of the participants of the tournament turned out for the most INTENSE and AMAZING social of my life!

Let me just give you a rundown...
I'm just going to give you words and not sentences, just because the vague-ness is just about as HILARIOUS as the actual full blown story of the evening.

Without further ado (and in somewhat of a logical and chronological order):

rugby, sun, sweat, bruises, more rugby, more sweat, tears, and BIG BRUISES, laughter, prom dresses, skanky dresses, cop cars, text messages, MOBD, Brawl-timore, rugby men, sexy bartenders, tequila, SEQUIN JACKET, National Boh, Dancing, Ray-Bans, Philly, shots, FREE ALCOHOL, Pumpkin, tequila + hot sauce = YUMMY!, Four Horsemen (followed by intentional vomit), MORE FREE ALCOHOL, a sombrero, more dancing, glow sticks, sweat pants, even more dancing, DFMO, sneaking into other bars, free beer, silent conversations, crazy glasses, more shots, another free beer, DANCING!, last call, sole survivors, taxi cabs, AMAZING, BEST SOCIAL EVER!

And just because I love you and because the sequin jacket picture is the greatest thing next to sliced bread...

I'll leave you with pictures of the entire evening:

The dress that started the evening

(well two dresses... I had to layer, the top dress was WAYYYY too short!)

dress from JC Penny--Bisou Bisou

LBJ // Jazz // Donkey

 K & Wheeler // Milwaukee // Jackie 

Donkey, K, Chuck (uummm, ME duh!), Milwaukee, and Jackie

 The Majority of the LineUp of my teammates that social-d

Me, Jackie, Stitch, Donkey, JBL, Nash, Lyndsay, Liz, and Jazz

THE SEQUIN JACKET!!
(I tried SOOO hard to steal this from the Philly women's team)

Crazy Glasses, taken from some drunk rugger :) 

And a teammates hand in my face

LOL

Happy 2nd Week of May!

oh, and Drink Responsibly,

or not at all--I respect that too

and you can still have fun SANS alcohol :)

WHAT I'M DRINKING: LINDEMANS KRIEK LAMBIC

Starting a little bit of a new/old thing tonight (old in the sense that I used to talk about my tasteful alcohol consumption back in the early days of this 'ole site of mine)...

In addition to "What I'm Wearing" and "What I'm Tuning Into" I present you with... "What I'm Drinking"


On tonight's menu:

Lindemans Kriek (pronounced "Creek") Lambic
(Retail--in the $6-8 range for a pint bottle)

Simply stated, but not simple in the least, a cherry beer, which if you do not already know:

This beer is ABSOLUTELY delicious!!!

It has a very rounded cherry flavor, not too sweet, not at all bitter, just a little tart--just how I like my beers of flavor.

The color is a very rich berry color (like a cross between a fresh summer cherry and a ripe plum), which only emphasizes the flavor--yes, color has a lot to do with flavor, at least in my mind... I like both my foods and my beverages to look good--in my mind, they taste better that way.

My old boss from The Season's Bistro recommended having this beer over vanilla ice cream, like a root beer float. I bet if you served this with CHERRY ice cream your world would come to an end. If you try it out this way, be sure to give me a heads up to the end of your world... who knows, you and I might be the same shoe size (only in my dreams), or you might have excellent taste in music. If that's the case--WRITE ME IN YOUR WILL... NOW! (Please and thank you.)

MY RECOMMENDATION:

 

TEQUILA, MI AMOR

My night went a little something like this:

I bought a bottle of tequila...
said bottle fell out of the bottom of the bag at my front door...
shards from said--now broken--bottle cut my thumb...
I drove back to the liquor store, with my bloody thumb and the damn woman, damn near, didn't give me a new bottle.
Hello! I worked in a liquor store for 3 years lady... it takes all of a phone call to get you a new bottle... FOR FREE.
Quit being a meanie.

So I got my bottle of tequila, headed home, and proceeded to do this:

 

and drink about half of the bottle...

With Lucky's help of course.

We did a shot...

I laughed mid-shot and tequila went up my nose and on the floor...

the dogs licked up my mess--I think they liked it :)

We did a re-take on the shot...

with much success.

I then proceeded to drunk dial a McLovin' (twice) and accidentally drunk dialed Melissa (when I tossed my cell on my bed)...

Following my accidental dial I officially drunk dialed Melissa back (much to my lols) to tell her that I accidentally drunk dialed her--from what I remember of my on purpose drunk dial I think Melissa was lol-ing with me.

She's such a good friend. 

I woke up at 7 this morning,

Sans-hangover (Hooray!!!)

Facebook-ed my love for Tequila:

And then spent the rest of the morning cleaning up our dishes from dinner and margaritas.

Oh, and I wasted a few hours wrapping gifts and playing Angry Birds.

Then I did a happy dance when I was able to log onto the internet (for the first time in almost a week).

Yay Blog!

PUMPKIN PREVIEW

Can you guess which one is mine?

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ALIVE

Alive.
Just been a bit busy this week.
Expect a full update (i.e. MULTIPLE POSTS) tomorrow late afternoon.
Why late afternoon, you ask?
Well I'm going tubing down the chata-somthing tomorrow with a handful of people from the Bistro.

Have a happy rest of the weekend everyone!

Blog at 'cha tomorrow!!!!


--Chuck

HERE KITTY, KITTY

Bonnie (my SiL's mamma) has a HUGE soft spot for animals.
Just for an FYI, all of the 9 animals but two in the house that I live in are rescued animals in some way, shape, or form.

A few weeks ago Bonnie acquired 3 kittens that she has taken in and bottle fed since day 2ish of their birth.

The kittens have been officially adopted by every member of the family. Bonnie is taking one, (niece) Kenna one, and Bonnie's other daughter Cole is taking the other to her house.

A little while ago, in the midst of blogging, "white paws" decided to hang out with me... and roll around on me, and nibble at my chin, and fall off and climb back on me... and swat at the dogs each time they came up to me...

Here are the photos of what transpired:

Please excuse the lack of makeup on my face... I was in RELAX mode post work.

MOVIE TRIP and an OUTFIT POST

Yesterday, I invited made Bonnie go to the movies with me. After three days of pleading and suffering through a Memorial Weekend rain storm, we were able to escape to the movie theaters for a little Sex and the City 2 break.

Of course an outing and Sex and the City 2 meant that I could FINALLY wear my new Banana Republic heels and my monthly eBay score (an Ark & Co. silk top from Anthropologie for $20--originally $124).

Top: Ark & Co (Anthropologie) Silk Fan Blouse [$124--via eBay $20]

Jeans: Banana Republic Destroyed Straight Leg jeans [Similar here $79.50--via eBay for $25]

Shoes: Banana Republic [SOLD OUT]

Can I just say that aside from the obvious fact that Sex and the City 2 featured absolutely AMAZING shoes, clothes and accessories, the COLORS in the movie were off the charts. The girls trip to Abu Dhabi just blew my mind. The architecture and colors used and featured throughout the entire Abu Dhabi portion of the movie just drove me insane! I loved it all!

Also loved were these two outfits from the movie:

Miranda's full length dress from the wedding scene was RIDICULOUS!

Her character looked absolutely amazing. I think one of the best looks for her throughout the entire series.

And, Charlotte's red dress from the Abu Dhabi/Camel scene... Sooo Gorgeous!

Oh, and the shoes from this scene... mmm I melt with envy.

Then there was this guy: Max Ryan.

Bonnie and I liked this guy.

He was pretty delicious.

If you've seen the movie, I'm pretty sure that you'll agree.

If you don't...

There is something SERIOUSLY wrong with your libido.

MEMORIES of GREEN

Right at this moment 2 years ago I was with an amazing friend, sharing in the hospitality and home of a wonderful couple (expecting their first baby), enjoying amazing a week of rainy and clear weather, drinking FRESH Guinness (yes, there is a difference) and delicious Magners Cider in Ireland.

[SB and I in Dublin]

[The Cliffs of Moher]

[The Cliffs of Moher]

Looking back to two years ago my life was very different. My values were different. Who I considered important in my life was different. I was truly a different person back then.

I definitely like where I am now. I like what I know now, versus two years ago.
I most definitely I like who I am now.

Today I am a college graduate looking for a real job.
I'm a girl trying to finally break free of the safety of home.
I'm a woman enjoying the pleasures of a new relationship.
I'm an aunt (x's 4).
I'm a friend.
AND
I'm truly happier than I've ever been before.

With that being said:

Happy Anniversary to my passport
and to my first cross the big ocean trip!