Weekend full of friends…and some laziness.

With my friend Lenora in town from NYC, Friday and Saturday night this weekend were spent eating, drinking, laughing and catching up. I said goodbye to her last night and left feeling happy that I got to spend time with her and sad that she is going back to NYC. I secretly hope this trip to Dallas, her first in a year, makes her decide to move back.

I made up for my lazy Saturday, with a fairly productive Sunday. Cleaned, did laundry, grocery shopped, replaced air filters, entered my time from last week (for work) and I am about to make some fajitas for dinner.

This weekend ended way to soon. I don’t think I am ready for Monday yet.

Sunday, lovely Sunday.

The weather today is perfect. I personally think it is completely wrong for it to be almost 80 degrees and sunny in January, but I’ll take it.

Hit the grocery store this morning and spent $87 on just two bags of groceries. Eating healthy is expensive, geez. Made some chicken soup (ate it for lunch today too) and spinach/chicken enchiladas (not sure how these are going to turn out) for the week and since it was so nice out, I got off my lazy butt and went for a long walk. It’s been a while (longer then I would like to admit) since I have done any kind of physical activity and I was feeling inspired by the warm, sunny weather. I walked over to Knox, grabbed an iced tea at Starbucks, wandered around the Apple store and headed home, walking through my neighborhood.

I have a few loads of laundry going now and I am about to give myself a mani and call my mom to catch up. After feeling a little under the weather yesterday, this Sunday has been quite lovely.

I’m in NYC for the weekend - visiting friends/family, being a tourist and enjoying the amazing weather. It’s been a year since I have been up here for a visit and I am long overdue.

Picture taken while walking through Brooklyn.

Things I would like to accomplish this weekend.

• Clean out my closets and drawers
• Shop for some new clothes (already got three sweaters and a pair of pants!) and shoes
• Laundry, clean, etc.
• Grocery shop
• Bring boots the shoe cobbler
• Drop off clothes at the dry cleaners
• Bring pants to the tailor
• Put Halloween decorations away
• Possibly paint chalkboard paint on a cabinet in my kitchen

So I didn’t finish everything I wanted to get done this weekend, but I feel like I did accomplish quite a bit.

Relaxing, movie-filled weekend.

I have three months of free premium movies channels right now and this seemed like the perfect weekend to take advantage of them. So far I have watched:

• - Leap Year
• - The Runaways
• - 500 Days of Summer (which I have seen, but love, so had to watch again)
• - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (saw this too, but can’t get enough Shia and now I am even more excited for the Transformers: Dark of the Moon to come out)
• - Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
• - Valentine’s Day
• - The Time Traveler’s Wife (the second half)

I spent Friday night on my couch and part of today parked here too, but I did leave to do some grocery shopping at Sprout’s Farmer’s Market and bought a new Rangers tank top at Academy Sports & Outdoors and did a couple loads of laundry. Tomorrow, I plan to pull up a lounge chair at the pool, read a book and soak up some sun and maybe do a little cleaning around the house. Next week is a shaping up to be pretty busy - lots of work-related meetings and projects, dinner/drinks with my friend Kim, Rangers game…so I am taking full advantage of relaxing this weekend.

What’s on my mind on this Monday (Memorial Day) evening…

• - I ate like a pig all weekend. Too much wine, a cheeseburger, a milkshake and almost an entire bag of chips in one sitting…and that is just a sample of all the crap I ate. Back on track tomorrow. For reals.
• - It was nice to get some pool time today with my book and some magazines. For most of the time, I was the only one out there and it was so relaxing.
• - The Bachelorette is a train wreck, but I can’t help myself, I am addicted to another season.
• - This is going to be a long week. Client meetings, team meetings and a trip out to the Gaylord Texan with my client for a media interview.
• - My first paycheck is currently pending in my bank account. And it’s a really good feeling.
• - Unfortunately, my first paycheck might be going to fix my AC, which is on the fritz. I am not in the mood to deal with fixing such a major household appliance right now, but I am going to have to get it looked at. In the meantime, I am grateful for my ceiling fan.

What happens in Vegas…

I can’t tell you how many times I have said I would never go back to Las Vegas for fun…but, I just booked a weekend trip with my friend Ashley to visit my friend Lenora (March 5-7). We both had so many AAdvantage Miles (it cost us both $5 for our flights!) and got a good deal on a hotel (thank you, Priceline), it was hard not to go for a long weekend.

I am really looking forward to getting out of Dallas for a few days to have some fun with my friends!

Some thoughts from the weekend.

• - Coming home from NJ late on Friday night, I left 30 degree temps to step off the plane into 70 degree temps…in January! This weekend was unseasonably warm. I drove around on Saturday with the windows down, wearing a t-shirt. I opened the windows in my house. I sat on my patio and read a magazine. It was wonderful, short-lived, but wonderful.
• - tumblr friends are awesome. I had a great time playing videos games, trivia and bowling at Main Event on Saturday. Looking forward to the next meetup already!
• - I burned the Katy Perry CD from my mom. She surprises me sometimes with her music selections. I also played Wii bowling and Just Dance with my mom and her friends. They can actually be a lot of fun.
• - My hobby of making feather headbands, pins and barrettes, has turned into a little side business. I made a whole bunch of pins this weekend after some ladies my mom met at a luncheon last week asked where she got the pin she was wearing. I even designed some cards to display the pins and barrettes on. I sold two headbands to my moms’ friends’ daughter, who owns her own hair salon. She bought two for herself and took a few to sell in her store. My aunt bought a pin too. 
• - I made my breakfast and lunch for tomorrow and even planned out my dinner for tomorrow night. Planning out meals and having them ready to go makes it much easier to stay on track with WW. I basically have the rest of the week’s meals planned out too.
• - One more day off would be nice, but oh well.

It’s gonna be a GOOD weekend!

• - Friday: Half day at work! Kicked off the weekend by visiting Baby Hudson and my friends Makenzie and Chris (See previous post). Tonight, I am staying in, catching up on some missed TV shows, making a grocery list and sleeping.
• - Saturday: Grocery shopping. Maybe yoga. Cleaning. Shopping for a birthday gift for my grandma and possibly the Michael Kors bag I’ve been eying. Dinner at Bolsa and seeing Lovefool - The Quintessential 90’s Cover Band at HOB Dallas.
• - Sunday: Heading to my parents house for a visit and birthday dinner with my grandma. She’s 88!
• - Monday: Making a trip to Maydelle, TX…which looks like it is in the middle of nowhere…to visit Lenora before she embarks on her journey. I see picture taking, pottery making and board games in my future and I am sooo looking forward to it!
• - Tuesday: Vacation day! Driving home and relaxing.

I haven’t been home the last two weekends.

And I am not complaining, just stating a fact. I spent October 1-2 in Austin and October 9-10 in Napa. Not to brag or anything, but my life is sort of awesome sometimes.

This weekend, I am looking forward to spending it at home, in Dallas.

I am not a baseball fan by any means, but I am really into the team spirit for the Rangers right now, so tonight will likely be spent watching the game with friends somewhere. Tomorrow, more bathroom renovations and finally painting! I am almost done! Sunday, watching the Cowboys game (come on, we need another win!), possibly at the Nodding Donkey, a new bar in the State & Allen neighborhood.

Ahh, the weekend.