Monday already?

Swazzle · November 2015

Good morning! I had a lovely weekend

On Friday, I was feeling really crappy so I went home, got in my jams, and straight onto the couch. H was on dinner duty (aka he went to Wawa for hoagies) and he also picked up my rings from getting redipped at the jeweler! They look like the day I got them and I'm happy to report that I'm no longer allergic to them!

On Saturday, H had off work so we had a lazy morning and then went to the Devils game where we won in a shoot out, woo hoo!

We rushed home and changed into our costumes and there were already kids out trick or treating. I tried to get a picture of the 3 of us but my raptor was just not cooperating. This is the best I could do:

We definitely didn't have enough candy (or maybe we just had a ton of kids?) but we ran out at 6:30. So we turned off all the lights, got changed, and headed to Asbury Park for a cover band show (Nirvana, Green Day, and Hall & Oates -- H LOVES Hall & Oates). It was actually a lot of fun, there were some really awesome costumes, and they had horror movie scenes playing in the background the whole night.

Yesterday was a day dedicated to laziness. H and I (and the babies) spent the whole day on the couch except for cooking. We had Home Chef meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Basically there was a lot of this:

And this:

Today I have to leave work early for a doctor's appointment. Hopefully I can find out what's been wrong with me lately and it's nothing serious!

I hope everyone's Monday is bearable today!

[Deleted User] · November 2015

Good morning! I love all your photos, @Swazzle.

We barely got any trick-or-treaters. We were handing out candy by the handfuls. We have a little bit left, but got rid of most of the chocolate so I am safe.

Let's see, Friday I was off work... I went to my PMDD appointment. It went really well. She's starting me my Cytomel for my thyroid, so I'm excited to see it start working. It was cold and rainy all day Friday!

Saturday was busy, busy, busy. I went to a Mary Kay thing in the morning (sigh). There were two other girls there (and by girls, I mean 19 year olds... I felt ancient!) plus the hostess. And if that wasn't enough for my poor, introverted soul, we had brunch plans with a new couple immediately after that. H has a co-worker who just moved here and his wife WFH, so co-worker asked H if we could all get together so his wife could meet new people. Wife was a total extrovert, so she and H gabbed the whole time. H's co-worker and I smiled and nodded and interjected a comment every now and then. I survived.

THEN!!!! I had to teach some make-up piano lessons. At least my students came in their costumes. That was cute. After that, I declared I was DONE WITH PEOPLE. DONE. So I changed to comfy clothes, worked out, cleaned the house while passing out candy, read, cooked soup, and did all sorts of quiet things around the house.

Sunday was another People Day. You know it's bad when you categorize your days/weeks by if you have to deal with people. We had a multicultural Sunday at church. There was a lunch and then a service. H and I had to be social from 10 AM until 5 PM (set up, service, tear down). After that, I went for a run and did laundry. I am so exciting.

I'm sure everyone loved the narration of my weekend. Normally, I'd plan for this week to be quiet (schedule less meetings and keep my evenings open), but unfortunately it's a big week at work. I will be working hard to earn a quiet weekend. Can't wait.

[Deleted User] · November 2015

P.S. @Swazzle - the picture of your ring reminded me that I need to take mine to the jewelers to get it cleaned up. Yours is GORGEOUS.

Swazzle · November 2015

@CocoBellaF - Thank you! You had such a busy weekend! All of that people business sounds like too much to me too. I hate having to be "on" that much and I'm not even an introvert.

[Deleted User] · November 2015

@Swazzle - SF question: how many days before your SF is scheduled to arrive does it ship?

jenjen047 · November 2015

@Swazzle - The rings look gorgeous! Do you have 2 wedding rings or is it like a wrap? Also your costumes look cute!

@CocoBellaF - Glad the appt went well. Sounds like a very busy weekend, you've definitely earned a quiet one!

Friday I worked out twice! Who am I? After FI was home we watched tv and went to bed early. Saturday we ran so many errands! BUT we finalized our cake and our flowers. Those were the last 2 vendors to book! Plus flowers came in under budget so yay! Saturday night we got massages and FI really liked his. Mine was just ok. I was bummed because I was really looking forward to it. Afterwards we went to dinner at this place some friends had raved about. We were both unimpressed and FI actually got sick afterwards. Another early bedtime for us. We are so exciting.

Yesterday FI had to work so I ran errands and did laundry. Woo. Daylight savings really messed me up, I was struggling to stay awake at 7:30! I'm ready for Friday already.

speakeasy14 · November 2015

I can't believe it is November. I feel like this year has gone by really fast.

@swazzle your costumes look awesome!

@cocobellaf that was a crazy busy weekend. I hope you can get time to relax. I'd feel so tired after having to be "on" so much.

Friday we spent the night working on electric. Saturday, I spent the day cleaning. I put a bowl of candy outside, hoping that would not make Callie as upset. She still freaked out. And the kids that came were brats. After I heard a parent yell at them, I walked outside and found the candy bowl knocked over, and pumpkins kicked off my porch. So my porch light went off and went to my sister's.

Yesterday I went to my mom's to do laundry. We had a lazy day and caught up on most of our shows. Tonight, my bf and I are going for massages. His mom gave me a giftcard for my birthday last year, so I'm excited I can finally use it.

jenjen047 · November 2015

Sorry meant to attach a pic of the cake design. Our flowers will be more lavender and less purple but otherwise this is it! Top tier will be white cake with white chocolate mousse, middle 2 tiers will be white cake with strawberry grand marnier filling and the bottom tier will be lemon orange marble cake with lemon buttercream and raspberry filling. Drool.

[Deleted User] · November 2015

@speakeasy14 - We had one little girl, maybe 4 years old, that actually tried to come in the house because I wasn't fast enough getting to the door with the candy. It was freaky. They had no parents with them. AH!

jenjen047 · November 2015

@speakeasy14 - Wow sorry the trick or treaters were so rude! Enjoy your massage!!

speakeasy14 · November 2015

@cocobellaf 4 years old and no parents with her?!! I can understand the older kids, but that's too little. And creepy that she tried to walk into your house.

@jenjen047 your cake sounds sooooo good. Especially the strawberry Grand Marnier filling!

500days · November 2015

@swazzle Sounds like you have a lot of kids in your neighborhood! We didn't get many this year.

@cocobellaf Damn girl you are busy!

@jenjen047 Yay for cake and flowers! What kind of flowers are you having?

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Good Morning! Another work week, ugh. I laid low all weekend trying to get better from when I was sick last week. I feel better, but I still feel very tired. My H ended up working major overtime this weekend so I basically just stayed home and watched TV, read and ate nachos all weekend. Not bad!

The only thing that is awesome about this week is that it is dress down week! I'm feeling cozy in my ugg boots and jeans. I just have to remember to bring in my $10 donation by the end of the week lol Hoping that this day goes by super fast so I can go home and snuggle on the couch.

untouchablets · November 2015

Ughhhhhh Monday. My weekend went fine. I determined that BF is just terrible at doing Halloween. No costumed, no pumpkin carving, no scary movies... WHO IS THIS PERSON?

My Saturday went off to a great start because first thing in the morning I got to play with this little angel.

And then I cleaned the house. Inspired by the above puppy, I started preparing for the arrival of my own by beginning the puppy proofing process... I blocked off underneath my bed and set up the crate in its chosen spot and put my cat's stuff in there for the time being because she loves hiding out in there. Now I need to declutter (I feel like I'm CONSTANTLY decluttering!!) and see how I like things for the next couple months. Later, BF and I met up and ate dinner at an Irish pub and then came back to my house to watch spooky stuff. That is when I was introduced to my newest show addiction. Ghost Adventures on Travel Channel. OMG that show was crazy. Now I can't stop watching episodes online. I have a problem.

Yesterday was hell. There was a HUGE plumbing issue in the building my store is located in on Saturday and it caused all of our basements to flood with sewage, water... it was a disaster. Thank goodness I wasn't there. Unfortunately, it caused our one and only coffee brewer to blow up so I had no way to make regular old coffee yesterday and I sounded like a broken record because nobody reads signs. It was just a tiring day.

This is my VERY LAST WEEK at this job!!!!!!!!!! Five more days and I'm out of there. I hope I can get through it as dignified a possible. On Sunday, after my last day, I'm heading straight to the nail salon since I can FINALLY wear nail polish! I am a chronic nail biter and my fingernails look like crap so I am really glad I can start taking care of that situation lol

untouchablets · November 2015

@twodimes we also got way too much candy lol we live on a dead end with a bunch of kids on it but nobody comes down here so once the kids on the street came by the candy flow out of here ceased. I hope my roommate takes it to work, because my sweet tooth can't handle the presence of candy.

@cocobellaf uhhh I'm all for kids trick or treating when they're a little older and with friends but a four year old by herself? WEIRD!

@swazzle your lazy day sounds AWESOME and I love the pic of your dog under the blankets lol

[Deleted User] · November 2015

The 4 year old was with her siblings, I just meant no parents. MY BAD.

untouchablets · November 2015

CocoBellaF said:

The 4 year old was with her siblings, I just meant no parents. MY BAD.

Oh. In that case, I think that's pretty normal. I used to take my sibs when they were old enough to trick or treat. But I wouldn't let them attempt to go inside anyone's house!!

labro · November 2015

@Swazzle I freaking adore your costumes (and your velociraptor) soooo much!

@CocoBellaF That's so bizarre a 4 year old was out all by herself! She probably didn't know any better re: wandering in to your house, but jeez! I wonder where her parents were! ETA - Hmmm, I guess I still think it's weird she was being supervised by her siblings unless they were like teenagers or something. Wandering in to someone's home sounds like maybe her sibs encouraged her to do it (I know @southernpeach89 and I were always encouraging our youngest sister to do naughty things).

@jenjen047 Your cake is going to be so yummy (except for the white chocolate...yuck!)

@TwoDimes Are you hosting the shower at your house? I can't remember. My best advice - prep whatever you can early! I was BARELY finished before people started arriving for @southernpeach89's shower. I should've done more in the days ahead.

My weekend was ok. I spent allll of Friday hanging out with my sister and Callie and getting all the baby snuggles! It was the best! H and I had been invited to a Halloween party that night and I ended up flaking out. We went last year and it was seriously one of the worst parties I've ever been to (aka they had no food, and only offered shitty beer and vodka). This year they were charging people $8 a piece for catered bbq and that was a big NOPE but I was going to suck it up just so I could see some friends....and at the last minute I decided I really just didn't want to stand for being charged for my dinner at someone's hosted party. Especially a party I'd have to drive an hour to get to. And I didn't feel like dressing up.

Saturday I made pulled pork and pumpkin chili in the slow cooker, trimmed bushes, and got ready for trick or treaters. I made the mistake of buying a ton of candy...and yeah....we had 6 kids come by and they were all in the same group. We had no other trick or treaters. I was so bummed! The kids who did come by had some amazing costumes though! One little girl was dressed up as Boo from Monsters Inc. and it was seriously perfect! She was so tiny (probably only 4 years old) and could barely get around in her costume just like Boo in the movie.

Sunday I didn't too much other than grocery shop for the week, drop a frozen meal off for @southernpeach89, and then I had my parents over for dinner (chili leftovers). H and I also finally drank our one year anniversary bottle of wine. I pulled out the fancy Waterford glasses and everything!

[Deleted User] · November 2015

I am getting my first flu shot after work today. I'm a little nervous. Won't be doing a work out with arms tonight I guess!!

helloliv · November 2015

How is it Monday already?!

@swazzle - Your rings are SO SPARKLY!!

@cocobellaf - That would be waaaay to much people interaction for me. I am a total introvert and that would have made me hide for a week. I'm glad you survived, and I hope your new med works well!

@jenjen047 - I love that cake design and the flavors sound amazing! Mmmmmm, cake.

@twodimes - Love the food! The stuffed peppers especially.

@untouchablets - PUPPY! And congrats on your last week of work.

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I got basically nothing done this weekend that I wanted/needed to, but I did write another blog post and get in three workouts. And then I wrote about those on my blog this morning. I'm finding it's nice to wake up in the morning and write. I'm really happy you guys convinced me to do this!

I did nothing for Halloween, and get no trick or treaters, so it was almost as though the holiday didn't exist for me. I'm totally fine with that. I've been really down lately and really can't handle holidays/festivities.

Yesterday after my workouts my friend agreed to take pictures for me so I can actually have some on my blog and social media headers, so I'm looking forward to seeing how those turned out. I'm feeling pretty good about them: I looked at some on the camera display, and I actually think maybe I don't look half bad! I'm sure there will be at least a few usable ones.

I'm not looking forward to going to work, and am hanging out on my bed responding on TK rather than get dressed. Oops. I should probably get on that. I'll be back in a bit!

Peaseblossom55 · November 2015

@swazzle The pics are adorable

@cocobellaF I've become much more of a introvert lately. Perfer keeping my social interactions with less people

@jenjen047 I love the cake pic & it sounds so good too!

@speakeasy14 enjoy the massage!

@twodimes I love that photo too!

Friday night H had hockey. I got my hair dyed, came home made dinner and decorate a pumpkin for Anneliese. It was fun. I spend the rest of the night watching scary movies. Saturday H & I did some cleaning around the house and he did some yard work. We had barely any trick or treaters, about 20 or so. We have so much candy leftover.

Sunday was our friends wedding. It was fun, the food was meh. It was a good time and our friends used our wedding photographer, so we got to see him. It was also a bit sad I kept thinking about the parallel universe, in where I was still pregnant. We hung out for the after party as well. It was tiring and a long day. I also stayed up to watch TWD. I can't wait for bed tonight.

[Deleted User] · November 2015

@Peaseblossom55 - Let's see your new hairs!!

jenjen047 · November 2015

@twodimes - Your food is super cute, especially the peppers! Sorry you didn't have as many trick or treaters as you expected, but extra candy is always a good thing!! Also that wedding pic is amazing!!

@500days - I know nothing about flowers so I appreciated that the florist went through all the flowers with us at first. I chose roses, ranunculus, lisianthus....and I forget what else haha. My bouquet will be mostly creams with some pops of purple/lavender. My BMs will be the opposite. Enjoy dress down week! Do you teach at a private school?

@untouchablets - PUPPY!!!! Adorable! Remind me when your pup arrives? Also that plumbing situation sounds awful, I bet people were cranky about not getting their coffee. Also wait....are you not allowed to wear nail polish at work?

minskat30 · November 2015

Morning @swazzle - Lucy snuggling on the couch is so cute!

@cocobellaf - The Mary Kay thing sounds terrible, sorry.

@jenjen047 - Two workouts on Friday?! WTG!

@speakeasy14 - What brats! I hate Trick'or'Treaters like that.

@TwoDimes - I love all the Halloween food you did. And that photo is gorgeous!

@500days - I ate nachos yesterday too...they were epic and now I'm regretting them (my dress is way too tight this morning...lol).

@untouchablets - Is that an actual puppy or a stuffed animal?! Its so cute! Adorable fluff ball.

@labro - Happy late anniversary! The crystal is beautiful!!! Also that party...I would side-eye it majorly too.

@helloliv - Can you link your blog for me? I can't see people's signatures for some reason on The Knot but I want to check it out!

@peaseblossom55 - I'm sure it was an emotional weekend for you...hugs. I'm glad you got through it and hope you can get to bed early today. ETA- New hair photo please?

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It was a busy weekend here. H left for India on Friday.

I was sad to see him go. I'm hanging out with my Mom this week though so that is nice. Saturday my sister had a party so I went to that, borrowed a mish-mash of stuff (long gown, tiara, etc.) and tried to be in costume as ??? I still have no idea what I was. We went to get Raj a new dog bed too...here is a picture...

Sunday was relaxing mostly. I think I'm going to buy a portable DVD player for the plane trip to India later this week. Any ideas for shows that are really addicting? I know Scandal and Breaking Bad (haven't watched either but heard they were really good). I loved True Blood but stopped watching after season 4 so I'll pick up seasons 5, 6 and 7 likely.

Oh and I broke my phone this morning...Raj decided to jump up at some garbage this morning barking while I was walking him...sigh. It fell out of my pocked and shattered. I'm hoping I can just replace the glass since everything else on the phone is working. Anyone done that before? (replaced the glass of a shattered phone)?

labro · November 2015

@helloliv I'm sure you looked absolutely gorgeous in the photos your friend took for your blog! I don't think I've seen a bad photo of you ever!

@peaseblossom55 Ugh...it's so disappointing when wedding food is blah.

labro · November 2015

@minskat30 Obviously you should have been an Indian princess for Halloween and worn one of your gorgeous saris or something!

Peaseblossom55 · November 2015

@labro it is. The cake wasn't too bad.

I can't do a hair pic right now I'm at work and it's getting busy. Hopefully tonight I can.

speakeasy14 · November 2015

@peaseblossom55 ugh I hate leaving a wedding hungry

@minskat30 How to get away with murder, Reign, and Once Upon a Time are my current obsessions. Also, Breaking Bad and Dexter were really good.

minskat30 · November 2015

labro said:

@minskat30 Obviously you should have been an Indian princess for Halloween and worn one of your gorgeous saris or something!

Ha! I made H take all my saris to India when he went...those things are HEAVY. Poor guy had like half of my clothes and a bunch of gluten-free stuff for me in his suitcase...he didn't have much room for his stuff as a result.

wink0erin · November 2015

This is a P&R because I have a meeting in a little bit, but I will read through everyone's posts afterward!

Friday BF and I went to a Halloween party which was at a friend of a friend's home. It was a ton of fun, partially due to an open bar, and mostly because the people were a lot of fun.

Saturday I stayed home and crocheted. BF did an evening 5k (zombie run) and I had considered meeting for the after party, but found out that this big Halloween pub crawl was happening at the same time and I didn't want to get stuck in that mess. I'm glad I stayed home though. I'm almost done with a gigantic scarf I've been working on, I might finish it tonight!

Sunday I woke up SUPER early (thanks time change). Around noon I went to pick up BF and we drove a couple hours to go visit my Grandpa and my older sister. My mom was up there too. My Grandpa loved BF... but my sister did not seem to like him at all. She takes a while to warm up to people though (she's on the spectrum), and this is the first time she has ever met a BF of mine, so I figure eventually she won't mind him being around. Grandpa talked a lot about his career, he had worked as an engineer and contract negotiator for 35 years which sent him all over Europe and the USA. It was so interesting.

I thought this morning I would be able to wake up easily due to the time change, esp since I woke up early yesterday with no trouble. NOPE. It took everything in my power to roll out of bed! I wish we could stay one time year round... preferably DST since I like evening sunlight.

untouchablets · November 2015

@jenjen047 My puppy is coming sometime in the spring, but my breeder is expecting a litter around Christmas that I am trying so hard to resist because I don't want to start potty training in the winter time lol. And no, because it's technically food service I can't wear nail polish, rings, or bracelets.

500days · November 2015

@jenjen047 Oh I love that color combo for flowers! I teach in a public school in RI. We do dress downs all of the time for charity. I love it!

@minskat30 Raj looks so comfy in bed! I'm sorry about your phone! Maybe try the cell phone guys at the mall? I know near me that they have their kiosks where they fix broken screen and jailbreak phones.

Soo I got a coverage for this period. It's a super quiet study and everyone appears to be doing what they are supposed to be doing. Only 6 more hours to go...

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