Post Thanksgiving S'mores

The day after Thanksgiving my family puts up the tree at my parents house and makes s'mores. If you don't help with the tree, you don't get your s'mores. Here is the assembled tree, sans ornaments. 

We threw placed the ornaments on the tree with loving care. I don't have an after shot, as we raced to the kitchen for the s'mores, but I'll get one soon. It's a pretty awesome tree.


The s'mores. This is Rik's job. He has a careful and precise procedure of placing two pieces of chocolate on two graham crackers and then one marshmallow microwaved to perfection. Unfortunately, they were far from perfection. I wasn't there for the first bite, but I was told "Don't eat them!" The consensus was that they had been overcooked, because the marshmallows turned crispier as it was chewed and the s'mores had a funny smell. So, he tried again. They looked perfect, but as we lifted them to our mouths, we smelt a chemically smell. Was it the marshmallows? The graham crackers? I checked the expiration date on the graham cracker box. March 2011. Nine months old. Let this be a lesson to all - do NOT eat expired graham crackers, because they are NASTY. Poor marshmallows, getting all the blame.


Here is the carnage from the second batch. We picked the marshmallows and chocolate off the crackers. No point in letting good sugar and deliciousness go to waste!

Dad popped to the store for some fresh crackers and extra milk. Batch number three was perfect. Om nom nom nom, let me tell you. Mom will never live this down, and will also never forget to check the expiration on the s'mores ingredients. 

I Just Need To Brag

Not only did I get a badge, I totally banked on points. Yeah!

I'm such a Foursquare nerd. 

Sunday's Random Tidbits

I am sad I have to go back to work tomorrow. It was so nice to have time off!

• I started on some of the Pinterest projects I pinned - the corks boards and gum ball machines.
• I made an "inbox" for mail out of scrapbook paper. It actually looks pretty cute. I'll post a picture soon
• I got a good deal at Michaels on candles. 3 for $10. My apartment smells delicious, like apples and cinnamon. Hopefully S likes it!
• I'm getting super excited to move. The new places is so awesome.
• I'm loving the friends re-runs on Nick at Night. Season 2-3 has some of my favorite episodes. 
• OMG! I'm watching Friends Season 9 and just saw they are using the same martini glasses that I have! How funny that I never noticed this before!
• I'm craving a McFlurry/Sonic Blast. Totally calorie loaded, but I really want one!
• Speaking of calories, I didn't gain ANY weight over Thanksgiving!! How awesome is that?! That work out Thanksgiving morning and taking Swarley for a walk probably helped. And I hit the gym again last night.
• I am a little sad we don't get to put up our tree till after the 18th, but there isn't any point in putting it up twice. 
• I'm still really happy about Texas beating A&M. I hope we can beat Baylor next weekend - they've had a great season!
• Lastly, my car passed its state inspection! Yay!

I'm off to enjoy my last day of the holiday!

Apartment Locator Drama

In looking for a new apartment, I tend to contact apartment locators to help. If not in finding an actual apartment, they will at least lead me to an area of complexes. Apartments tend to be located around each other. I contacted one lady who asked me what I wanted and then she fell of the face of the planet. Did I beg her to get back to me? No. This is her job. She should want to reply to me and help me. Helping me helps her. I may be coming across as harsh, or even bitchy, but this is my opinion. If this is your job, do it. Your clients shouldn't have to babysit you. I'd be fired for acting like her. 


So I went on to contact another locator, who was much more timely, although not too helpful. Apparently what I am looking for is pretty specific and not within my price range. The second locator led us to a complex that we didn't actually like, but the leasing agent also happened to be a locator and took us around several duplexes to see if that was something we would like. I put the second locators name down at the complex as they ask, but obviously I would have to put the third locators name down at the following places, since she did the calling and the driving. 


The third lady was obviously willing to go the extra mile. Ironically, the same day we went looking with the third lady, the first lady finally replied. This was almost two weeks later. I'm sorry, but that is unacceptable to me. I need to find a place to live quickly. I can't sit around waiting. Additionally, she did not provide any listings that were at all what I wanted. And when I changed my specifications, she didn't find anything new. THAT was funny, because I had just seen five places that day in the area she said she couldn't find anything. Anyway, we proceeded to find a complex we are happy with that the third locator helped us out with, so I listed her name on the guest card. I figured this would be the end of it.


This evening I get home from the gym and I have an email from the first lady:
"Why are you contacting other locators like Xx Xxxxxx?  if you are going to use her the that's OK. but you can't use us both."


Why can't I use both? Why can I not access all resources available to me? So that is what I replied: 
"Hello, you took almost two weeks to respond to me. I need to find a place to live quickly and I will use all resources available to me which I am well within my right to do so. I do not see why I cannot contact more than one locator; you both came up with different results. And the fact that I asked you for places to rent in Highland Park and you came up with nothing is quite interesting considering I looked at 5 places that day. Regardless, neither of you were able to find me something that I was looking for, so the point is moot. Thank you for your help anyway."


This just really rubbed me the wrong way. Is it just me? Am I just being defensive? Why can't I use as many people as I like to help me? Especially if someone isn't going to reply to me, I'm going to assume they don't want to help.

The Line at Jo-Ann's Fabric Store Today

The saturday after Black Friday, the line was pretty much all the way to the back of the store. I stood in line so long, my coupon expired. Literally. Luckily, they still took it =)

Things I am Thankful For, Part 3

I am thankful for:

1. My Horns beating A&M!! 
2. For the delicious food my family prepared and ate yesterday.
3. That I am able to see my family whenever I want - some people don't have that luxury. 
4. That I get along with my family and there is rarely any drama. I can't imagine being part of a family that fights, or doesn't like each other. 
5. For how fortunate I am, and that I have the ability to give back.
6. That we found a new place to live. I'm thankful to finally get out of this apartment that has made me miserable at times. 
7. That I have a place to live, miserable or not. 
8. That I have been able to keep the majority of my weight loss off, despite falling off the wagon. I will never be over 200lbs again. 
9. That overall, I'm pretty healthy. I hope to continue to improve my health.
10. I am thankful that as another year comes to a close, I have been extremely lucky and blessed in pretty much every aspect of my life and I appreciate everything so much. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving with family, no matter how big or small. What are you thankful for?

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! I love the holidays. I arrived at my parents house last night and R & T arrived this morning. I actually managed to make it to the gym this morning too! I was proud of myself and it felt pretty good. We set out bagels, cream cheese and smoked salmon along with fruit, which I subconsciously put in color coordinating bowls, for a healthy brunch. We also made pigs-in-blankets.

Here is my yummy plate of food.

My masterfully created mashed potatoes, cooked in chicken stock instead of water, which adds a little flavor. Can't be doing that all time, because stock isn't free like water!

Rik helping assemble banana pudding, which was delicious. 

My mom's awesome table-scape. 

Gobble, gobble! Dad carving the turkey.

We prepared ALOT of food: turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, sprouts, red cabbage, carrots, meatballs, sausages, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. And pumpkin pie and banana pudding for dessert! Quite a feast, and it was all delicious.

The icing on this already awesome day was that the Horns won! We beat A&M for maybe the last time, since they are moving to the SEC. Hook 'Em!!

Salvation Army Angel Tree

I adopted an angel from the Salvation Army tree today, a 7 year old girl. I may go back and get a boy, depending on how much the first one costs. This girl wants rollerblades. I remember when I wanted rollerblades and how excited I was to get them! I found a cute pair online at Target.com so I might just have those shipped to me since I have some time. She also needs a jacket, so maybe I'll grab my mom and we can shopping for a jacket! I'm sure she'll love being roped into this =D
I'm excited to do this. This is the first year I've even had enough money to do it, even though every year I think about it. I get so many things on my wish list for Christmas because I'm super lucky and blessed that I definitely want to try and give to others so they can have a Merry Christmas too!!

Sanrio

So I parked on the complete opposite end of Grapevine Mills and had to haul butt all the way around to get to the Sanrio store. I was pretty sweaty by the time I got there and I'm surprised I didn't get cramps in my calves from wearing flip flops. I'm glad they have the same stuff as online, because I'd picked out the planner I wanted a few weeks ago.

Image from Sanrio

Isn't it cute? I really like it because it has different sections where you can see the year as a whole, the month as a whole and then the weekly pages where each day has a large space for me to write in. And it has an address section in the back!

I also picked up this sticker, because I had a rep give me a little notebook, but it had their big ugly logo on it so I decided on the spur of the moment to buy this sticker and cover the logo! Probably not what my rep intended, but at least now I'll use the notebook!

Sorry for the bad photo, this was the best I could get with an iPhone and a shiny sticker!

It was a perfect fit! I'm glad I went in with a budget and a purpose because I could definitely spend too much money in this store! I refrained from the stuffed animals, because who needs a hello kitty stuffed animal at my age? (me)

Breaking Dawn

I really liked the Twilight book series. I read them all so fast because I just had to know what happened and finish the series. These movies just do not do the books justice in my mind for several reasons a) Kristen Stewart is awkward and a bad actress, b) Robert Pattinson is better than Kristen, but has never really captured Edward as I imagined (sometimes I can deal, this time I can not) and c) the movies are just so slow moving and dragged out and just don't present the story in the same manner that the books do.
We went to the movie grill on Sunday night to see the film. I told S I was going to blame him for the movie being bad and he said "Oh, I know it's going to be terrible!" "So then, why are we here?" "I asked. "For the food!" Fair enough, I like the food.

I'm glad I had my nachos to distract me from the disaster on the screen. This movie was sooooo slow moving. I'm surprised it didn't go over the two hour mark. I was sitting there thinking is this movie almost over? I liked the first movie, but I think it has just gone downhill from there. So, from Bella annoying me to death, and then getting all gross and skeletor like, to the underwhelming Jacob imprint scene, nothing about this movie was stellar. My nachos, on the other hand, were delicious along with my ice cold Diet DP.

Daily Wisdom

The truth is the grass is always greener no matter where you stand, but you can at least switch up your vantage point.

Sunday's Random Tidbits

• I saw a Golden Retriever adoption festival in the Central Market/DSW parking lot in Southlake on Sat. Talk about specific and random!
• Going to see Breaking Dawn later, even though I'm pretty sure I'm gonna dislike it.
• I never got around to making sausage skillet, so I'm saving and freezing the ingredients for next weekend.
• Also, I'm breaking out which is really unfortunate.
• I'm so happy I got my hair cut. It looks much better and healthier!
• I hate looking for apartments and moving. It's such an energy drain. 
• The only thing I've eaten today has been a pumpkin muffin. Needless to say, I'm hungry.
• I picked up my planner from Sanrio - love it!
• I also picked up a good 50+ corks from my mom. Time to get to work on the Pinterest crafts!
• I'm debating stopping by Michaels for the supplies to make more crafts. . . but maybe just one thing at a time.

Hope everyone had a super weekend and is gearing up for Thanksgiving!!

Bangs Are Back

Friday Fun Facts, Saturday Edition

Happy Saturday to all!

• It's going to be 82 on Sunday. In November.
• S has been pushing going to see Breaking Dawn. I had no idea he was such a Twi-hard.
• Getting a hair cut today. And by hair cut, I mean trim, because not much will actually get cut, except my bangs.
• I'm going to get my 2012 planner today, and save myself $10 shipping. I hope I don't go crazy in the store!
• I hope DSW has my boots in grey. I don't want to wait for them to be shipped!
• I am a little disappointed that all my shows are pretty much on hiatus until the new year. I guess that means time for homework and working out!
• Still love the new job =) Hopefully getting an office soon!
• Thanksgiving is soon! My family usually puts up the tree the Friday after, and then we eat s'mores. Yum!
• My poor tree will remain in it's box until I find a new home =(
• I hope Texas wins today! Hook 'em!

I'm happy it's the weekend (of course) but even happier next week is a short work week because of the holiday! Extra time to rest and relax and hang out with family is always great. Have a good one!

Things I Am Thankful For, Part 2

This is the more superficial and materialistic list of things I am thanksful for.

1. My bed. Having those warm covers and my Longhorn blanket to keep me cozy all night. And occasionally the majority of the weekend.
2. Diet soda. Because if I drank regular, I'd be fat.
3. I'm thankful for the fact my car is still chugging along at 12.5 years old. Please hang on for a few more years!
4. That the Longhorns didn't suck so much this year. Last year was painful.
5. Harry Potter. Books and films. All awesome, all the time.
6. Sweatpants. There is nothing better than getting home after a long day and putting on some VS sweats. Nothing.
7. My DVR. Please don't ever quit on me.
8. My favorite old, ratty, giant, always comfortable t-shirt that I've had for years and is even cooler because it has my initials on it. EA Sports - Fight Night.
9. All things purple. Purple is so awesome. Except bruises. Although sometimes bruises are pretty epic.
10. My iPhone. I'd be pretty lost without it now. It's a wonderful piece of technology!

Fiat Ad

I haven't cared so much for their new J-Lo ads, but this YouTube viral ad had me smothering laughs at my desk.

This is the not ending I expected. Love it. Love good creative. Yes, I'm an adnerd.

Falling Off The Wagon

The caffeine wagon that is! Or anti caffeine. Regardless I've been inhaling Cokes like I need it to survive! I don't so much care for the coffee at the office, so I'm relying on comes for my caffeine fix. I've probably have a good three servings of Coke today. Why am I so tired all the time? I probably need to cut out the cokes and eat more veggies and take my vitamins. And get off my lazy butt and work out. I feel like a sloth.

What Can Cat Do For You?

My friend sent me this video "Catvertising" this morning and since we all know how much I love cats, I think this is awesome. My favorite may be ninja cat!

What can cat do for you?

And This is How I Feel Today

Good Morning.

Who wants to hide? Happy Tuesday? (Yes I meant to put a question mark.)

Immortals

We saw Immortals last Saturday morning. Love the cheap matinee ticket prices! It was ok. Pretty gruesome. We both feel like there should have been more scenes with the Gods, Zeus and the gang, it was pretty minimal. 

I actually enjoyed the storyline although S didn't the fighting scene at the end was long enough, but we all know what happened when the Transformers end fight scene went on for too long (I fell asleep). The acting was good, and it's a fine movie to pass the time but perhaps wait until it hits the red box. Or catch the matinee. 

My Continued Obsession With Essie

I decided to purchased the No Chips Ahead top coat from Essie to hopefully extend my fingernail polish wear because since I type all day every day, it tends to chip pretty easily and I figured a top coat might help prevent that. 

It's been working really well the past couple weeks. I've also been using it as a base coat.


I bought a new shade, It's Genius, at Target yesterday. 

It's a very pretty purple with a gold shimmer to it. Definitely a cute fall color!

Happy Monday

Lets start off the week with an animal motivational poster, shall we?

Happy Monday!

Look What I Found

At Target yesterday!

A steal at only $10!

Sunday's Random Tidbits

It's been a cooking kinda of weekend. Here's what I've made:

• I did a trial run of my pumpkin pie for thanksgiving. 
• Made another round of pizza bread that I made a few weeks back
• Threw some fiesta chicken in the crock pot so I'll have meals throughout the week and can avoid fast food. 
• I have ingredients for sausage skillet, but I might hold off on that for now. 
• This technically isn't cooking, but I threw together one mean trail mix - cashews, dried cranberries, raisins, yogurt covered raisins and some M'n'M's. 
• I'm pretty sure I put away three giant loads of laundry over the past two days. 
• I need to the clean the bathrooms today. Maybe I'll just prioritize with the toilets.
• I'm running out of time to procrastinate with my Philosophy. I'm actually going to have to sit down and do some work soon. Today, preferably. 
• During my visit to Target yesterday, I picked up another fun Essie color and a new Hello Kitty t-shirt. Pics to come. 
• I have a hair cut scheduled for next weekend and I'm really looking forward to it. Haven't had my hair cut since May and it's looking pretty shabby with all the split ends. Time to tidy it up for the holidays!

Hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. Can you believe only one more weekend before Thanksgiving!?!

Pumpkin Pie Trial Run

Last year I decided to try my hand at making a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. I've never made a pie in my life, so I did some trial runs before the day. I found a couple recipes online, and the ones on the back of the Libby's can. The pies I made before Thanksgiving were great, but when it came to the big day, I forgot to add sugar. Needless to say, that did NOT taste good. But I'll never forget to add sugar again!


I decided to make a practice one today and I'm trying to add more spices since my mom likes it spicy. This year I just went with the Libby's recipe, found on the back of the can, or here on allrecipes.com. It is very simple and tasty. Here's what you'll need:


1 9 inch unbaked deep dish pie crust
3/4 cups of white sugar
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon of ground cloves
2 eggs
1 15 oz can of Libby's Pure Pumpkin
1 12 oz can of evaporated milk


Now I don't have ginger or cloves on hand, and tend to substitute with nutmeg and extra cinnamon. I'm pretty sure all the spices are personal preference. I've never had a problem with this substitution.


Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Mix together the sugar, salt and spices in a smaller bowl. 

In a larger bowl lightly beat the eggs, then add in the pumpkin and sugar mix. 

Slowly stir in the evaporated milk until it is all combined. 

Pour the filling into the pie crust, be careful not to overflow or spill on the crust because that will burn in the oven. 

Sorry this is blurry. .  maybe it's the heat!

Bake for 15 mins at 425 degrees. Then reduce the temperature to 350 and bake for another 40-50 minutes. Make sure a knife or toothpick comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack before cutting into it. The website says serves eight for just under 300 calories a slice. 

It starts to make the house smell good and more like fall and the holidays. 

Friday Fun Facts

This week flew by for me! Happy Friday!

• Number one priority this weekend needs to be studying Philosophy. Is that chair really a chair, or is it because we say it is? 
• I'm getting a hair cut next weekend, yay!
• Also, going to hang out with my mom Saturday after my hair appt. 
• This week at work has been busy, but I'm finally getting the hang of their system and figuring out their nuances. 
• Going to see Immortals, probably the Saturday matinee.
• I made the mistake of wearing boot cut jeans to stuff inside my boots today. Always wear the skinny jeans. Always.
• I saw an ideeli sale today for a Hermes Birkin bag. A real steal at $15,000. Yes, fifteen THOUSAND dollars.
• I painted my nails last night and even though I thought they were dry, they apparently were not because I woke up with sheet imprints on all but one.
• So far so good on the facebook withdrawl. Not climbing the walls yet!
• Pumpkin pie making starts this weekend. Hope I don't forget the sugar like last year!

Have a great weekend!

Christmas

I love Christmas. I LOVE Christmas. I'm am borderline obsessed with Christmas. This probably stems from my parents being so awesome when I was younger and making Christmas an awesome holiday. They went all out with presents and celebration, and making sure I knew it was about giving as well as receiving, the calls from Santa (really my uncle, but somehow I never figured it out), putting out cookies and milk for Santa and carrots for Rudolph. We still put out cookie for Santa, although now we leave him beer ;-) We have a family tradition of decorating the tree and then making s'mores, although the s'mores part wasn't added until we moved to Texas, but thats a 12 year old tradition now! I just love it. I hope when I have a family it will be even half as great. 


I have my own tree and I'm always collecting ornaments. It takes all my willpower to not buy out Target every year. I've already seen some on the Pier 1 website this year that I want. S and I have made a little thing out of putting our tree up, which is ASAP after Thanksgiving. We turn on the christmas music tv channel, and put on the ornaments, and remember where we were when we bought some of them. It's a nice trip down memory lane, and just makes the apartment so much more festive!


This year will be different. Why? Because we're moving soon. Probably the middle of December. So my Christmas tree will go up late. Which means less festive time. This makes me sad. I think my Christmas tree is one of my most favorite things and that I get to see it a whole two weeks or more less this year bums me out. I can't really leave it up longer, because then it gets a bit tacky. I remember one year I left it up until February, so it became the birthday tree! Mom didn't like that. I guess this year will just have short and sweet. I shall most definitely make the most of it!


But first, Thanksgiving! Time to practice my pumpkin pie skills!

Facebook

On a spur of the moment decision, I deactivated my Facebook last night. It's been interesting to see how many times I pick up my phone to go to the app and this morning as I started up my computer I and checked my email, I went to open another window to check Facebook. I'm hoping I will not waste so much time anymore. At the very least I've at least eliminated one procrastination tool. I'm sure I'll reactivate it again soon, but the break will be nice.

Update 11/18 - out of pure habit I logged into the website last night. . . and saw a new post from a friend who is apparently pregnant. I am super happy for all these people, but I'm slightly babied out (unless you're two specific people I went to high school with, because I love you and your boys) which is another reason I deactivated. Anyway, I read some updates from my close friends and then shut it off again.

Things I am Thankful For, Part 1

Since November is the month of Thanksgiving, and I've seen my friends on Facebook doing this, I'm going to list one thing for each day of the month that I am thankful for. The first nine:

1. My wonderful, super awesome parents, who are always there to help me.
2. My wonderful, wonderful boyfriend.
3. My little brother, who is pretty awesome as little brothers go. I probably couldn't find a better one.
4. My super awesome friends.
5. How very lucky I am to have so easily found a new job.
6. Earplugs, so I can sleep! (Who knew crickets were so darn noisy?)
7. Chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate. 
8. I am thankful that I've never broken a bone (knock on wood).
9. That I survived this past summer in Texas.
10. Cute kitties, puppies and babies to remind me of the innocence in the world. 

#1, 2, and 3 have put up with a lot from me over the years. So I'm especially thankful that they stick around =)

Boots, Revisited

I've decided I want them, nay NEED them, in grey. Black is boring, and blends too much with my leggings. But grey. Grey is slightly more fun, adds something different to an outfit. Since I like the brown flat ones so much, I'm just going to buy a second pair as soon as I get paid (next week). 


I've been thinking about them everyday since I got the brown ones, therefore this is a necessary purchase. Otherwise I'll just go crazy!

Boots!

I finally bought some flat boots. I think I am getting to the age where comfort is starting to equal fashionable on the decision to buy scale. Anyway, these are cute and comfy and less than $50!!

What do you think?

Sparklers

We have some leftover fireworks from one New Year that have been in our garage ever since. Saturday night I decided I wanted to light some sparklers, so we did!

S left me to hold the sparklers, calling me a pyromaniac in the process. I promise I'm not.

These were supersized sparklers and took forever to burn out. I was almost afriad the neighbors were going to call the cops!

This is my favorite picture:

Looking forward to lighting the rest of these off - maybe we'll save them for New Year!

It's the Principle

I'm sure by now that everyone has heard about Kim Kardashian filing for divorce after only 72 days of marriage. I read a lot of gossip and entertainment blogs, and for the most part it doesn't bother me but this really hit a nerve. I have never really liked the Kardashian's, mainly because they are famous for being rich and are making more money off being rich. Just like Paris Hilton, another girl I think is silly. 


Kim especially irritates me because from where I'm standing, it seems as though she went around looking for a husband, just looking to get married. She threw a big extravaganza, which she made money off by selling the story to magazines and letting E! air the wedding. She said she was in love etc, etc, yet less than three months later, BAM! Divorce. No working it out. No compromise. In case anyone didn't tell you, Kim, marriage is about compromise and working through problems. Not about quitting because you didn't get your way immediately. Sounds like she was still thinking as a single, rather than a unit. Perhaps I don't know what I'm talking about, but this is the image she has projected onto the public. I know I'm not alone in this perception. 


I happen to be a member of ShoeDazzle, Kim's shoe, jewelry and handbag online company. I have bought several very cute and awesome shoes from ShoeDazzle, like these just recently and while I do love these shoes recent events have left me contemplating my future participation in ShoeDazzle. I think Kim's actions have been silly and for attention. Who pays so much money to have such a giant wedding, gets paid for the wedding, and then files for divorce so soon after just because she felt like she was on a track she couldn't get off. Please. If she didn't want to get married she shouldn't have gone through with it. And I think if she doesn't give the ring back, that is completely selfish and ridiculous on her part.


I think I most definitely will be canceling my membership. It's the principle of the matter. My hard earned money is better spent other places, on more deserving designers, rather than those who are nothing more than attention seeking rich girls. 

Anonymous

S and I went to the movies last night to see Anonymous. The theater was hot and crowded so I didn't enjoy it as much as I could have. 

The plot is based on the premise that Shakespeare's plays were not written by him at all, but by an English aristocrat. Shakespeare is portrayed as an illiterate actor who covers for the aristocrat who does not want his name to be known. The whole thing got crazy and twisty from betrayal to plots to take the thrown to incest. Yes, incest. Crazy, I tell you. The movie moved along pretty quickly, it definitely wasn't boring but I've seen better movies. 

Sunday Tidbits

• I want to see A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas 3D
• We saw Anonymous last night - it was ok. 
• I have recruited several people to save wine corks so I can start on a Pinterest project. I apparently drink wine too slowly.
• It's time for me to make pumpkin pies again! I started last year, and I'm still not convinced I have the best recipe. I think I'll start planning for this weekend for a trial run.
• I have taken a total of 4 naps since Friday night. That's more than one a day!
• I hate Paypay. They suck. Have I said that before?
• I'm determined to go to Body Pump tomorrow, I don't care how cold it is when I get home. 
• For some reason I decided I wanted to light some sparklers last night, so we did. 
• The Horns beat Tech, so I was excited about that. And shockingly the Cowboys won a game. My Dad will be happy all his sports teams won this weekend!
• I still haven't started looking for a new apartment. I should probably get on that since we're moving in just over one month. 

Even with one extra hour, this weekend went by way too fast. Perhaps because I slept it away, but I obviously needed the rest! Hope ya'll had a great weekend!

Hmmmm

My TV is acting funny and I can't fix it. I forgot what it was like to have a tiny TV. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, TV gods.

Friday Fun Facts

• Fell asleep on the couch from when I got home until 9pm. Awesome way to spend my Friday night.
• We went to The Parker House in Denton on Monday. It really is a great haunted house. This year it included a haunted hay ride, walk through of the house and a walk through graveyard and forest. And they spare no detail! Boo!
• I still haven't watched Hart of Dixie from Monday, The Biggest Loser from Tuesday, Subugatory from Wednesday and THREE shows from Thursday, argh! I hope I get caught up this weekend.
• I picked up my prescriptions from CVS, expecting to pay out of pocket prices since my health insurance expired 10/31 and my new one doesn't kick in until 11/21, but they all rang up as the usual $5 co-pay! I took it and ran!
• I need to sit down and crack out about 4 discussion boards for philosophy this weekend. I am so NOT interested in this class.
• I've decided I'm buying some flat boots and another pair of flats, probably from DSW. Target in-store didn't impress me. Target online has some cute stuff, but I like to see things in person really. Too many bad shoes from Shoedazzle.
• Speaking of Shoedazzle, I've been contemplating canceling my membership because I'm so sick and tired of Kim Kardashian's shenanigans. I think she is appalling and I don't want to send her another dime of my hard earned money. 
• It was cold again today - I drove to work with another coat wrapped around my legs and cursing my forgotten gloves because my 12 year old car doesn't heat up as fast as it should. 

Happy Friday! Enjoy the weekend!

Winter? Is That You?

It got cold. Real quick. Earlier in the week I was wearing a t-shirt and flip flops, and today I went to work in my 3/4 length coat and gloves. I believe it was 38 when I left the apartment. 75 to 38 is a pretty drastic change. Why can't the weather gradually decrease so we don't feel like we were dropped into the Arctic one morning? Brrrrr!!

What happens when you forget about an onion in the fridge?

This:

It grows sprouts. 

Actually using a tip I pinned

I saw this tip on Pinterest, how placing a wooden spoon over a pan of boiling water will prevent it from boiling over. I had a pan of pasta going last night, placed a wooden spoon on top and voila! It worked. You have to use the handle. If much of the spoon part is over the pot it doesn't work as well for whatever reason. Here's the proof!