Weekend Recap!

So as you can probably imagine from my lack of posts last week that work got the best of me. We worked 16 hour days for the most part and then we all had dinner together, breakfast together, lunch together, and worked through all of it. Sleep was at a minimum. We did eat at a fabulous restaurant one night though, that was a lot of fun. We had to do a lot of juggling,

and there was certainly a little monkeying around. . . . but not from us, this was my traveling companion. . . .



Getting ready to leave Florida for MN Friday was fun. . .someone had tried to flush a diaper down the plane toilet on the plane coming in, that we were supposed to leave on. All three toilets were clogged. It is against FAA regulations to fly with a plane that does not have at least one working toilet (thank goodness) so we all got re-routed through different cities on different carriers and what not. I went through Houston instead of going direct, I was supposed to have been home by 5:00 pm, I did not see Minnie until 1:00 AM Saturday, so it was a nice almost 15 hour travel day. . . so much fun.

The boy and I still got up early and headed to a couple of estate sales. We found a table for the boys office, right now he is using one of mine, but I would really like it back for my office, so maybe this weekend we will get those switched around. We also found him a really cool magazine holder for his downstairs. I love vintage costume jewelry and picked up these great pieces. I never buy earrings because I usually just wear pearls, studs or the basics, but I love necklaces and bracelets and these were some great finds. I have a new Jackie cardigan from JCrew that I cannot wait to wear the green one with!

We grabbed some lunch and the did a little shopping. I wanted to hit the end of the season sales to stock up on some basics, but also, we had a post holiday party that was holiday attire or retro prom, and I had no idea what I was going to wear and thought it was the perfect opportunity to pick up a LBD. It would have been fun to have picked up a vintage fun prom dress, but I just have not had a chance. I did find a really cute LBD at Ann Taylor Loft, along with some other wonderful deals.

The party was SO much fun. And SUCH a treat! This was the holiday party for my "other" job as a volunteer tour guide at Summit Brewery. They went with a retro prom theme and it was held at the brewery, but just like in Footloose, they completely transformed the space. There was a punch bowl fountain, ballots to vote for Prom King or Queen,

open bar, of course, with mixed drinks, wine as well as beer. There were some highlights of course, a balloon arch

-when was the last time you even saw one of those???? I did speak with the head of the decorating committee and she did mention that quite a few calls had to be made to find someone who actually still remembered how to make them.

There was also a photo booth which the boy and I had a lot of fun playing in as well as Centipede, Ms Pac Man

and Galactic video games. The DJ was wonderful spinning all sorts of retro music all throughout a fabulous dinner. After dinner the king and queen were crowned and the dancing really kicked in. At 10 the sushi came out and so did the karaoke. All in all it made for a magical evening that took us all back to our prom days. There were some fabulous get-ups too!

Sunday was unpack, clean, put away and a couple of errands as well as getting ready for the week. We had Linner with my parents (at 3:00 in the afternoon what else do you call it?). They are leaving for AZ this week, so we wanted to see them before they left. They are actually going to get to do quite a bit of traveling stopping in Branson, Vegas, Reno and Palm Springs as well as spending some time in AZ. My dad is so happy to be retired now, I know that they will really relax and enjoy themselves.

This week promises to be very busy and hectic so I did not schedule anything outside of work, it is going to be like that for a few weeks I am afraid, but sometimes these things happen I guess. I have a "ta-da" list about a mile long, so hopefully I can get some of those things crossed off. I did make it to Penzey's yesterday, so I need to go through and throw out some old spices and get the menu for the week ready.

After spending some time in mild weather last week, I am SO ready for Spring here. It was also in the upper 30's here this weekend. So between the nice weather, the stores carrying some of their Spring lines and me with Spring fever, I cannot wait. It seems like as soon as Christmas and New Years are over I am ready for Spring. So I guess it is time to get a new pair of Bonanno's ordered, a new pair of Eliza B's , and to think about some of the basics I need.

So here is a question for those of you who wear headbands, do they hurt your head? Behind your ears? How do you get that to not happen? I mean I have a small head, and they always seem to be too tight and give me a headache. . . .

I do have a couple of posts that I started last week that I will try to get up at some point this week!

Weekend Recap!

What a weekend! Thursday evening the boy and I went to a wine tasting to welcome the new Beaujolais Nouveau, very good and a nice short evening. It was held at this fabulous new condo complex in Minnetonka, owned by the parents of a friend from Junior League. Interesting home, the condo is just starting to fill up now, but they have lived there for almost a year and a half. They built it from the inside out, they bought three units and made it into one. The mother did all of the interior decorating and design herself, very high end and very nice.

Friday the boy went to paint and I had a couple of the girls over. We ate some great food, they brought some wonderful desserts and we drank wine and just hung out. A nice relaxing evening. The boy wanted to finish the painting, so he painted through the night getting home at 5:30 am. He slept for a couple of hours and then we got up and hit a few estate sales and had some breakfast at Perkins. I dropped him off for some sleep and then headed over to my new "job" as a tour guide at Summit Brewery. I just poured beer, but my friend J from out East and his fiance stopped in for the tour so I got to enjoy a beer with them!

It was a great day. I got some errands done in preparation for Sunday and then headed home to wake up the boy from a much needed nap.

We decided to head out, finish up some errands and grab some dinner at Maggiano's. I had heard from one of the sisters that they had pretty good food and salads. We really enjoyed it and I am sure we will be back. I am glad that we had made reservations, we were seated right away while there was a good 45 minute wait. We also stopped into one of my favorite places, JCrew. I wanted to check out a few things and wound up walking out with a few items, a couple of gift ideas for the boy and I was also able to drop a couple of hints as well!

Sunday, we stopped back at an estate sale we had been to the day before. After talking about it the night before at dinner, we thought that upgrading my dining room set to something larger and nicer might be in my best interest. So we came home with this. I am going to recover the seats, but it has three leafs so it can expand to seat twelve which is really nice.

It worked out perfectly because Sunday evening we had my parents and the boys parents over for spaghetti and meatballs. It was the first time they were meeting and everyone seemed to have a good time even though I made enough meatballs for an army. I am really looking forward to getting my place decorated for the holidays, my mom and I were making plans and talking about different things. I am really looking forward to it. How was your weekend? Did you do anything fun?