weekend update

hope you had a pleasant long weekend! 

 

took a little road trip to Des Moines to celebrate the marriage of two of our friends! so amazing to see some of these ladies again -- cannot believe I haven't seen some of them in over 2 years! 

we came home Sunday and did a little yard work. not sure if the guy before us even bothered picking up weeds/dandelions in the backyard because they are EVERYWHERE. our backs were aching by the end of the night and we were starved so we went to a favorite irish pub of ours for some drinks and appetizers. i think Joe could eat those fish bites dipped in sriracha mayo for days. they had 80s music bingo going on and while we didn't pick up any boards, we would have won for sure. 

I am and will always be a fan of lazy mornings. We woke up Monday, stirred up some chocolate chip pancakes and scrambled eggs. We spent most of the day outside; working on my car and grilling with some friends. 

weekend snapshots

 

 

this weekend, we said goodbye to Joe's grandpa + took a road trip to wisconsin to see our friend Anna.

the boys played football in the park and i sat in the grass, enjoyed the sun and read my book.  

weekend snaps

1. Last minute sushi happy hour with my friends Tate and Anna filled with lots of chit chat. We went to a place that was new to me and sat at some tables that were low to the ground, but we were not sitting seiza style.

2. On Friday, Joe and I went to the Twin Cities Auto Show and looked at all the pretty cars. It's been on my mind that I may need to get a new car soon so it was perfect to scope out a bunch of cars at the same time and really nail down what I'm looking for in a car (all wheel drive, preferably a small SUV, trunk space).  I really don't ever want to say goodbye to my baby Rav4 since I've had it for almost five years now and is filled with so many memories of late night taco runs, multiple trips to iowa and back, summer drives with the windows down and the music loud, and lots of laughter with my girlfriends in the back seat.

3. We celebrated St. Paddy's Eve with an early start and a full day ahead. I accidentally left my phone at the house when we hurried off to the Minneapolis parade so I was phone-less for almost 5 hours (but really I had Joe's phone the whole time). We didn't get any green beer but I did have my fair share in Guinness + hard cider, irish whiskey and green shots of any kind!

4. Even though it was the actual day of St. Patrick's, Sunday was spent in a lazy way -- late brunch with friends, grocery shopping and laying around the house. I picked up some coconut oil after getting some advice here, here and here. My hair and scalp have been feeling a bit dry from these long winter days so I'm hopeful that coconut oil will be a great natural way to get my hair back in health.

weekend snapshots

1. went down to des moines and caught up on some good eats that I've been missing (and missing out on!). not sure why I didn't go to either of these places allofthetime during my colleges years. Fong's and La Mie are two little des moines delights that everyone needs to check out if they are in town.

2. the reason I was in town was to celebrate Founder's Day with my sisters (aw). It was really great to see old friends all in one big place. Plenty of picture taking, quick catch up sessions and hugs. The event was beautiful and filled with lots of anchor love! I really love these quick trips to des moines!

3. Sunday morning and back in Minnesota, mom and I went to the Home and Garden Show and then did some Asian grocery shopping. I did not expect there to be so many food/wine exhibitors at the H+G show but we tried a bunch of different samples and had a lot of fun wandering through! Asian grocery shopping with my mom is always better than when I go alone because she knows the best products to buy and I'm excited that I'm slowly building up my Asian cooking essentials.

4. Later that day, Joe and I had dinner with his mom. We went to Pan-Asian restaurant near our house that we've been to quite a bit. We had some potstickers and cranberry puffs (same as cream cheese puffs but with some cranberries!) to start off our meal and then we both ordered pho. I was on the fence about ordering chow fun, and there is still some part of me that wishes I had. Oh well, the pho was delish none the less.

how was your weekend?

over the weekend

here's some weekend tidbits! these weekends need to slow themselves down. 

a quick trip to atlanta and back \\ a shoe dilemma 

getting pretty for birthday celebrations at blowdry

all ready for friday night \\ black, white and wine wedding decor set up

a cozy saturday afternoon with wiz \\ homemade mac n cheese pizza 

xoxo

over the weekend: halloween edition

i think this halloween weekend might actually take the cake. not only did we get to celebrate halloween but also two birthdays! even last night, we realized that all weekend long we stayed pretty busy and we got so many things done. and had so much fun doing them. it was glorious. 

i also learned that mustaches are very hard to manage. serious props to any man participating in movember.

enjoying a cool walk to work \\ celebrating this lady's birthday!

more birthday celebrations \\ dressing up as hipster disney princesses 

casual saturday breakfast at home \\ taking care of our backyard 

 

ghost cookies! \\ gearing up to save princess peach

mario + luigi! 

we topped off the weekend with some good ol' fashioned pumpkin carving and some sunday evening drinks with friends. 

how was your halloween weekend? 

Over the Weekend

it was just one of those crazy, fantastic weekends that remind you how amazing the people in your life really are. we spent the weekend celebrating! celebrating relays, a birthday and even an engagement (congrats John and Emily!). so glad i got to spend some quality time with my best friends. 

cupcakes

 


  

Why yes, let's spend 3 hours in a cupcake shop! Chatter, people watching and eating some delicious cupcakes were all on the agenda.

happy weekend

this weekend, i'm going to spend some time baking blueberry scones, enjoying the unusually amazing MN winter weather, buying new socks, wandering a bookstore and cleaning out my car. but first, some drinks with the boyfriend and cheers to the weekend!

hope you enjoy yours too.

birthday + christmas weekend, according to my iphone

    

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hope your holiday weekends were just as lovely.