Corned Beef

Oh My Goodness.. so yesterday I went to Whole Foods and they had these gorgous pieces of meat laying right in front... at first I thought to myself... wow those look amazing... then I saw the price tag and thought... oh boy.. not THAT amazing... I continued to peruse the pile of meat...pre-seasoned CORNED BEEF....and something came over me... I threw one in my basket $23 price tag.... I didn't even pay that much for my beautiful Orange Chair... but I was feeling pursuaded!

The story continues... the directions on the package said to put in water.... I decided to throw some potatos, carrots, onion and garlic beneath and some water... and let it cook for 9 hours.... hence it being done right when I woke up....

here it is in the crock pot...

In the Morning! WOW!

I sliced it up and put in 6 tupperware containers.... thats 6 meals /25 bucks = less than $5 for that yumminess.... totally worth it!

WORK WORK WORK WORK

Thats what I do :)

In all honesty..... I really like being busy..... and maybe even working overtime... it could be that I don't have too many personal obligations that I am being taken away from??? Jeff has been super busy studying for his brokers exam which he takes tomorrow, and I have been working.... lets see.. I worked 12 hours on Saturday.... and 5 hours on Sunday..... this isn't very normal.... but deadline = soon and client gave us stuff = late .... YAY for me! I have been working overtime every day this week so far.... but its coming to an end soon... I think I should have a few more busy weeks, but the worst of it may be over!

I have also been planning a few little get-a-ways........ My graduation from GGU is at the end of April so Jeff and I are going up to San Francisco for the weekend... it also happens to be the same weekend as Shannon and Ryans wedding, so we are looking forward to attending that tooo!..... and in May.... a bunch of girls and myself are planning on going up to Napa for a little weekend wine tasting trip.... I am beyond extatic about this!! and... Kristin Kramer has invited Jeff and I out to Michigan to stay in her cottage by the lake sometime in July..... thats a litttle early in the planning stages..... oh and maybe a vacation with my parents??? Sheesh.... Good thing I just bought this ADORABLE baithing suit!






... gotta keep working on my abs!

Bottega Louie : Jean Friday: 03:05:10

YAY for Jean Fridays!! Starting on March 15th we are gonna get to wear jeans every day for an entire month... Pretty excited about that!! So I have spent LOTS of time waiting around lately.. and today at 4:30 the Financials for this return im preparing FINALLY arrived... but while I have been waiting... I have been enjoying myself! :) Today a few girls and I went to Bottega Louie in downtown.. and it is such a GEM! I absolutely LOVED everything about it... the amazing structure, the details on the ceiling to the colorful macaroons! WOW WOW WOW!!!! Here are some pics of the Beautiful Restaurant!!!

and YES we did leave with a box of these beauties :)

and at 4:00 today we had a work Baby Shower thingy... we decorated onsies for all the babies that are arriving or have arrived in our office... I think there is about 8 babies ! Wow something is in the water at this place :) Here is the onsie I colored :)

BUSIEST WEEKEND EVER

On the agenda.... Class on Saturday Morning.... which I took a final exam... then drive out to Thousand Oaks to help mom with Quickbooks... I was up till 3am WOW! Then Sunday AM worked some more and drove back in time to shower and head out to the Westsdie for fun day with Kristin Kramer! And it was fun indeed..... the plan was... shopping in Beverly Hills ... then home to cook and host West Side Supper Club Meeting #2 :)

WHEW!

I was odly chipper when we went shopping.... regardless of how little sleep I got the night before!! The weather was absolutely SUPERB!!! We went into lots of shops and Kristin Bought her self a few pairs of shades (ADORABLE) then we were walking around and stumbled upon Wolford Store... let me give you a little background... Kristin has been talking about these tights for months... I thought she was a little odd for being so specific on the brand of tights she wanted... until I went into the store... they are AMAZING .. the selection .. .incredible.... and they are such incredible quality its rediculous! I ended up going home with a beautiful navy blue pair that I left the store wearing.... and it was sooo worth it... something about wearing those beauties it just makes your day better......

Oh did I mention we blasted old school hip-hop when we drove around and Kristin and I found that we shared a similar knowledge of rap artists :) Topped the day off with delish dinner and good company... needless to say I slept pretty great Sunday night !!! Gonna be hard to beat that weekend... check out http://www.westsidesupper.blogspot.com/ for pics and details from the day :)

Vintage Treasures!!

Yesterday I spent 4 hours at the Rose Bowl swapmeet with Dad and Sunny... it was a gorgeous day and we had a blast!!! I found a few new treasures to add to my collection....

A vintage gumball machine for 12 bucks.. and it works!! :)

Vintage Magazine "Ladies Home Journal" 1957

Here are some items I have been collecting over the past few months!! :)

Vintage Rotary Phone from Etsy.com

Adorable wind up clock... another etsy.com find

And yet another etsy.com find!! :) pretty wall clock.. all cleaned and polished by dad!!

I found this beauty at Salvation Army last weekend .. they were having a 50% off sale... 23 bucks!! And she works!! Dad is gonna give her a tune up!

and of course my "out of the closet" chair for 20 bucks!!

Friday Film Day!

So Kristin Kramer (my work buddy) and I decided we should spend some time taking pictures with our film SLR's some weekend... then we were getting so excited about it... we thought what about doing a lunch time photography session... we are surrounded by so many historical buildings and it has been so gorgeous out!! So Jean Friday we decided to spend our lunch break outside.. and it was a BLAST! I can't wait to get the pictures developed to show you!!

We also want to spend some time one weekend developing our own film.. found a darkroom you can rent just outside of downtown! FUN FUN FUN!

I only had color film this time so gonna have to pay to have it developed.... which reminds me I need to find a place that will do a great job..... stay tuned for pictures from that day!!

Today im 25!!

My Birthday fell on a Thursday and although I already felt spoiled and loved from our fun Birthday weekend...It got even better~

Here is a picture of me driving to work on the first day of the 25th year of my life :) he he... do I look 25???





Downtown was pretty on that day!!! The tallest building is my work building!!



I brought some doughnuts for my work buddies... they were very greatful! as was I... I enjoyed a maple bar myself!!



A big group of us went out to Casa for lunch... Alan is holding the camera.. sorry he didn't make it in the picture!



Kramer and I sharing a coke! :) she also treated me to lunch! What a great friend!!




Kelly Kim.. the newest edition to our firm...



My hubby and I went out to a nice dinner at Gus's BBQ....



And here is my food!!



This was such an AMAZING birthday !!! Thanks to everyone who made it special!!!