2013

A new year. A new start. A chance to become a better you.

On NYE 2010, I got engaged. And now in 2012 I get to ring in my first year as a married woman. It's also my husband's birthday. We aren't going out - sorry we're kind of boring. I am however making him a lovely dinner of filet mignon, artichokes, and garlic mashed potatoes. And I'm making him his favorite cake as we speak (spice cake w/cream cheese icing). After dinner we'll probably tune in to watch the ball drop, although I don't think it will be the same without Dick Clark. 

Here are a few of my New Year's Resolutions. Hopefully I can keep them for more than week.

Get into the best shape of my life

(obviously.)

Run my first half marathon

(The Flying Pig to be exact)

Save more. Spend less. 

(Sorry Target....it's not you, it's me)

Be more organized.

(Who doesn't want that?)

(I'll go ahead and take that kitchen too)

Become an expert at D.I.Y

(Time to get my creative juices flowing)

Eat Healthier

(This means shopping from the perimeter of the grocery store and steering clear of the center aisles)

Learn something new.

(Even if it's as simple as giving myself a kick ass mani)

Take more pictures

(I just bought an awesome camera and can't wait to learn all about it!)

Get (another) tattoo

(I've been wanting to do this since I got my first one 5 years ago)

Go on more dates with my husband

(Without straying too far from the saving money deal)

And yes, many of our dates look exactly like this. Except I have brown hair. 

So pretty much, I have my year cut out for me. I don't expect to achieve each and every one of these, I mean let's be realistic. However, I am going to focus on the more important ones but not kick myself if everything doesn't work out to plan. That's what 2014 is for right?

Hope you all have a safe & happy new year!

Weekend Update

So I can't believe it's November already. Seriously. I feel like the last 4 months have just flown by. They all just kind of blended together. I am so ready for the holiday season though. I don't really appreciate seeing 6 aisles of Christmas items at the store 2 days before Halloween though. This time of year is so fun though! Red cups at Starbuck's, cozy evenings playing board games, football, boots, and of course friends and family coming home for the holidays. Who doesn't love that? Luckily, most of my childhood friends still live fairly close to me. This past weekend we got together for brunch at The Breakfast Club to catch up over delicious food. It was my first time going there and will definitely NOT be the last. I'm determined to try everything on the menu because it all sounded so good! I had eggs benedict served on a bagel with a side of potatoes. Yum. 

Afterwards we went to Little White Dress Briday & Formal which was just within walking distance from the cafe so it was nice to work off a bit of my breakfast. One of my friends is a bridesmaid in an upcoming wedding and she needed to try on a few dresses. While she was trying on, my other friend kept saying that we should all try on wedding dresses for fun. There was no one else in the store so the owner let us all pick out a dress and try on! It was a lot of fun. 

I had to practically tunnel my way into my dress but I actually liked it on. I still like my own wedding dress better ;)

Sunday night we went to Bonefish Grill for fiance's mother's birthday. It was my first time here also and once again, it won't be my last!

For appetizers we had Bang Bang Shrimp

and some kind of asian beef dumplings. I can't remember what they were called but they were seriously so good!

For dinner I had Chilean Sea Bass with Pan Asian sauce and a side of Herb Jasmine rice and Spaghetti Squash.

Everything was so good and I can't wait to go back.

I also tried my first Yuengling draft. Also delicious! I'm so glad we have this beer in Ohio now. I went to Kroger today to see if they had it but they wont have it until the 14th. Sad. So I bought Guinness instead. At 10am, Monday morning. I was grocery shopping people, no need to worry.

That about does it for my weekend. I wish every weekend was as fun as this one was! 

What did you guys do this weekend? Any plans for next weekend? (It never hurts to plan ahead)

Have a great week!