Girls Night with Me, Myself, and I

Last night I went to the Farmers Market downtown with my good friend Angelina, then when I came home I had the house all to myself. (Josh was at hockey)

So I decided to put on my favorite pair of jammie pants, make a cup of hot chocolate with whip cream, and watch some tv :)

Hot Chocolate def. tastes better out of a Vera Bradley mug bahaha

I watched the Season Finale of the Hills. I know I know, it's stupid, scripted, and annoying, but I love it. I'm glad Lauren went to Heidi's wedding, even though she didn't support the marriage, I think she totally would have regretted not going. And I guess I'm totally out of the loop on this one, but what did Kristen Cavallari do to create the tension between her and Lauren?

Josh got home around 10:30 and made himself a quesidilla while I was watching Keeping up with the Kardashians (Thank god Kourtney broke up with her slimey boyfriend!). Then after he ate that he was still hungry, and we didn't have a ton of options so he said he wanted to eat a piece of the birthday cake his sister made me, I had to explain to him that after playing hockey cake probably wasn't the most valuable thing to eat. So after some convincing he let me make him scrambeled eggs with ham and cheese, yummm.

Then we talked about his hockey game and how he got some goals and assists and then went to bed. Overall it was a nice relaxing night, watching some mindless tv :)

-Katie

I kid you not...

Today when I was leaving the gym there was a guy riding the bicycle machines with his shirt like this:
it was so hard not to laugh, I couldn't believe I was seeing a real life Beavis.

-Katie

Dear Mother Nature,

It seems to me that you are a bit confused... you see it is June, which falls during the Summer Season, a season not commonly associated with rain and thunderstorms, but instead the hot shining sun, kool-aid, the beach, and all things fun related.

Perhaps you can return the nice weather, because I have a few sundresses that are ready to come out and play.

Your Friend,

-Katie

stressing out!

Josh and I currently live in a 1 bedroom 1 bath apartment close to campus. We really want to move because we are outgrowing this little place, and we would like a small yard and garage [our balcony has two bikes, a BBQ, firewood, and Josh's Hockey gear on it, so our real estate is pretty maxed out]. Anyways, houses cost a lot more to rent, so we asked one of my best friends Stephanie to live with us. We are looking for a 3 bedroom 2 bath house. The Master for Josh and I, Stephanie in the larger room, and the smallest room would be an office.

The Dilemma:

Stephanie's lease is up July 1st, our lease is up July 31st. So we have two options A)We Pay Double Rent for the month of July -OR- A) Stephanie lives on our couch for a few weeks so we don't have to pay double rent. Either way it is inconvenient and not ideal, but all three of us have decided that option B is probably the better (and cheaper) way to go.

Additional Dilemmas:

There aren't a lot of great places right now. Since this is a college town, most houses become available in May and August because that is when the students cycle in and out. So we just started looking in June and are coming up pretty empty handed. Yesterday Josh and I looked at a place that noticeably had a propane/gas leak of some sort, and I was just thinking are you serious right now.

We found a GREAT place, but of course, the people want to rent it out ASAP. So we just have to sit here and wait a few weeks and hope no one else swipes it.

Ughhhhh this whole process is just stressful, I've already bit off all of my nails!! Oh well, everything happens for a reason right?

-Katie

My 23rd Birthday Weekend!

Ok... get ready for a long one!!

Birthday Weekend Recap!

Thursday was my 23rd birthday, so Josh took me to San Francisco to go shopping!!! Since I've been unemployed shopping has been pretty non-existent, so I've been saving up for this special occasion, and had a little help from birthday money and birthday gift certificates! So we embarked on our journey first thing Thursday morning and the first thing we saw: A convoy of school buses! Where I grew up kids never took school buses to school, your parents drop you off, so to see a bunch of them all in a line was hilarious to me.

Bus Convoy!

Vrooom Vroooom!

Joshy and I in the Jetta on our way to SF!

There was a car with a video camera strapped on it! Josh thought it was dumb to have it on the outside because the lens will be full of bug guts!

Neat SF house with old car

Downtown San Francisco

The Westfield SF Shopping Center aka Heaven on Earth

Josh being deathly afraid on the escalators. I had to pry my hand from his death grip and run down the stairs to take this picture. I knew once I escaped he wouldn't chase me because he gets so scared on them.

The view of what scares Joshy

The main purpose of the trip was to go to Vera Bradley, one of my FAVORITE stores :)

I walked away with over $600 in VB for only $250!! Yay gift Certificates! I got:
-26" Expandable upright suitcase in Black
-Hanging Garment Bag in Cupcakes Pink
-4 Bow Cosmetic Bags in various patterns (they are discontinuing them!!)
-a SUPER cute Cupcakes Pink Coffee Cup
-Vintage Rose Wallet to match my Vintage Rose Purse

I think there was more but I can't remember it all haha. We loaded it all up in the suitcase for easy transporting, so it worked out perfectly! :)

Holding my bags downtown in front of Urban Outfitters.

A kind passerby offered to take our picture when he saw Josh taking a picture of just me. So here we are with the ATM haha

We also went to Old Navy where I got 3 really cute/really cheap sundresses! And of course we made a stop at Anthropologie so I could get the bag that I have been drooling over, courtesy of Josh's Mom and Sister as my birthday gift! Yay!

Then we made our way back home and went out to dinner at Flavor, which is my favorite Italian restaurant! It is right downtown in Railroad Square, so there are a lot of cute shops and trees and fountains, I just love it!

Josh and I in front of Flavor!

After dinner we picked up Allie and went to Brain Freeze for some birthday fro' yo'! Then we came home and packed because Friday we were heading home to Livermore to visit my family!

Can I just say I LOVE Smart Cars!! I know they are death traps and all, but they are so funny looking, that every time I see one I get super excited, so I had to take a picture of the birthday weekend Smart Car sighting.

Friday night I hung out with my good friends Sam and Nicole, we exchanged gifts because Nicole's birthday was the 18th, and then we went and got some dinner. It was great to see them and catch up! :)

On Saturday, we were going to celebrate my birthday, so of course, that means... BARBIE CAKE TIME!!

Here is my mom getting the initial frosting on Barbie's skirt. Then we had to put her in the fridge because it was too warm and the frosting was melting off of her!

While Barbie was chilling (ha! pun intended!) Josh, Kevin, and I went on a bike ride in the vineyards and then we ate my favorite dinner: BBQ'd cheeseburgers, homemade fries, and milkshakes, it was DELICIOUS! Then after dinner Clay, Josh, Kevin and I decided to go for a walk because we were so stuffed from dinner. The boys all decided we should dress silly for our walk....

Clay sporting his sweet fur hat and walking stick, Josh with a wooden sword, and Kevin in his Motorcycle helmet and gloves, while I was wearing a sweet straw hat (not pictured unfortunately haha).

Kevin got really into it and decided to race some of the cars as they drove by...

he almost won haha

After the walk we came home and I put the finishing touches on the Barbie Cake! Check out the sweet polka dots!

Work it Barbie!

Me and My Barbie Cake Masterpiece

This is what happens when you let your brother take your picture, he leaves your head out. Thanks Clay.

Sadly, Barbie wasn't fully cooked inside! We followed the directions exactly, but for some reason she was a little gooey! Whoops.

My Birthday and birthday weekend were AMAZING! I spent it with my family, friends, and my wonderful boyfriend! I had so much fun and ate way too much food! Oh and I came away with a LOT of great gifts :)

Yay For Birthdays!!

-Katie

Barbie is in the Oven

As many of you already know, my Mom is making me a Barbie cake for my birthday (at my request haha) So here is a little teaser.... her body is in the oven right now!

Scandalous Barbie! Put some frosting on!

Her soon to be skirt, made of delicious Funfetti cake!

More Pictures to come from my Birthday on Thursday and the finished Barbie cake!

Have a Great Weekend!

-Katie

Happy Birthday To Me :)

Yay!! Today is my birthday! I'm 23 years old!

Josh and I are going to San Francisco today to go shopping, then out to dinner at my favorite restaurant! I can't wait!!

Tomorrow we are heading back to Livermore to celebrate with my family! I'm so excited, my Mom is going to make me a Barbie cake, ya know, the ones with the actual Barbie in it?!!? Hahaha!

Pictures to come....

Have a Great Weekend!!

-Katie