Spoiled Fur Kids

It makes me feel like a better pet mom when I buy the expensive cat food for Bella. Even though I can't afford it. I also came across this pink kitty blanket in PetsMart the other night and bought that too. And some cans of tuna. If this is how I treat my cat, do you think my real kids will turn out to be super spoiled?

The CVIC OKC Office

We had to take a group pic today to use in a presentation, so I'm capturing this moment on the blog.

Always a Bridesmaid

I have so many great memories of all the weddings I have been a part of. I wanted to collect all of the pictures and post them together. I couldn't find any good ones of me with the bride in Ashley or Jenny's wedding, but I'll keep looking.

I still need to scan in pictures of the dresses from my Aunt's wedding, my Mom's wedding and Stefanie Keys' first wedding. This year I will also be a bridesmaid in Jana and Rhiannon's weddings. I could totally have starred in 27 Dresses....although I guess I can't say "Always a Bridesmaid" anymore..... Can't wait for MY turn!!!!

Tuesday Ramblings

I'm at home alone right now and I'm having the biggest cravings ever. It's like I think about what I'm NOT supposed to eat so much that it makes me crazy- and I cave. I have fries in the oven right now, I just ate some chocolate chips, drank a beer and had some string cheese. AHH!!!

So last weekend was pretty much all wedding. And not just my own! On Saturday morning, Jana had all of her bridesmaids meet at Alfred Angelo to try on dresses. Not a moment too soon, her wedding is in May! We tried on a TON of dresses, and finally ended up picking one. It's long, and pretty flattering. I love how every single time I go to something like this, the Moms always say that it's something we can wear again and again. I will never wear a bridesmaid dress again, ever. Although to be fair, my little sister Devin did steal the dress I wore in Nola's wedding to wear to her junior prom or some fancy school dance like that! (So weird that it fit her!)

After we were done paying for our dresses, I went back home to meet up with Ryan and we headed out to look for his wedding ring. First stop- BC Clark. He found a few that he really liked, they were plain and made out of tungsten and white gold (I think?) The salespeople appraised the diamond I had won from the launch party and said they would give me $400 if I traded it in and bought one of their rings. Not bad! We went to Sam Gordon's next, and he found some similar rings that he liked. They were cheaper, but he felt like they were made cheaply. I'm not sure which one he's going to pick. We steered clear of the cheesy mall ring stores, but did stop by Macy's and Dillards to see if they had any cream or white linen pants. They didn't.

I can't believe it's only Tuesday. This has already been the longest week ever. I am always so tired lately, work is just draining me. I stopped by Famous Footwear tonight to buy some new running shoes since my old ones are wearing out. I had good intentions, I was thinking about running on the treadmill when I got home...but it never happened.

I just heard the oven beep. My fries are ready.

Valentine's Day Part Two

We celebrated again on Sunday, since it was the actual holiday and I'm a complete sap. Ryan woke up and went out to buy us breakfast burritos- which is extremely romantic, if you know how much I love those things! I gave him his cards from me and Bella...and he gave me a card and a love letter. It was the best letter I have ever received, it made me cry.

Enough of the sappy stuff!

We left the house to go to the play that I had won tickets for. It was called "Snapshots," and it was showing at The Lyric Theatre. When we showed up, we thought we were locked out. We walked around and around the building, and the doors were locked. The building looked really old and rundown, and tiny! I couldn't believe this was where the play was showing. Finally, we figured out that the line of people who were dressed up and walking furthur down the sidewalk were headed to the NEW location of the Lyric Theatre. It was much nicer.

I love musicals, but five minutes into the show I knew this one was going to be awful. And I consider myself a theatre person, having performed in plays all throughout high school. It was about this girl and guy who met in high school and were meant to be together...but stuff kept happening and they ended up with other peopke, blah, blah, blah. These people were super cheesy and didn't fit their roles at all.At intermission, Ryan and I bolted. Haha! He felt bad knowing that the people next to us would realize we had left in the middle. I was like, who cares?? I think I did a lot of damage dragging him to that one, and it will be awhile before I'll be able to convince him to go to another play.

We headed to The Melting Pot for our 4 course fondue dinner. It did not disappoint! We had loaded baked potatoe cheese fondue to start out, then cherry blossom salads, and our main course was lobster (which I didn't eat!!), chicken, filet, mushrooms and ravioli which we got to cook in some kind of broth fondue. Dessert and drinks were the best- it was white strawberry chocolate fondue with brownies and fruits and marshmallows to dip, and my martini was a "Love Martini" with strawberries floating on the top shaped in hearts! The manager ended up comping our drinks too, so the whole meal was free (except tip!) It was wonderful. And now I just remembered how many calories I have yet to burn off from that night.

Valentine's Day Part One

Friday night was supposed to be our Valentine's Day night out (before I won the radio station prize). We met up with Ryan's dad and Janet at Paul's Steakhouse in Shawnee for a really good dinner after work. We had planned on going to see a movie after dinner, but we pulled into the theatre parking lot and it was packed. I bet Ryan $5 that our movie (Wolfman) was sold out...and it was.

So instead, we went to the casino and had some drinks. I wanted to play the slots, but nobody else except Janet wanted to gamble. So we left the guys upstairs and I went to find my favorite machine, Jackpot Party. I sat down and spun a few .40 cent bets and hit the bonus game. After a few minutes, I ended up winning about $82, so I quit and we went back upstairs. I told Ryan that I had lost $100 and he was ready to kill me before I started laughing. We left shortly after that and went home.

Yesterday, we went to The Warren (again with Ryan's dad and Janet) to try and see Wolfman again. We bought our tickets online and got there 45 minutes early. We were laughing later because it didn't fill up....we could have just walked in 5 minutes before and still found seats. Oh, well. The movie was terrible of course, I just went because they wanted to see it so bad. Ryan owes me 5 "chick flicks" now, and he agrees.

After the movies, we went to the new Coach's by our house for drinks. Our waitress was mean and we didn't tip her very much. We watched the Olympics for awhile and talked about buying houses.

This morning, I slept in and now Ryan is going to get us breakfast from Sonic. Happy Valentine's Day!

And The Winner Is....

So I won another prize this week. It totally made our whole weekend, since we are broke and weren't going to do anything for Valentine's Day.

All week, the radio station has been asking people to call in and tell them "What you did to melt your Valentine's heart." The grand prize was a Valentine's night dinner for two at the Melting Pot, and tickets to a new musical called "Snapshots."

I tried to be caller nine on Monday night, and didn't get through. On Tuesday night though, after hanging up and redialing about six times, I was caller nine! I made up a story about how I had made Ryan a scrapbook last year with pictures and keepsakes from our dates (which wasn't entirely a lie, I really did that for his birthday one year!) So I won a Dave Matthews CD and was entered into the grand prize drawing, which would take place Friday afternoon.

Friday afternoon finally came and I was listening to the radio all day. About 2pm, the office phone rang and it was the radio station telling me that they had just drawn my name and I had won!! I left work to go pick up the prize package and sailed through the rest of the day.

People wonder how I win "all the time," but they don't realize how many times I call the radio station each week. It's probably at least once a day, trying to win everything and anything. Hey, it works sometimes! Although I am planning to buy a lottery ticket next week, hahaha.

House Hunting

We started our house hunt Sunday and it was so much fun!!! I've already fallen in love with two of the homes we looked at. They are in Yukon, on the outskirts of the city....but still close to a major expressway so I could get back to the middle of everything fairly quickly. The pictures are of the first one...it has a really open dining room, kitchen and living room area with a fireplace, cool light fixtures, granite and marble countertops in the kitchen and bathroom and hardwood floors. It's the perfect size- 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

The homes were in a new addition called Meadow Lake. They were cute little brick homes with shutters and fenced in yards. There is a huge lake in the center of the addition, and they are planning to make it really pretty and have swimming there in a year or two.

We were pre-qualifed last night, which just means the lender gave us a rough estimate of how much she thought we would be pre-approved for. All of the homes are in the price range she gave us! The only problem is that Ryan doesn't start his residency until the end of June or the first part of July. That really SUCKS because we may miss the tax credit deadline by one day- and I would be so pissed.

Sugar and Spice

My best friend from high school is less than 3 months from delivering a baby girl...she's having a shower next month, and I've spent part of this morning looking for cute gifts on Etsy. I want to buy everything- tutus, shoes, headbands, stuffed animals.....I can't wait to have one of my own.

I just bought her this chocolate headband with a cream flower from Banner Boutique (I saw the seller on Jen Collier's blog!)

Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend

Last night after, Liz and I decided to go to a book launch/Tweetup over at Sapphire Club and Lounge.

We got there, and nobody had showed up yet so we crossed the street to have martinis at Micky Mantles. Liz is our new "executive" intern at Crosby-Volmer, she's been here for a month and still doesn't know many people. We both needed a happy hour because this week has been soooo long, even though it's been busy. I have no motivation to work lately.

After we finished our martinis, we headed back over to the party and it was finally hopping. We ordered more drinks, had some snacks and hit up the photo booth in the back. My friend Rob had invited me, and we met up with him and some people he knew. I met Dan Gordon, the son of "Samuel Gordon Jewelers," and the owner of Trichology Salon.

There was a giant screen with a live Twitter feed posting everyone's comments and we spent some time coming up with funny stuff to tweet about.

Later that night, there was a drawing for a diamond from Samuel Gordon. Jessica Merrel- the lady who the party was for (she wrote this book called "Tweet This," it's about using Twitter for business)- walked over to me and said, "Um...this is you, you won!!" And showed me my business card that she had pulled, while handing me a case with a sparkly round diamond in it.

Of course, I started screaming....and Liz started screaming....they took my picture and I had to sign some paperwork. I was amazed and tipsy, and ran around hugging everyone, including the jeweler's son. I texted Ryan that I had just won a diamond and he didn't believe me. Right when we were leaving, Liz found out that she won a $500 gift card to a spa place!! Luck be a lady....

Man, I'm going to have to start playing the lottery. I got home and proved to Ryan that I hadn't been lying, haha. He asked me what I was going to do with it and at first I thought I would use it for his wedding ring. But he said he didn't want me to do that because he wants something plain and simple. So then I thought I would turn it into a necklace. Now I'm wondering if I should try to sell it somewhere and use that money for the wedding or ....our new house?

The house hunt is on, by the way. We're going to start looking this Sunday and I can't wait!