4.9.11

1:04 am

(I guess technically this was taken on April 10th, but I am calling it April 9th.) Thomas turned 21 y'all! In celebration, we went out to celebrate at the finest that Water Street and Old World Third Street had to offer.  We drank, we danced and we drank a little more.  A funny sidenote: Tom wears plaid shirts like the one is fashioning in this picture often.  Meghan thought it would be great if we all wore plaid shirts to be just like him.  Such a great idea, so I came to Milwaukee armed with my favorite plaid shirt of the moment.  However, when I got to Meghan's, it turned out it was basically the same one she was wearing. Sooo, I ended up nixing the plaid shirt so as not to be twins with Meghan (because people mistake us for twins all the time.....yeah right.)  Thomas, Meghan and Taylor certainly nailed the plaid shirt theme though.

3.27.11

This was my actual bday (the big one).  Meghan and Thomas came up to celebrate with me.  Meghan and I started off by getting pedicures, then had lunch, followed by a little dessert at my fave, Red Mango!

10.7.10

Meghan got THE CALL on a Tuesday that she had 4 tickets to see Oprahhhhhh! Meghan and I were lucky enough to attend a taping a few years ago, but this was still really exciting. I mean, when Oprah calls, you drop everything and go to her...especially because this is her last season, ya know? Following suit, I promptly and without question skipped class on Wednesday night and took the day off on Thursday to go to Chicago. To get to the 9am taping, it was suggested to us to get there at 7am...which meant we had to leave Milwaukee at 4:30am! If you are doing the math, that meant I had to wake up at 3:30am. Basically, I shouldnt have even gone to sleep because I could hardly sleep anyway from being so anxious!

The topic of the show we saw was the 25th anniversary of Love Story. Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neal were the guests. It was a sweet, heart warming kind of show....and a great experience. Oprah was as fab as you would imagine.

A really cool part of the day happened after the taping though. We wanted our picture taken in front of the Harpo sign and asked some passerbys to take a picture of us. We made a little small talk with them (2 girls about my age and an older man) and it turned out the man worked at Harpo and offered to take us inside for a backstage tour. Ummm, yes please! We got to see some cool things and got to hear some great stories. I'm so glad I got to go one more time before her show ends!

12.28.09

Another one turns the big 2-9. Only one more year in your 20's, Meghan! Live it up! I stopped by her birthday lunch to wish her a happy bday. Wouldn't you know this was one of the few times I didn't have either of my cameras with me though. That hardly ever happened this year surprisingly. Thankfully Emily had hers and I was able to get my pic of the day. Whew! Close one!

12.20.09

Doing a little photo editing

12.19.09

Meghan, Tom and I went to the Governor's mansion on Saturday to check out the decorations. (They have it open to the public a few Saturdays out of the year, I think). The decor was kind of lacking, but the mansion was gorgeous...obvi. We also met the First Lady and acted like fools taking dumb pictures like this one. ha!

From there, we shopped all over town, until we dropped. I should clarify. I big Meg & Tom adieu around 9pm and I continued to shop until midnight. MIDNIGHT, people! That is how late both Target and Old Navy were open.

8.14.09

Meghan, Tom and I went to Pizzeria Piccola on Friday night. Gosh, I miss that place so much.

My visit on Friday made me miss a lot of things about "home" actually. I saw a lot of people from my childhood, had a hot fudge sundae with pecans from Gille's with two of my best grade school friends, hung out with Dre and to top it off, did some shopping with Meg at Mayfair.

Perhaps one day I will return for good...

7.18.09

Saturday was the most anticipated shopping weekend of my year. Maxwell Street Days. This year Meghan and Tom joined in the fun with Jon and me. The sale officially runs from Friday-Sunday, but word on the street (Nancy) is that some stores started on Thursday. What?! We were not 1, but 2 days behind all the greatest deals. I have taken note of this for next year.

Back to Saturday.

We used my camera as a mirror most of the day since everything is on the street and mirrors were hard to come by. I believe this was right after Meghan took her pants off in the middle of State Street to try on a dress actually. Yup. That would be correct. (tee hee hee)

As for this picture...it may need some explaining, right? Meghan is making a 'b' with her hand. You know, b for Bula (the brand of these hats). I mean, Bula is quite possibly the best hat brand around - didn't you know? You best run out and get yourself one. (side note: obviously the ASL Meghan and I learned in college didn't kick in right away, because it wasn't until after we took the picture that we realized this was not the correct sign for 'B'.)

We all came away with a lot of good loot. My best buy of the day were a pair of Asics for $40. Meghan's was probably her $35 Michael Kors flats. Tom's: an Adidas track jacket for $30 (?)...and Jon would argue his were some plaid Quicksilver loafer things, but I think his was a pair of Rainbow moccasins for $30.

5.24.09

I got up at the crack o' dawn this morning to go cheer on Emily and Tom at the Madison Half Marathon. Surprisingly, I was up and at 'em right away at 5:45 when the alarm went off. This is noteworthy people. I do not do mornings.

Back to the race.

I met the J family at the Alliant Energy Center after grossly underestimating how much traffic there would be. There were cars backed up on the beltline for at least a mile. Yikes. I got there about 20 minutes before the race started, but I'm sure there were a lot of late runners!

We found a spot at the start to see them off. Then we headed out to catch them again around the 6 mile mark (where this pic was taken). They were looking so good! Then we made our way back to the finish. Much to my dismay, they did not cross the finish holding each other's hands. I love that! Instead, at the last second Tom took off and left Emily in his dust. Such a nice brother he is ;) Emily still put her hands up in celebration as she finished just a few steps behind. They finished in 2:03. Great job, guys!!

Here's a question though - whats the deal with the dudes starting the race with no shirt? Do they just know they are going to end up taking it off, so they just skip a step? We thought it was a little weird. Especially because it wasn't a sweltering hot day today...

4.21.09

Look who's back! It's Tom, my Tuesday night model. The semester will be over in 3 weeks though...so our Tuesday night tradition of dinner and pictures will come to an end. :(

4.14.09

Look who is making another appearance as a good little model!

Tom and I grabbed some dinner on Tuesday (at Five Guys if you must know), and then I made him model in front of The Red Shed. As I was going through the shots, I realized most were almost identical to this one. Red wall and everything! So I opted to change things up and go for a close up.

3.28.09

Meghan came to town Saturday to spend the day with Tom and I. We had lunch at Dotty's, did a little shopping on State Street and then made our way to Hilldale. I had to snap a pic of Tom in front of his favorite store while we were there. Look how happy he is to be there! Ha! We only tease because we love, Tom.

Gotta be honest, this was a TOUGH day to only pick 1 picture. There was one of Meghan holding up a teeny tiny shirt...that was not meant for a baby. Dang rules. I'm standing my ground. Only 1 pic.

3.13.09

This is my friend Meghan (and her bro, Tom).

She is obsessed with pugs, but does not have one.

As I was taking this picture, she was saying, "If I owned this pug, I would totally trim his whiskers."

...and then Tom and I told her she was cra-zy. [lovingly of course :)]

3.10.09

Ummm, did you know that Lacoste has a home line? I'm slightly obsessed with Lacoste. Let's ignore that I own like 1 item from this brand and that it is typically way out of what I consider affordable...I still can't resist that little alligator!

Tom and I were at Macy's on Tuesday and I made him be my model while we were both dying over all of the goodies.

And let me tell you that every single sheet, pillow, towel, bath mat, robe, etc. have that little signature alligator embroidered on to it.

I die.

It makes me want to redo our bathroom into a preppy Lacoste wonderland.

365 vol. 2

1/6
Christmas in a box

1/7
Kohl's on a Tuesday

(a lady walked by me right after I took this picture and I think she thought I was crazy. I imagine that is only the first of what is to come this year...)


1/8
us in our cozy sweatshirts


1/9
8:56 am from the driver's seat


1/10
2 macs and 1 tom


1/11
a snack at the mall