Weekend highlights!

Blackbird230 · November 2013

The weekend was great, except for FI and I getting into a car accident in his brother's car. Some idiot backed into us in the parking lot after the hockey game. Of course his brother hadn't put an updated insurance and registration in the car and my smartphone saved our asses from being ticketed. We are luckily ok and the airbags did not deploy although the guy hit us pretty darn hard. The car has a cracked bumper, but is ok.

Onto happier news: The wedding was fantastic! His family was great and welcoming and we had an awesome time. The food was wonderful. The couple, though, you could tell was very shy and laid back. Not tons of people dancing, not much PDA and the speeches were ok. You could tell they weren't used to being in the spotlight.

I am now addicted to hockey. The game itself was so much fun and I made the Spongebob Squarepants song into a fight chant with the boy and his best friend.

How were all of your weekends? Highlights?

Hummingbird125 · November 2013

I had the busiest weekend I've had in a while. On Saturday night I went out for dinner and drinks with my old roommate. We had a falling out when I moved out a little over 2 years ago and went for a year and a half without speaking, but we recently started talking again. This was only the 3rd time I've seen her since we've started talking, so I was still a little nervous it would be uncomfortable. I had the BEST time with her, and we got to talk so much about everything going on in our lives. She's going through kind of a tough time, and I was happy that she felt comfortable confiding in me. We stayed out til 2am and I seriously cannot wait to hang out with her again. I rarely go out without BF, so it was especially nice to have some girl time.

Last night we went into the city for dinner with a friend of mine who flew in from Boston, and two of her friends who were visiting NY for the first time. We were supposed to have reservations at a fairly nice restaurant, but her friend's boyfriend screwed up and made reservations at the wrong place, so we ended up going to a cheap mexican place nearby. It worked out great, because we spent about a third of what we would have spent at the nice place, and the food was still fantastic.

buddysmom80 · November 2013

This weekend went by really fast for me. Friday night BF and I had dinner and that was about it, maybe we watched a movie? I can't remember.

Saturday, BF got up early to do some OT at work, I went to the gym, then to Michael's to buy some yarn for a Christmas gift I made for someone (and it came out so cute, I might make one for myself!). BF got home before me, we had some lunch then he raked leaves and cleaned out the gutters (which were disgusting)

Sunday, BF made breakfast and went back out to do yardwork. I put away all the pots and window boxes in the garage for the winter and cleaned up the garage a little bit, then BF played Xbox and I caught up on the show "Masters of Sex" until dinnertime.

Yeah, my weekend was boring...

[Deleted User] · November 2013

@Kait- I'm glad to hear you and your FI are ok. We saw a minor car wreck yesterday where a guy backed into someone in the parking lot, they were arguing on who's fault it was?

Our weekend was really nice because we didn't have much to really do. We stayed in Friday night and watched movies together after CrossFit. It was so nice not to go anywhere and then sleep in Saturday morning. I freaking clean the crap out of our storage closet! It looks AMAZING! I'm so proud of myself, now we can put more stuff in there lol. We had a good meeting with our photographer and then we went to dinner with the parentals.

My mom and dad enjoyed meeting FI's mom and stepdad. We think that Dad and FI's Stepdad will get a long great in the long run, mom and mom aren't very similar so I think they will be friends but probably not close friends. Dinner was so delicious though, I had Shrimp and Grits and all sorts of yummy things.

Sunday was really relaxed, we watched The Falcon's get their butts handed to them but we had a really nice dinner with @lmhollister and her BF and my family.

Blackbird230 · November 2013

@southernpeach89, we were lucky that the guy agreed it was 100% his fault, which it was. I think he was just happier that we weren't hurt and the air bags didn't go off because that would have cost thousands due to airbags and the hospital visits alone.

minskat30 · November 2013

@Kait - I'm glad you guys are ok. The recent picture of you two is really, really freaking cute!

@southernpeach89 - All your Crossfit is making me want to try it. Are you sore every day from it?

@Buddysmom80 - What did you make?

Our weekend was up and down. Saturday we went to a friend's house for dinner (they live in the burbs and it was a freaking 1 hours 20 minute drive each way...not fun). The dinner was fun though. Sunday H and I had a serious discussion about our communication styles and resolving conflict.

It doesn't help that I'm really sad lately and moody. I know my Dad passed earlier this year but I feel like (with the wedding right after, then H loosing his job, me loosing my main boss, me moving departments, H getting a new job, etc.) I didn't have time to actually grieve. It is catching up to me.

[Deleted User] · November 2013

@minskat30 -I didn't think I would like it at first because I've always been a runner and never really involved weights into my workouts too much. I was pleasantly surprised that it was very well balanced (definitely not as much cardio as I was doing but it's still an extremely hard workout and you really see results fast). I haven't bulked up or anything, I've just gotten toned and stronger and I feel a lot better physically.

The first few weeks I was sore constantly lol. Now, I'm only sore if I tried a heavier weight or pushed myself harder than normal which I try not to do since I have some back issues.

loves2shop4shoes · November 2013

Our weekend was ok. A lot of it was spent snuggling and watching Season 2 of Homeland. We did go to see Gravity...which sort of disappointed me. The plot was OK, and Sandra Bullock's acting was amazing, but the 3D was a little too realistic for me. I actually was very nauseated throughout from all of the spinning and promptly vomited in a trash can upon leaving the theater.

Other than that, I caught the Sephora VIB sale, bought some early xmas gifts, and had a little sexytime with my husband.

Now I'm back to the same old Monday. Blah.

labro · November 2013

Our weekend didn't amount to much of anything. In the end, I think this is good. We've had way too many weekends in a row where either one of us has been out of town or we've had to get up early for something so I'm really glad that we finally got to take it a little easy before wedding hysteria hits us next week.

Friday night BF and I vegged out and didn't do a damn thing.

Saturday we slept late, I made coffee, eggs, grits, and English muffins for breakfast. Then BF vegged while I finished cleaning. He was still pretty sick on Saturday and he needed some time to just rest and recover. Later that evening we went to my parent's house to feed their dogs and let them out since they had to go way into the city for a fancy pants dinner with @southernpeach89, her FI, and her FMIL and FSFIL. After we let the dogs out we went out tasty Indian food. The food was delicious but I was a little bit disappointed because we both asked for our food to be "hot" and it wasn't at all. Next time the guy told us to just ask for "extra hot" or "Indian hot" and it will be more spiced.

Sunday we slept in again. I made coffee and we spent most of the morning going through the newspaper together. Then I finished cleaning, we picked up a few more things from the grocery store and I made dinner. I accidentally bought buttercup squash instead of butternut squash and it was a BITCH to cut. Holy shit...that stuff is harder than a rock. The flavor came out great in the end but ugh...never again. Either way, dinner came out beautifully and I really had a lot of fun hosting my family at our house. They even brought their dogs so Cinders had two giant fuzzy playmates for the evening.

KateJ16 · November 2013

We had a relaxing Friday, and then did most of our registering on Saturday at Macy's and BBB - which was kind of fun

Although at BBB the lady helping us tried to follow us everyone and scan things for us, until we politely asked if we could just do it ourselves since we knew we'd be all over the place. She was a little wary, but luckily we got our way (and then where in and out of there in about a half hour).

Saturday night I watched that crazy movie with my friends about the sea vampires. Man, if you want to watch a BAD movie - I highly recommend it, we couldn't stop laughing. So unbelievably cheesy, and the CGI in there was some of the worst I've seen. Next bad movie up - Stoneado (apparenly just like Sharknado but the tornado throws giant boulders around). Awesome.

buddysmom80 · November 2013

@minskat30 I knitted a headband/ear warmer thing. I just started knitting this year, put it down for the summer and started picking it up again, I've become obsessed. I knit all the time.

@kait where did you get that dress? I need a dress like that in my life.

Blackbird230 · November 2013

@buddysmom80, Macy's!

KeptInStitches · November 2013

@buddysmom80, mind sharing your pattern?

Um, I worked this weekend. Murphy has control of my workspace right now, so everything that could go wrong did go wrong. Fortunately, I finished up the scarf for my mom (Palindrome is the pattern name on Ravelry, and it is GORGEOUS and SOFT and SQUEEZABLE and I might be a little attached to it right now). Also, my fantasy team kicked serious butt and I'm back up to .500.

CLoGreenEyes · November 2013

@minskat30, I'm sorry stuff is on your mind and bringing you down.

Lots of hugs from me. Just be nice to yourself and try to take it easy so you can process all the feelings that have built up (easier said than done, I know!). I hope your conversation with your H was productive and helpful.

@Kait, you and your FI are so cute! I also love the red dress!

My weekend had few highlights, lol. Just working, studying, and moping around. I did make sure to get together with my BFF on Sunday, and we ate looooooots of ice cream and just talked about life. She made me feel better, and I hope I made her feel better (she and her FI are having some major disagreements about wedding planning and it's stressing her out). And of course, I watched The Walking Dead last night, which always puts things in perspective, lol.

minskat30 · November 2013

Thank you @Amapola14 - I appreciate that. I'm lucky to have a H who can understand that my emotional meltdown over silly things lately are just the bigger emotions I swept under the rug for the last 6-7 months coming out. I think that happens when you end up being a caretaker for someone who is dying...you just switch to caretaker mode and don't have time to grieve for what you are loosing. Then when you've lost the person, it feels like everyone else is done grieving and you haven't even begun and, thus, you have no one to talk to.

I hope you are taking good care of yoursel as well. Ice cream is always a huge post-breakup plus. And Walking Dead will have a way of putting things into perspective won't it. Lol.

CLoGreenEyes · November 2013

@minskat30, I'm glad your H is perceptive and understands where you're coming from! I agree, taking care of someone who is dying is an opportunity to be there for them and spend some meaningful time with them, but it is very hard on you when the're gone and you suddenly don't have that role anymore. I hope you're getting the support you need from everyone around you, because it's hard to navigate those feelings alone. And feel free to PM me if you just need to get some stuff out of your system; I'm happy to listen/empathize/whatever you need.

minskat30 · November 2013

Awww, thank you @Amapola14. I really appreciate that.

phira · November 2013

I had an okay weekend. Slept almost all day on Saturday, trying to recharge from a very difficult week at work. I'm entirely burnt out from dealing with entitled students and ineffective professors. Saturday night, we made an unfortunate discovery: tiny roaches in the kitchen. This led to a very bad fight between me and my partner, which got resolved but not until very late (like, 4am).

Sunday was better. We got up at a decent hour and drove to Newbury Street to pick up my dress. It took 30 minutes for me to find a parking spot! I guess everyone wanted to go shopping.

My dress is AMAZING OMGGGGG. It's very tight in the bodice, which is okay, since 1) I'm easily at my highest weight in a long time from schlubbing and eating take-out, and 2) I won't have to get alterations (if I lose weight, I can just wear a bustier underneath). It's EXACTLY how I imagined it, and it's absolutely gorgeous.

After that, we put the dress in the car and went to visit my mom and meet her new puppy! He is SO CUTE. He's all wriggly and he makes sounds like Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. He's very bitey; I'm a little surprised my mom isn't going to train him with a spray bottle because it's pretty bad. But terribly cute. At one point, he fell asleep in my laugh for about 20 minutes and started snoring.

So, the bad news is ... I forgot to have my mom take a picture of me in the dress. My partner doesn't want to see me wearing the dress (he was looking out the window while we were at the boutique, and in a different room at my mom's house). So until someone can come over, no pictures. I can't even get it on by myself, since I can't zip it.

But I will try my best to get you a picture soon!!

bride2b71614 · November 2013

On Friday I got a lot of office work done as well as homework, then I passed out because I was tired.

On Saturday, my friend held a fundraising event. The event had a masquerade theme, and I really enjoyed myself. It was a lot of fun, and the FI looked super duper handsome.

Saturday, while coming home, I ended up twisting my ankle darn you inadequate heels! Now I have a boot. It is not fun.

Sunday FI went grocery shopping, made some dinner, and then we watched football!

Bittersweet weekend.

beanbot2002 · November 2013

@Kait I'm glad you guys had a nice time at the wedding and that you're a-ok from the accident.

Our weekend was bananas. Friday night and Saturday morning were spent doing nothing but cleaning. I feel 10,000 times better now that the house is clean and in order. Around 11am, we had our home check for being a foster home for dogs. At 11:30, the lady left, and at 11:45, I got an email saying "PLEASE COME GET THIS PUPPY NOW!" So off I drove about an hour away to meet up with the transport. We were handed a 5 month old female yellow lab puppy that was scheduled to be put down sometime this weekend. We were calling her Hailey because the transport people both shrugged their shoulders when I asked if she had a name, but last night I got an email from the adoption group president and her name is Calypso. I happen to think Hailey is cuter, but not my dog lol So now we're calling her "Callie". Anyhow, she's super sweet and smart as a tack, but absolutely terrified of every new sounds and sight. People walking through the court? Run and hide behind Beanbot. Dogs barking? Run and hide. Leaves falling? Run and hide. Poor poor thing. I can't imagine what she's been through in her short life to be this afraid of everything. We're just trying to take it nice and slow with her so she doesn't get overwhelmed.

Sorry for my wall o' text...

Elle1036 · November 2013

I had a fantastic four day weekend. H and I went home to see my family, and we got to play a lot of tennis, do pub trivia ith my brothers, celebrate my grandmother's 92nd birthday, and... oh yeah, I jumped out of an airplane and now I can't stop thinking or talking about it. Epic weekend, indeed.

Elle1036 · November 2013

@beanbot2002 - I'm kind of in love with Callie. I want her. Please keep the instagrams coming!

beanbot2002 · November 2013

Come to VA and adopt her!!! She'd be sooooooo worth it! I keep telling her that she's gonna make some family so very happy.

Elle1036 · November 2013

I would LOVE that, but I think Nick might actually kill or divorce me if I come home with another animal. And honestly, we're still struggling a little with the dog we adopted over the summer. She is SO sweet, but so weird. Haha.

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