Random Tuesdayness: You know what to do...
A few weeks back during one of my trips, the handle on my laptop roller bag broke. The bag is only a year old so I was kind of angry that it gave out on me. Let me tell you, wheeling a bag without a handle through the airport is a pain in the hiney! I found this bag online for a decent price and it arrived last week. I absolutely love it. The real test will come next week when I take it on its first trip. I'll let you know how she does!
I mentioned that I’m working on an afghan, and it’s kind of cracking me up that I’m so excited about it. My goal isn’t to make it look pretty and uniform, but funky and unmatched. I’ll keep updating my progress if I remember!
It’s no secret that I hate my phone, and that I’ve been pining for an iPhone for quite a while now. I finally broke down on Saturday night and bought one. The major bummer though, is that they were out of stock at the Verizon store, so I have to wait for it to be shipped to my house. And according to FedEx, that’ll be tomorrow! I am soooo excited and am sick of waiting! Apparently, I kind of “flipped out” at the store. At least according to Wiki and Jenn. I don’t really know what they’re talking about, but you can ask them if you want!
About 3 weeks ago I had the pleasure of having dinner with two of the most fabulous girls in the world… Aurs and Di Bradley (we’ve called her by her first & last name since we’ve been friends). We started off with pizza and wine at Setebello and then went onto BarX for a cocktail. We had such a great time catching up… we don’t get together nearly as often as we should! I should also mention that Ty Burrell is part owner of BarX... put that on your list of unneeded trivia!
A few weekends later I went out with another group of my fabulous friends (RosaMarie & Jenn) and had dinner at Vinto. I’d never been there before and I absolutely love the place. The food is fantastic. The atmosphere is great. The service was excellent. And I can’t wait to go back! After dinner the three of us met up with ToniTone at BarX (are you sensing a theme here) for a few drinks. I hadn’t seen Jenn in a while and it was good to get caught up.
That same weekend on Sunday I took Mr. Aidan on his birthday date. I cannot believe he’s already 7. It’s freaking me out. We went to see The Smurfs and we both loved it! Before the movie started, he said, “Hey Tata, Barney is in this movie.” I was thinking, why the hell is Barney the Purple Dinosaur in this movie… then realized he was talking about Barney (aka NPH) from How I Met Your Mother. He also recognized “Gloria” from Modern Family, and George Lopez as the voice of Grouchy Smurf. I was dying!
Later that night, Auri and I went on a little date of our own to see Breaking Dawn. OMG, I loved it! Probably not my favorite of the series, but it was still good. There were a few super-cheesy parts that I would have done completely differently, but whatevs. I really liked where the movie ended in anticipation for Part 2, but really don’t want to wait another year to see it!
Also, I may or may not be in love with someecards… they seriously kill me! Freaking hilarious!
I want this ring. That is all.
Finally, here is my beautiful Cass! She's finally showing!!! Isn't she cute??? 14 weeks, I think... I'm convinced she's having a girl. If she doesn't, I'll probably cry. But then I'll get over it.
On Friday night we ventured out to Red Rock Brewing Company to meet up with a big group of friends. Ethan was in town (and on break from fighting fires in NYC) and we wanted to get together and have a good time. That's Ethan, Kasian and Jen above.
This was their version of "The Blue Movie." Those two were playing with the wheat on the table and decided to re-enact the scene from Avatar where the guy and girl plug their braids into each other's or their horse's, or whatever's?!
Brittany and I having a Kodak moment
On Saturday I ran errands with my Mum and ended up back at Home Goods where I returned the paiting I had for my bathroom and some pillow cases. In return I got this loverly clock for the kitchen for $30.
I put it up in place of the other one that the Bro bitched about. I bought this one because it didn't have a second hand. Well, guess what? It still ticks (my bad), but if he takes it down or takes out the battery, I'll beat him. And yes, that's my little brother, doing little brother things like jumping in front of the camera while I'm taking a picture. 
Here is the final after-shot of the family room with the new and improved carpet and nicely concealed couch! It looks amazing! I love it! Much warmer and more inviting. Now if I could find a cool lamp to replace the one on the table, we'll be set. Oh, and some shelves for behind the big loungey chair. Then I'll be done!
This is the little tidbit I found at Home Goods while looking for art for the bathroom. It just popped out and said, "Take me home!" So I did. And I'm going to hang it up in my boudoir. I had every intention of doing that last night but didn't get around to it. I was wiped out! I'll come back with pics of that and the new pics in the bathroom hung up and ready to go!
Oops, that's a lie... I got a few on my phone! On Saturday morning we all got together for breakfast at the restaurant at the hotel. It's kind of amazing we made it to breadfast considering how long it took us all to get going. And that only involved us going downstairs in our jammies. Breakfast was nummy... yes, I just said nummy. 
The four of us spent a few hours shopping while the rest of the crew made nice with the Canadians. I'm not sure how the story goes, so you'll have to ask them about it.
Naturally we spent too long shopping ~**cough**~Jen & Kasian**cough**~ and had to rush back to the hotel to get ready for our dinner reservation. Thankfully, I didn't have to do anyone's makeup so it didn't take us too horribly long.
We split into two groups and grabbed cabs over to Caesar's for dinner at Trevi. It's right inside the Forum shops. The food was pretty good, but I thought it would have been better given all the great things I'd heard about the restaurant. Auri said I was being picky. I say she was being a bunghole. 
We spoke with the door man to see if there was enough room for a party of 12 of us to come in and have a table. He said he could get us a table if we ordered bottle service. So, two bottles of Skyy vodka, cranberry juice, pineapple juice, water, a few Red Bulls and $250 later, we were all happily sloshed. Well, most of us, anyway.
Cassi's friend Miles and his woman, Elizabeth I think, joined us for the party and I'm so glad they got to reconnect. It had been eight years since they saw each other.
Rosie Gonzales and Leanna... seriously only the 2nd pic I have of them!
Ahh yeah, baby!
