You Stay Classy, San Diego...

HI!

 

I have not been able to get on here to update in a while. I am determined today though as my weekend "shenanigans" were AMAZE balls!

 

 

I spent 4 days in Cali, San Diego, PB with 7 of my girl friends. Here is my epic vacation recap.

 

plane rides are always...interesting with us...

 

 

There are SO many photos to share as we had the BEST time.

 

my fav photo of me all weekend, louise captured. i was just SO happy!

 

 

1. Bikes - we rented beach cruisers for the weekend -- note we did not realize hills are hard... esp with bottles of "MERICA" vodka in your basket. Or, stuffed full of groceries.

 

 

see? #MERICA svedka.

 

 

2.  The BEACH! God, do I love the ocean. I loved this weekend too because all of us were in agreement - let's relax on the beach. Done and done.

 



the sunset photo of cathryn is so beautiful. she just ran and jumped in the ocean...fully clothed. that's my girl. 

know what else is amazing on the beach?
cookies n cream out of a waffle cone. yum!

 

 

3. Our VRBO vacation rental. This house was STUNNING! 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, 3 decks, a fire pit, a grill, kitchen, and panaramic views of SD and the ocean and bay...

 

 

this house in north PB. our home for the weekend! LOVE LOVE LOVE

 

 

4. Laughing/Drinking with these crazies... SO much of this happened. We spent 2 out of our 3 nights at the house grilling our dinners, dancing, playing inappropriate games like "Dirty Catch Phrase" and "Cards Against Humanity".

 

1. first beer at our FAV place - Pacific Beach Ale House
2. Cab rides are silly
3. One of our grilled FEASTS
4. beautiful table set for "family dinner"
5. my BFF - love you cathryn leigh
6. Anastasia is a yoga instructor. exhibit A.
7. prom pics on the beach at sunset... normal.
8. shots out of coffee cups? also normal.
9. my roomie for the wknd and bestie kinz!

 

 

5. Our crazy bar night complete with weird dancing at clubs, being overdressed at dinner, the BEST mini-donuts in the world (and the NICEST man Rayal EVER who worked there), impromtu drunk belly button piercings, and our tough marine bestie, Nick, doing yoga in our kitchen at 2am with Stace...

 

i love that i found a john lennon mural on garnet st!

 

NICEST man, love you Rayal! Your mini-donuts were the SHIT!

 

There is SO much more to share I am sure. I just know that these girls made this trip SO amazing! I am in depression being back at work. BUT, I just am counting the days until my next adventure! :)

 

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and since I missed Friday's "back that azz up" I leave you with our SOUNDTRACK of the trip.

 



 

 

Margaritas, Car Crashes, One-Bites, and other Birthday Fun...

It is pretty apparant that I have awesome friends. Yesterday was my birthday and since it was on a Monday, a non-important age (26 - meh!) and after a cray-cray wedding weekend that my liver is still pissed about, I thought a low-key dinner with friends would be a good option...

 

But, what I forgot to remind myself was that if you mix tequila and a bunch of hilarious people, it still turns out to be a shitshow.

 

 

 

Exhibit A. Me, with my free margarita. Yes, it was bigger than my face. Whoops.

 

Exhibit B: Me, spinning my "birthday prize wheel" - Yes, I look like Vannah White on crack. Yes, I did win a $10 gift card. Whoo hoo!

 

 

 Exhibit C: That damn sombraro. I wore it WAY too much. Notice how excited my husband looks..

 

Other favorite moments were when my "flaming shot" I was forced to drink made me literally flap my hands and almost regurgitate.

Also, when my birthday cake was used in a "One Bite" competition in which Justin ALMOST ate the entire slice in one bite. Priceless.

Oh and there was a car crash outside the restaurant... things got weird!

 

BUT - the moral of the story is that I LOVE my friends and all of them being there and also the texts, FB posts, voicemails, calls from friends and family meant the WORLD  TO ME!

I even got grandparent voicemails that melted my heart and a sweet greeting from my nephew Jack. :)

 

And for you special people and your presents! I LOVE THEM ALL

 

Brady started the day at lunch with a super sweet card and tickets to see Wicked when it comes to town!!

 

1. Fifty Shades of chicken from Anastasia - HAHA this is hilarious! I am a 50 Shades fan so this cookbook is priceless.

2. and 3. Kinzie had a hilarious card -the inside said something about "saggy old titties" and the Blast Blowdry Bar GC for a blowout! LOVE!

4 -6. Cathryn, my sweet BF, and her "lesbian lova" GC to H&M, her singing bday card with a Bella cousin on it, and gorgeous lillies! Mwah!

 

 

1-3. Steph and Justin - hilarious gifts from Patina! That magnet is SO true. And Steph knows how to stay classy. This Deer in the Headlight game looks hilarious (and also like my kindergarten photo). And the shower bombs because she knows "you dont like to take baths in your shower." HAHA

4. Louise and her furry HILARIOUS card about the Melrose taking a "Number 1"

5. Brian got me a gift online from the "Something Store" and literally my "two somethings" are getting shipped to me and we have no clue what it will be - a camo wallet, a Kindle, the mystery is out there.. More to come on this... haha.

6. Louise and Matt also got me Muscle Ice! She gives me massages and this stuff is AWESOME!

 

Basically this entire post is evidence of my AMAZING friends and family. My mom also knows me so well and I got a GC to Kohl's :)

I am blessed. Happy birthday to meeeee

 

 

 

 

 

It's MAH Birthday!!

Happy Monday to everyone! I am at work, which sucks, cuz it's my birthday today! I am still struggling from a FUN but crazy wedding weekend with a LOT of driving, but I am still excited for my birthday!

Here is a little gem of me at Perkins at 3am after the wedding.. Steph captured it well. I am weird.

 

 

 

Tonight we are hanging out with a few friends to go to my favorite Mexican joint, Pancho Villa. They have amazing food AND it just so happens two for one's on margs and beers! :) I am also quite positive that I get to drink for free on my birthday! This restaurant is right by our condo and is so much fun in the summer (whereever that is) to sit on the patio with the pups too!

 

Backing up to this past weekend, WHAT a blast! The Duluth wedding was a little chilly but SO beautiful and fun. I definitely can see why my husband loves Duluth and his HUGE "UMD" crew reminded me that nope, I am not in college anymore so Perkins at 3am WILL make you feel still like death in the morning... hehe.

 

Here are some of my favs from this weekend!

 

 

1. Silver Lake - my happy place at my cabin. We dropped the pups off with my parents and I woke up Saturday morning to some sunshine. So I enjoyed a cup of coffee on my dock. I love this mug too!

2. HELLO Duluth! - This is the view from our hotel room. I haven't been to Duluth in YEARS since I dated Brady the first time in high school. It was sunny out here but still only 50 degrees. Notice the (our guess) the Canadians at the pool... crazy...

3. Brady and I got into town and went to Little Angies in Canal Park for lunch and some yummy margaritas to set the base for the crazy evening.

4. My partner in crime, Steph, and I getting jacked up for the wedding.

5. Steph's photo cred. I loved this shot of the ceremony at the Glensheen Mansion (note: You cannot chew gum inside..haha.

6. My hottie husband and I at the wedding

7. Such a unique and beautiful layout for the ceremony. Congrats Mike and Jess!!!

8. LOVE these ladies! We had so much fun together!

9. This was the start of the madness at dinner when my husband may or may not have spilt candle wax all over his suit and his friends attempted to help him "clean up." Insert your own joke here...

PS - I had to add this little GEM of a video that Steph took of me prior to the wedding but not prior to a few beers in the hotel room... whoopsies! :)

 

 

 

 

It's WEDDING TIME

This will be short cuz I am LATE for a meeting but YAY! it's officially wedding season so I am super-duper excited for this celebration in Duluth this weekend! Congrats Mike and Jess!!!!

 

 

 

Ladies - Let's get our party pants on!!  

 

 

 

And in honor of Whitney's Back That Azz Up Fridays, I give you my hopeful for this weekend's festivities. Hopefully it'll make the 51 degrees at this outdoor wedding bearable. That and shots. Shots always help.