Our Married Life

What a weekend. I think we met our quota for going out this month. Although we are nearing the end of the month. (Note: there really isn’t a quota)

Anyway, on Friday night, we went on a “double-date” with Linda and Jason. We didn’t have a plan on what to do until the last minute. Originally Linda mentioned Trader Vic’s, but after looking at the menu online, we all agreed it was a no-go. The menu started at around 30 bucks a person. No thanks.

So I sat around looking at the Guidelive website and saw that Coal Vines served up good pizza. Who doesn’t like pizza right. Well, first thing was we didn’t see how far it was from where we lived. Not that it mattered, but considering it was already 8pm, it was getting late. We headed out there anyway, and OMG…I would never go back there again. Way too overrated in my opinion. Picture this, tiny restaurant with a bar, swarms of people just hanging out at the bar. No hostess to be found to put our name on the list. We literally had to push our way to the back in hopes of finding the host, but of course after about 10 minutes of squeezing our way through, the little old man was no where to be found. I guess it was more of a bar hangout, although it was even too crowded for that. People were literally hovering over the tables where others were eating. So somehow, we ended up ordering the pizza to go and getting a bottle of wine. Now where do we eat this?? They said we could take it upstairs. Upstairs?? Where?? Apparently there’s a club/lounge next door. We got our pizzas, and our wine in our styrofoam to go cups and headed up the stairs. BUT the bouncer turned us away. He told us no food or drinks allowed. So we went around the front door and the guy there said it was a not a problem, we just couldn’t bring the cups with us. So we stood around trying to finish the cup of wine as quickly as possible. Not a good way to enjoy wine.

We finally made our way up there with our box of pizza. The music was loud, people were on the dance floor, some folks walked by gawking at us an our pizza. We ordered some drinks. After 2 cocktails I was done. But apparently the girl didn’t understand because she kept coming back with me. So instead I ended up consuming 4 apple martinis. Brian on the other hand had some pretty strong Jack and Coke. Let’s just say he woke up with a pretty bad hangover the next morning.

Speaking of the next day, it was actually the day of our end of year party at work. So more booze and fun. But after the night before, we decided to go light. It’s interesting to see folks outside the work environment along with their spouses/partners/dates. The theme of the party was diamonds and denims, so some people showed up all decked out and some came in jeans. I had on a sweater dress and Brian was in jeans and a sweater. we played it safe.

Anyway, we didn’t bring cameras either nights so no pictures to share. I’m hoping the photographers will post theirs up soon so I can borrow some.

Brian’s car died on the way home Friday. Apparently this was a clue for us to replace the car. He knew what kind of car he wanted, it was just a matter a timing. So…on Saturday morning after we dropped off Brian’s old Explorer at the shop (it died on the way of course), we stopped by Toyota of Richardson and got him a new 2008 4Runner Sport Edition. It’s so black and shiny. We were kinda hoping that Toyota would come out with a hybrid version, but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be any time soon. We’ll post a real picture when we take them.

On New Year’s Day I cut my hair. I got a bob. I was quite nervous seeing how much she was cutting off, because the last time I cut my hair this short I hated it. I actually like it. The hairdresser actually knew how to cut my hair according to my face shape.

Anyway, I’m glad the weekend is here. I’ve been enjoying doing absolutely nothing. Although, Brian and I did head out to the gym to do the kickboxing class this morning. This wasn’t my first time doing kickboxing, but it was Brian’s. He left after 15 minutes, I blame his pinky toe that he broke trying to get out of bed this morning. I was asleep on the couch so I didn’t know what happen exactly. So now his toe is swollen and purple. Speaking of sleeping on the couch, I think I like that more than sleeping in bed. I can actually sleep through the entire night. Perhaps it’s because I can roll around without kicking my husband or dog. Maybe next time we’ll try a different class together.

We saw Gone Baby Gone Saturday night. Highly recommend it, although it’s not something I would watch again due to the subject matter. I would have to commend Ben Affleck for his directorial skills. The movie is thought-proking in that it makes you think of what is actually right and wrong. There are certain scenes that you probably dont want to think of ever, but unfortunately stuff like that happens in real life and people need to be more aware of it. Definitely not for a child, so don’t bring them.

On a different note, I decided to wear one of my new boots. My foot is burning hot. I want to take them off, but I bet it’s been sweaty and now smelly. AHHHH, wish I had a spare pair of shoes.

Here are the results from our pumpkin carving this morning.

I need some OCD in my life. Both of us are just lazy in general. But after doing 4 loads of laundry this past Sunday, I figured that’s the last thing I want to spend my weekend doing.

Soo…”everynight” when I cook dinner, I should also prepare lunch for the next day.

Dishwashers should be unloaded in the mornings, which means when the alarm goes out the first time, I should get my ass up.

Secondly, when brushing my teeth at night, I should straighten up the bathroom counter and wipe things down so we both can wake up to a clean bathroom counter.

We should start a load of laundry in the mornings when we wake up, and dry the clothes when we get home and do the folding while watching tv.

I always lose my watch and sometimes keys, we to keep those things in one spot.

Online BillPay is a Godsend, and Brian takes care of all the bills, I sure hope he’s not late with any of them, since I don’t know what the bills we are paying…

Workout bag should also be packed the night before because I’m always scrambling to get out the door the next morning.

I think if we at least attempt these things, morning routines wouldn’t feel so rushed, and Sunday afternoons aren’t all about laundry.

Is it sad that I’m already ready for a vacation? Our trip to Hot Springs didn’t do it justice. As much as I loved spending time with Brian, Hot Sprints was a dead spot. I don’t recommend it unless of course you’ve already been to every spot in the US. Maybe there is a better time to go.

I’ve been heavily researching babies. No we’re not trying, not for a few more years, but I was curious. One website said you’ll have to have at least 30K saved up for the first years. Some of the required costs were a bit ridiculous, but they made sense. On top of that, day care for infants is like 900-1000+ a month. YIPES. So with all that said, I think we need to use up our time traveling. I mean seriously traveling. There’s lots of places Brian and I have never been to together, and now is the time to do it. Considering how lazy we are, I’m sure once we have a family travelling is the last thing we’d want to do.

It was storming like crazy last night. Thunder and lightning all night long. It took me an hour and 45 minutes to get to work. Crazy. Why can’t people just drive. On top of that, why can’t street lights not go out during a storm? I hope it doesn’t rain on the way to class tonight. That would suck.

This past weekend, we found the perfect shelving unit for our tv downstairs. It’s not technically made for a TV stand, but it looked like it does the job. Brian unloaded the pieces yesterday and in looking at the manual realized that the weight limit is 10 lbs. UGH. I want to return it, because A. it’s from Walmart. B. We really don’t need it. C. It really doesn’t go anywhere, particularly if we plan on buying matching furniture later on.

Brian doesn’t want to return it simply because we can’t put it back in the box.

Brian has to work today so we’re not going to be doing anything. He’s actually at the office missing the game. How lame is that? His job sucks…