HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

10.30.09

Check out these beautious pumpkins that are in the window display at Bop! I'm obsessed. I think I may go out tomorrow and buy the necessary materials to replicate that blingy one.

10.29.09

Snowflakes.

October 29th.

That is all.

10.28.09

Nancy and I are working on a little craft project, so we went to Archiver's to get some paper on Wednesday night. This place has so many options - texture, shimmer, shine, glitter, every color you can imagine - yet we had such a hard time finding exactly what we wanted! I think we got some good stuff though. Results of the project to come...

10.27.09

Have your money ready, already! Geez!

10.26.09

More cookies. we need to stop with the cookies probably. Especially because I bought about 4 boxes of Girl Scout cookies that are coming soon. Are Girl Scouts all over selling cookies now? or is that just in Madison? Either way, I can't wait to get my hands on some of those tasty Lemonades!

10.25.09

My girls, Dre and Diz. The stars aligned and we were all in town on the same day with nothing going on, so we got together and had brunch at Cafe Hollander on Sunday morning. Love that place! Such a great addition to the Tosa Village. Diz was so adorable with her tiny little baby belly too. I sort of can't believe she is having a baby. I still feel like we are 16 sometimes.

10.24.09

Are you dying right now over the cuteness of this baby?!? ugh! She is my friend Brenda's baby. She is about 5 months old and I finally got a chance to meet her last weekend. I mean seriously, she needs to stop with those chubby cheeks and huge blue eyes! I can't handle the cuteness.

10.23.09

Ok, so this is kind of a funny story. At least funny to me, my family and Gina's friend, Aly. Back in 2001, Survivor was super popular. We loved it as much as the rest of the country. It was in its second season and since we loved the first season so much, we decided to have a small viewing party at my parents' house on the night of its premiere. At the end of the show, we decided we would all pick a winner, put them in a box and reveal our picks on the season finale. But you see, I come from a family that would not feel right to just put the slips of paper in a shoe box and be done with it. No, no, no. We made a grade school craft out of it! We put strips of masking tape all over the box and painted it brown...and I believe Gina wrote "Survivor" on the front of the box...but the best part is really inside the box. Oh yes, after all these years we still have our picks inside the box! They were written on paper scrolled up and tied with raffia...you know, to add to the rugged-ness.

My mom loves it so much, she has kept it in the same place all these years later.

10.22.09

The leaves are falling at warp speed!

10.21.09

This is Shari. She turned 29, so we went to The Icon, which is apparently our cold weather bar of choice. It was just so great to get together with just the girls and talk and laugh. It is rare that all of our schedules allow us to be at the same place at the same time, but on Wednesday it happened. So yeah, that was all well and good, but let's get back to the real issue here. She turned 29!! You know what this means? 29 is right around the corner for me too. Make it stop!

10.20.09

I was attempting an Elvis lip, but it ended up looking like I am trying to be tough or something. Elvis would be so disappointed. And really, I sincerely apologize for my freakazoidness. When one is going on month 11 of this project, this is what you end up with some days.

10.19.09

I got a new Tervis Tumbler to add to my collection. Our local Bed, Bath and Beyond were selling these adorable Bucky Badger tumblers and I just couldn't resist. Haven't heard of a Tervis Tumbler? Well, they are great. Meghan got me my first one - that would be the adorable pineapple on the left - and I have been sold on them ever since. The way they are engineered reduces condensation (no rings on your tables!) and keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold. Who doesn't want to keep their ice cold glass of water cold? There are a ton of different designs options and they are also guaranteed for life I think. So, go get yourself a TT already!

10.18.09

While the boys were at the Packer game on Sunday, Gina, Cooper and I went to Mulberry Farm. It was uber chilly and windy, but we still had fun. Cooper knows how to do one thing well these days - and that is to run in the opposite direction of anything that isn't where we would like him to be. And when I say run, I mean run. For such a little person, he is fast!

10.17.09

We were in Green Bay for the weekend. Coop busted out his game bibs for the Badger game. This kid knows how to show his Wisconsin pride in style! Jon and I got these for him before he was even born and they finally fit him - almost 2 years later. Jon secretly (actually probably not so secretly) wishes he had some of his own.

10.16.09

Poor Jon. He has become a model against his own will.

10.15.09

lame picture. I only had 3 picture options from this day - and the other 2 were blurry and even more lame.

10.14.09

Now that it is getting darker earlier (waaaaaa!), it is getting more difficult to take pictures after work when I am at home with decent light. So, I decided I need to bring my camera to work and find some inspiration there. It actually comes at a great time too because I feel like I have exhausted my options at our apartment.

10.13.09

10.12.09

Jon's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip cookies. This is an amazing combo and I don't understand why it isn't more mainstream.