Weekend Shenanigans!

Happy Monday!

And sooo we're back to another week! My sleep schedule was seriously off because of day light savings - darn pushing the clocks forward so I'm feeling a bit slower/off today (well at least more slower/off than I am other Mondays ha!). I had a very low-key relaxing but fun weekend! I am definitely counting down the days until I leave for my trip this weekend! Sunshine, sand, & bathing suits - PLEASE!

Anyway, time to link up with Sami for my weekend recap! Friday night I spent most of the night in with a girlfriend and a bottle of wine and yummy thin crust pizza (which makes the whole experience feel much more healthier) and some good television. Boston was hit with some strange version of a snow/rain/hailing storm all day on Friday so motivation to actually venture out on the town was....nonexistent.

Saturday, I slept in, cleaned up my apt, made this yummy smoothie (frozen berries, a few pieces of frozen banana, kale, skim milk, & protein powder) and headed to the gym + a few errands!

Saturday evening, two girlfriends came over and I made them skinny baked broccoli mac and cheese from skinnytaste.com. I have no pictures because it was honestly just not that good :( The recipe was fine but I had the wrong pasta (blame laziness) and the broccoli stayed in full pieces while in the recipe it looks like it was more broken up throughout the pasta. I mean it was definitely edible but I don't think I'll be rushing to try that recipe again :(

Then Saturday night I headed to Whiskey's, a bar in the Back Bay area, with some friends! Had a great time besides for 3 of the most obnoxious men who would not leave us alone until we had the manager & bouncers escort them out ;) I'm the wrong gal to mess with mister! 

Leaving the bar at 1:30am and getting home and it suddenly being like 2:45am was definitely...strange... 

Sunday morning after a considerable amount of water and aspirin (woops!) I headed to Newbury Street with a girlfriend for an afternoon of browsing, lunching, & picking up a few odds and ends! 

{who doesn't enjoy a little classical jazz in the sunshine on a sunday}

{OH happy cheat day to me! - "The Cape Codder"- turkey, bacon, chedder cheese & cranberry mayo on challah bread with sweet potato fries! please & thank you}

{Peanut Butter Fudge Cupcake from Georgetown cupcakes!}

{new super sale + coupon Kate Spade necklace, workout headband (essentially the only item I can afford from Lulu) & some cute new notebooks from Paper Source - how can I resist anything with macaroons?!}

{some vacation goodies from F21 - pool sandals, a bright headband for the beach, and colorful bangles that I won't care about if they get lost!}

Sunday night meant Once Upon A Time, Revenge, & Girls (True Life: I'm a TV Junkie), a load of laundry & some packing! 

How was your weekend?! 

xoxo

Weekend Shenanigans!

Happy Monday!

I hope everyone had a great weekend! I know I definitely did - and I'm linking up with Sami to tell ya'll about it!

Let's start off with Thursday when my momma arrived! First stop was Neptune's for a quick dinner. Neptune's is famous in Boston for their fish menu and there is usually an hour + wait to be seated (luckily we went right after work so we were seated immediately). We treated ourselves to yummy lobstahh (w/Boston accent...) rolls. Usually lobster rolls are made with mayo but we had ours with melted butter. UM.....my mouth is watering as I type this. We substituted the fries with a side salad (lame I know but after all the butter we just consumed we didn't think fries would be necessary). 

Then I settled my mom in at home (sad I had to leave her) and ran off to my company's fundraising event for the MS Climb at Ned Devine's Irish Pub. The event was semi-successful! I definitely had a lot of fun hanging with coworkers but I definitely think there could have been more people there. All in all we raised around $1,000 towards our goal of $4,000. 

*I personally rasied $300+ wahoo!*

{coworkers & sweet friends}

I spent Friday afternoon & evening with my mom! We went to a wine tasting at a local liquor store and then to a yummy dinner at Ricardo's. Followed by some tasty gelato - it was all in all a great evening (and I may have passed out by 9pm - woops sorry mom!). 

{lamb chops & mushroom risotto NOM}

Saturday morning came along and I was up at the crack of dawn to participate in the Climb for MS at the John Hancock building. About 15 people from my office participated and though climbing 61 flights of stairs was exhausting (and my back is paying for it today) I'm very glad I did it! 61 flights in 17 minutes - wahoo! 

{getting ready to start!}

{made it to the top}

I spent the rest of Saturday running errands with my mom and picking up a few odds and ends like these pretty tulips:

And then I had a delicious home-cooked meal courtesy of momma...

After dinner I met my sorority phamily for a drink to welcome in the newest members of the princess phamily! I cannot believe I am 4 year older than my great-great-grandlittle. Cue minor heart attack.... But the newest princess is wonderful and I love her already!

Sunday, I said goodbye to mom (see you in 2 weeks!) and spent the rest of the day catching up on TV shows and just relaxing! Sunday night looked a lot like...

{Chinese takeout & the season finale of Downton Abbey..cue the TEARS}

How was your weekend?! Can't wait to read about it! 

xoxo

Weekend Recap!

Happy Tuesday Readers!

I'm trying to get some sort of weekly blogging schedule down and I definitely want to include a weekend recap in here somewhere - I'm thinking Mondays make the most sense (which seems obvious) but since this is my first week back, it'll have to be on a Tuesday!

I had a really great weekend! I've been traveling and have had friends visiting the last couple of weeks so this was the first weekend that I finally had some time to just relax and not feel pressured to do anything!

Friday, I went for a drink and some snacks with some friends from work! And I took this pic on my walk from work - it was so refreshing that it was light out after 5pm!

Then I ran some errands - which is unusual for a Friday afternoon but made me feel super productive which was nice! I hit up Trader Joes for some groceries (TJ faves coming in a post soon!), Sephora (to exchange an eyeliner) and Bath & Body Work's. They were having a 2 for $22 candle sale which is a stealll since they're usually $20 each! AND they had my fave sent in the back! Salted Caramel - this candle is ADDICTING! Granted I don't usually burn it in my room because it's a bit too sweet but it's a perfect living room/kitchen candle.

Then at night I finally saw Argo with my roomie! Such a good movie and I think it totally deserved best picture! And not to mention how good his speech was at the Oscars last night! 

Saturday was relaxing and some time at the gym! Then a night out on the town- dancing, drinking, and some pizza at 1am (woops I'll make up for that in spin tonight!) 

And then ALL of Sunday was spent watching Downton Abbey. I'm already on season 3...and I just started watching last week. WOOPS. I'm OBSESSED with the show. The grandmother is hilarious, the relationship between Mary and Mathew is amazing and frustrating at the same time, and I root for Anna and Mr. Bate's at the end of every hour. I don't know what I'm going to do with myself when Season 3 ends and I have to wait for next year...

How was your weekend?! 

xoxo

Weekend Recap!

Happy Monday!

Did everyone survive the first (and probably the worst) day of the week? I certainly hope so! Mondays can certainly be such a drag and I always end up drinking a bit too much coffee than I probably should have and the gym after work is that much harder than it is any other day. BUT now it's almost 10pm and a glass of wine deep and enjoying a new episode of Gossip Girl! 

How was everyone's weekend? I have to say, I had a great weekend! Plenty of good times and laughs with great friends :)

{out celebrating my friend Christina's birthday at Cleary's! Things got prettttty weird (in the best way possible on the dance floor that night...}

{ran into some good friends from highschool!}

{birthday brunch on Saturday for my friend Christina! Is it bad I order eggs benedict every single time I go out for brunch?}

{me and my big - the original princesses in the aephi princess pham!}

{me and some friends listening to love music at Hennessey's (local bar) on Saturday night - why does live music make everything more fun?}

Can't wait to read about everyone's weekend! 

XOXO

Weekend Recap!

Happy Tuesday! 

I hope everyone had a fantastic and relaxing weekend (and made it through monday which in my opinion is the hardest day of the week). I spent the whole weekend with my aunt and mom who visited Boston for the weekend! We spent 3 days shopping, eating and some drinking! My aunt and mom spoiled me silly this weekend but I loved every second of it. My aunt bought a bunch of home goods/decorations for my apartment (home tour coming soon!). And she also bought my a new Michael Kors peacoat! I can't find a pic online but it was 50% off plus an extra 10% off plus my mom decided to open a Lord & Taylor credit card so we got an additional 15% off - WOW - such a steal for such a beautiful coat (can you tell I'm a bit obsessed hehe). Otherwise I'll sum up the weekend with a few photos: 

{finallyyy upgraded from my old droid to an iphone! I just got the 4S- wasn't ready to spend all that $$ on the 5 and I haven't head the BEST things about it so I didn't think it was worth it!}

 

{new lock screen cover! you can find it here}

{shopping with my beautiful momma!}

{new Kate Spade goodies - I wasn't going to let all those Lord & Taylor discounts go to waste...}

{me and my mom at one of the bars where my fam was staying!}

{family- mom, me, and my aunt!}

{a few friends joined us for some cocktails after dinner!}

How was your weekend?! Can't wait to read all about it!

AND...HAPPY ELECTION DAY EVERYONE! Please exercise your RIGHT TO VOTE today! I know I will be during my lunch break :) 

XOXO

(Delayed) Weekend Recap!

Happy Tuesday Readers! 

Sorry for the delayed weekend update! I was feeling seriously under the weather yesterday so I wasn't up to posting! Anyways- hopefully everyone enjoyed their weekend! Here's mine in pictures (thanks to Instagram!) 

{striped and jacks on thursday night }

{i spy The LevelUp at one of my fave food trucks in Boston}

{repping The LevelUp at BostonInno's Boston Fest}

{Fried cauliflower with curry aioli from The Dining Cart}

{Got to break in my new Lilly Planner! with a venti coffee from Starbucks of course!}

{I received my new monogrammed purse from Marley Lilly- I received a ton of compliments when I wore it out on friday night but I kinda wish I had ordered it in a darker color, I'm nervous I'm not going to want to use it in the Fall...thoughts?}

{Lucky, lucky me my apartment lost power from 11am on saturday till 3am on Sunday. HOW FUN! not at all..this meant eating lunch out, hiding out at Panera for 3 hours, and then hanging out a bar across the street from my apartment till 3am till the power came back...MISERABLE}

{can you guys believe it's AUGUST already! not gunna lie- I'm super pumped for the Fall- I cannot wait to be in my new apartment!!}

{This is how I ended a pretty crappy Monday:)}

XOXO