Friday Hodgepodge

Another week in the record books, huh?

It's definitely been a crazy week, here's some quick snippets, 

to get you all up to date:

Monday, I voted early AND gave blood. 

Talk about getting all of your civic duties out of the way at once. 

It took me 2 days to recover from giving blood, but..whatever. 

I did a little browsing at Target.

What? Are you shocked?

I LOVE those green/black loafers in the middle, but as of tomorrow,

 I am unemployed and I don't want to pack another thing.

donations are accepted and encouraged, by the way. (sz 9) 

What? Oh, yeah. Tomorrow is my official last day at work. 

2.5 years, it seems..bittersweet. 

I'll tell you more about it later, ok?

Can I just say that these: 

need to be in your home, right now.  Go on, go buy some. I'll wait. 

Back? H'ok, moving on!

I put my awesome artistic skills to work earlier this week

 and sent Mike and updated family photo of us all:

Exhibit A as to why I am a scientist....

 We made some progress on the packing front. 

Well, after Shiva finished popping all the bubbles on the bubble wrap, 

and after she finished tearing the duct tape off all the boxes I'd already made...

then we got some progress made. 

I also took a bit of time to myself this week to get my nails all pink, 

with just a hint of halloween-ness. I really kinda dig the black shatter topping, and

if I tell the truth, I did these while I was home last weekend, and as of right now, they've only got a couple minor chips. Totally rocking them all weekend. 

Julep: Drew for the pink, and Ursula with black crackle. 

On Wednesday, I got all gussied up in my newly found pink sparkly tank top, 

Exhibit B: I am a scientist because I am definitely NOT a fashion blogger. 

and headed out to Graffiti Frozen Yogurt,

self serve froyo with a thousand flavors and a billion toppings, 

cheap and right of 54, so you should TOTALLY check it out,  

and met up with these fabulous ladies. 

It was so nice to see Angela again, and FINALLY meet Molly, and meet a few more girls that I'm sad I don't have the chance to get to know better. Oh well, this is what blogging is for right? And I'm definitely waiting for one of them to venture to SF, cause I'll be RIGHT there. :)

and Finally, I've been having some fun Skyping back home:

yes, 

that is my ipad,

sitting in front of my computer screen,

 sitting in front of the tv, 

that I took a picture of with my phone. 

mama!

papa! 

and one more fun thing, just for a friday fancies extravaganza! 

(Seriously, 100 FFs? YOU GO AV!)

glitter party by teeller 

Let's be honest: If I owned those things, I would wear them the DAY we arrived in California and unpack my boxes just to celebrate making it that far. Also, Mike, those earrings ;)

Linking back up with some of my favorites today,

 hope to see you guys on Monday, have a great weekend. 

Feel free to come pack my house, by the way :)

  

Do you hate me?

Do you hate me? 

For not telling you all about London, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris? (neworleansandchina)

for being so stressed and nervous that I'm neglecting even READING blogs?

or will you be amused with the wee posts I manage to put up for the next bit?

I'm still packing. 

or trying.. Shiva's been great at helping.

Really. 

She's eating my wooden spoon here..  

and here? She's eating a spatula:

(granted, I gave her this one, because I was about to throw it away)

she stole the wooden spoon.

and here she is helping me pack books:

 or eating them. Yeah, sorry Agatha Christie. 

And when I'm not packing/Shiva chasing, 

I'm sending Mike awesome things like this:

he's SO lucky ;)

Weekend Update

Well,

as always, 

this weekend FLEW by. 

It doesn't help that we've been trying to squeeze in all the "us" time, 

that we can. Since Mike leaves -tomorrow-.

Friday

I had taken the day off work to help pack, 

and pack we did. 

Mountains of clothes..

Car tetris begins. 

Shiva went out to potty. 

I realize this isn't an event. 

As she does this multiple times a day. 

THIS TIME, 

she brought herself back a toy. 

Beer case? / Toy? No discrimination here.

Saturday

The morning was spent prepping for Leslie's baby shower. 

Decorations, paintings, cupcakes, etc. 

The afternoon was a little busier. 

We hopped from a brewery tour at Big Boss

just in time for Harvest Time on Draft. 

 over to Boylan Bridge, 

smiles

then to The Pit for dinner. 

 Afterwards, 

we met up with some friends for bowling, 

and birthday cake.  

 Sunday

Another packing day, 

with a side of finishing touches. 

Then, twas baby shower time!

(post to come)

DIY onesies. Guess which one Mike did and which one I did. 

 Before we left, Leslie sent us off with the most ADORABLE favors, 

(see the cute chevron bags with polka dot ribbon)

(girl is after my own heart, SERIOUSLY)

and a super sweet hostess gift. 

Love Them All. 

So, now, I'm settled in, drinking my wine, Mike's car is fully packed, 

and we're trying to celebrate our last few hours living in the same house. 

For 2 months anyway. 

Cheers to the weekend. 

Linking Up with the Ladies, as always!

                                       

Current Crush

It's already August, which means it's almost traveling season

Which means, it's time to get more stripes

current crush by teeller featuring striped scarves

Gah, The gold clutch is fantastic, but I gotta say that I love the Anchor dress. Think that would be suitable for October in Paris?