Let the Good Times Roll

First, to recap:
My fun weekend has come and gone and I figure I should post some pictures of the good times. Friday, Matt and I celebrated our FIVE year anniversary and made our first big purchase together, a 37" flat screen LCD high-definition t.v. and various other lingo that I still don't quite understand. Let me just say, everything IS better in high-def. I highly recommend it. Of course now I have twice as many channels to remember...
We went to Lomonte's Italian Restaurant for our anniversary dinner and it was delicious. We had crab-stuffed mushrooms and for entree's I had Ravioli Dolce and Matt had Shrimp Florenza. After dinner, our waiter brought us out a slice of Italian Cream Cake with candles melted to the plate and it tasted amazing! I can't believe we've been together for five years now, and still love him more than ever. And finally, I headed to Waco for Caitlin's Bridal Shower in the morning where we drank mimosas and kibitzed. And then in the evening we had a Fiesta at the Phoenix Balllroom in Waco, which I didn't even know existed. In my defense it's fairly new, but with a rustic feel to it and we had lots of margaritas and some yummy mexican food. The wedding is coming up in a little over a month and I can tell that Caitlin and Clayton are so excited and I'm so happy for them!

Is It the Weekend Yet?

I had today off from work which has given me the opportunity to finish up my school work for class this evening. Unfortunately, tonight's class involves a group project and I have one member who is so irresponsible and I am sitting here at the eleventh hour waiting for her to finish her work. grrr. My class runs from 6:00-9:45 and completely ruins any plans of eating dinner. I've tried eating before hand, but then I'm hungry after class. I've tried taking a snack with me, but sometimes we don't take a break and it's never filling enough to cover dinner. Alright, complaints aside, I really am enjoying this class and feel like I have learned a lot.

I am super excited about this weekend. Matt and I are celebrating our five year anniversary on Friday! We're going to go have dinner at a local Italian restaurant that has some rave reviews online so I'll let you know how that goes. And rather than get each other the same old gifts we decided to go in together on a brand new flat screen t.v.

Saturday I'm heading up to Waco very early for a bridal shower in the morning and then a fiesta in the evening. I made the cutest gift for the shower if I do say so myself and I know she'll love it. I'm thinking I might go get a new dress for the fiesta since I've lost another five pounds bringing me down twenty pounds total! whoop.

That's all for now. :)

Cinnabark Brown

Since I didn't have to work or go to class today it was a very relaxing Labor Day free of labor. I was scanning through some of my old posts and realized that I never posted a picture of the living room paint job, so here you go. We just did the back wall and I love how it makes the couch stand out. The color carries over to one wall of the dining area, but the table is currently covered in scrapbooking paraphernalia so that photo will have to wait.

I haven't gotten to the accent wall in the bedroom yet due to time and monetary constraints, and I still have to pick the right red. The sample I had picked out was way too pink and I'm looking for a deeper red, without bridging over into maroon, because haven't we all got plenty of maroon in our lives :)

Busy Bee

I know it's been awhile, but between getting a job and starting my teacher certification classes I haven't had near as much free time, not that I'm complaining mind you. I'm now on my second week for both school and work and both are going really well. Working at Pier 1 is nice because I get to be surrounded by all this great design, the people are nice, and honestly, the work is easy. I mean it doesn't take much to run a cash register. Teacher certification classes have been interesting, I'm learning a great deal about how much work it takes to be a teacher. I truly admire all my friends who are already in the classroom and living it day by day. I really need to buckle down and start studying for the two exams I'll need to take to become certified, and I also need to take a substitute course so I can go ahead and get in the classroom. Hopefully I will be able to go home this weekend for our Labor Day celebration, but I'll have to wait until Friday to see if I'm needed at work. Okay, that's all for now. Time for bed!