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February 14, 2013 · 7:16 AM

ROBOT WITH A SHOE-OBESSESION

I’m not into Valentine’s Day. Andy and I will usually go have a nice dinner someplace and call it a night. We also don’t have Valentine’s Day dinner on the actual day any more, who wants to pay more for the same exact dinner?! This year will be no different, we will probably have dinner Sunday night, since we have Monday off. Hopefully his cold will be better by then! Whenever he gets sick, I take Echinacea like a fiend. Gosh, I’m so romantic!

Sheldon-Cooper

I offered to pay for dinner, since my department won an achievement award and we each got a small bonus. I missed the award ceremony because I was forced into a four-day quarantine thanks to a blizzard. Don’t worry, I have a separate post reserved in hell for winter storm 2013. Andy refused the offer, and told me to use the bonus towards my turquoise love seat. At least Andy is romantic, I’m just a robot with a shoe obsession. 

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December 9, 2012 · 6:06 PM

DRAGON ASS

The next couple of weeks will be draggin’ ass. I have 11 days off from work coming and it will be no fun waiting for stupid time to hurry it’s ass up so I can pretend I’m a teenager for a little while and just eat and sleep. Oh yeah, and also enjoy the holidays with family and friends. I haven’t asked for any “big ticket” items. I think I’m all set as far as the latest electronic gadgets and whatnot. I guess that makes me a terrible at pretending to be a tech blogger from my last post? My niece made an elaborate gift matrix for things she wants for Christmas. I wish I was that organized at that age! I also wish I took a picture if it, I was impressed.

Anyway, on to my usual weekend recap!

Andy and I decided to have a date night. I was going to try Hailo, but they failed us. I booked a cab and they confirmed only to call me when they were supposed to be arriving to cancel. So we decided to walk to the main road and hail one, and we were lucky enough to find one. I didn’t realize there was a tree-lighting happening around the corner. Once we were on our way, we tried Red Bones in Somerville. It was pretty good, but I definitely wish I got the steak instead of pulled pork. Oh well, I know better for next time. We also went bar hopping afterwards. Makes me sad the weekend is over, but I’m slowly on my way to 11 days off (PLEASE GET HERE FASTER!).

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Loverly couples shot

Beer time!

Beer time!

Red Bones interior

Red Bones interior

Dranks

Dranks

Pulled pork

Pulled pork

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Super pumped it's banana bread beer season!

Super pumped it’s banana bread beer season!

I also darkened my hair a little. Feels more "me"

I also darkened my hair a little. Feels more “me”

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December 5, 2012 · 11:25 AM

#BostonBloggers RECAP POST

I wasn’t feeling great last night, but glad I was able to head out to the Boston Bloggers holiday party. It was worth sitting on the hotter-than-hell bus to get there! At least I got to cool off for 10 minutes by getting lost trying to find Audubon Circle. Once there, I had a good time meeting bloggers! I missed the past couple of meet ups, so I was definitely happy to make it to this one. 

 I ran into Ginny, Jen, Kristin, Katherine, Lea, Phil, Lindsay, Janee, Greg, Khris, Allie, and lots of other awesome folks. We had lots of conversations about, gym memberships, cats, giant Christmas trees, bike vandal kids, and fashion bloggers. There were lots of really well-dressed fashion bloggers at the meet-up.

I always envy fashion bloggers because I lack the patience, dedication, and lots of other things to be one. I went to school for fashion and still wouldn’t dare become a fashion blogger. I work in a casual environment and I get up early. I lack the morning-personess to get up any earlier to find a cute outfit, put on make up, and take a picture for my blog (Deja-Vu?). Major kudos for those that do! Not to mention, Andy has grown an aversion toward being forced into taking pictures. He also manages to make them look blurry (possibly on purpose).  I don’t think I need to worry about offending him, he doesn’t read my blog (I hope)!

Anyway, I was a little out of it at the meet up. We were supposed to grab colored stickers to put on our name tag that corresponds with our blog-type (i.e fashion, tech, lifestyle, etc). I accidentally grabbed blue, which was tech. It was stressful to pretend being a tech blogger, I don’t know much  about gadgets or the iPhone 27! I also kept calling Phil, Greg. Sorry, Phil-Greg! At least I’ll never forgot that you not Greg.

As the evening went on,  my headache was slowly creeping back in. I decided to be prissy and take a cab home instead of the bus. I didn’t feel like bursting into flames on the bus and getting sued by the unfortunate Hipster-person next to me for burning his copy of Infinite Jest. Sorry for not giving my blogger-friends a proper good-bye! 

Big thanks to Alison and Kate!

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November 26, 2012 · 7:20 AM

BEER, TURKEYS, REUNIONS, AND ANNIVERSARIES!

Having the past five days off form work has been less than relaxing to say the least. I started off with some Thanksgiving Eve drinks in my BF’s hometown. Our friend came back to visit from AZ, so it was nice to see him. I had fun except at the last bar we went to. It was too crowded and I got crammed into a corner right next to the entrance. This annoyed me to the point where I actually left the bar alone, and walked down the street to a less crowded Mexican place. I enjoyed a water and a margarita in that sparsely populated bar. It was so nice and relaxing! Then I psyched myself up to return to the bar I dubbed the “7th circle,” as we all thought it was like hell (or Burma). I had to go back before my boyfriend noticed I had been gone wandering alone, for close to an hour. Ooops!

Andy doesn’t like his picture taken. ;)

My camera is “too fancy” for Andy to operate correctly. He took a sequence of 20 photos before I told him to stop.

Beer. Yup.

I passed by a manger on my walk to the Mexican Pub. Someone already stole the baby Jesus!

I had a great Thanksgiving with my family. Thankfully, my nephews didn’t return festering with ticks this year. When I got home, I wasted no time putting up my Christmas decorations. We don’t have many ornaments, but were going next week for some.

Tree Topper

Living Room

Our “freeunion” HS reunion went very well. So well in fact, some have requested another meet up! It was great to catch up with people at a hometown bar without having to buy $75 tickets!

@ginntastic and myself!

Last night, Andy and I celebrated our nine year (NINE) anniversary. We tried this new Brazilian style steakhouse in Boston called, Fogo de Chao. I think the nine year anniversary should be the steak anniversary. It was delicious! You start at the unlimited salad bar. Then you get double-sided steak cards for when you’re ready for steak. When you flip them to green, waiters each toting different steaks, begin to appear at your table. They will slice you cuts of what you want. It was nuts! I tried about seven different kinds of steak. I finally had to flip my card to red so I could start trying some. My favorite was probably the bacon-wrapped filet mignon. It was a great night, it’s always fun to get dressed up!

New shoes and tights!

I love this new bag!

This picture sux because my “MySpace self-portrait” skillz are rusty.

Yummy martini and caramelized bananas!

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November 14, 2012 · 9:00 AM

HOW ABOUT A FREEUNION INSTEAD?

I’ve been wondering for the past couple of months when my 10-year (TEN YEAR) high school reunion would be. I figured I would get something on Facebook or in the mail. Nope, neither. Finally getting the better of my non-existent short-term memory, I remembered to Google it the other night. It turns out we do have a reunion planned, and for a mere $75 (SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS), I can be crammed into a painfully trendy bar with people I didn’t care enough about to keep in touch with. Sounds awesome, right? *crickets*

Thing is, I had no problem the other night spending definitely more that $75 on some new Coach bags (ON SALE). Yet, spending $75 on a reunion ticket just seemed ludicrous. I texted Ginny upon my Googled discovery. I had to see if it was only me that thought $75 was outrageous. Thank goodness for BFF’s, she agreed. Instead we’re just going to pick a bar in our hometown and send FB invites to people we like that we graduated with. How much will this endeavor cost? That all depends on how much cheap beer we plan to drink. Problem solved! 

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November 2, 2012 · 1:23 PM

I’LL NEVER AUDTION FOR WEST SIDE STORY, AND HOW TO SURVIVE A HURRICANE

I’m sad that Halloween is over as it’s one of my favorite holidays! Andy and I had a great time at the parties we went to last Saturday. Despite the fact I’m not a fan of going to bars on Halloween, I had a good time with my friends. 

We got hit with this “Frankenstorm” on Monday. I’m grateful we just got a lot of rain and no damage  I feel for the people that did suffer damage and hope they are okay! I worked from home on Monday and we got a delayed start to Tuesday. We didn’t lose power. We spent most of the time playing scattergories and drinking pumpkin beers with our neighbors. We also thought it was a good idea to go play football in the downpour. I think I was the only one that didn’t get soaked because of my trusty Goretex jacket and high Hunter boots! 

I also found out some tragic news yesterday, I can’t snap my fingers. I was waiting for the microwave to heat up my cheese wheels. A co-worker was pretending to get antsy, and kept snapping his fingers. I gave my feeble attempt at snapping, and was swiftly jeered at. I can (sort-of) snap with my left hand, but I had a band-aid on  from my biometric screening at the health fair. But basically, I can’t snap my fingers people! This means I can never audition for West Side Story. WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY LIFE! I CAN NEVER BE A SHARK OR JET GIRL! 

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October 23, 2012 · 9:16 AM

BOOTS, ROBOTS, AND DANCING TREES

I’m very sad that I need to retire my favorite pair of brown boots. They’ve been with me since 2009! After doing some searching, I think I’ve found a replacement pair. The only issue, they are about $20 cheaper on this sketchy-ish website. I think I should just play it safe and pay more from a trusted online retailer. I was going to get a pair from work, but I’d have to wait another month for them to get more boot options in. I can’t wait that long! 

Hello new boots, you have a lot to live up to!

I went to a really fun costume party over the weekend. It was held by some musician friends, which meant professional sound systems and lighting. Pretty sweet! We had a lot of fun ruling the beer pong table for awhile. I was dressed as R2D2 and made friends with a flamingo, ninja turtle, Jem, and Princess Leia. Surprised? ;) I also danced like a robot with my new pirate friend. We all tried to avoid the guy that came dressed in jeans and hoodie with dozens of tree branches sticking out of his body. The floor was covered in leaves by nights end. This party was much more fun than the weird one last weekend in Brookline. As mentioned, I have three costume parties on Saturday. I highly doubt we’ll make all three, but 1-2 should be feasible. 

My awesome-o R2D2 costume re-purposed from a Tin Man. I think I’m going to cut off the shoulder pads, reads a little football player.

My R2D2 cap I made from a bowl. I have to find more glow sticks to put in the scope.

Cool light show!

My pirate-pumpkin beer selection for the night.

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October 19, 2012 · 2:49 PM

PUMPKIN BEERS AND COSTUME PARTIES

I’m so glad it’s Friday! Like I seriously want to kiss the ground right now. This week has been crazy and I’m glad that I was able to squeeze a few runs in during lunch. I feel like a total scatter brain because I’ve had so much to do, that I’ve been hopping onto different things every 5 minutes! Yesterday Andy and I went to a pumpkin beer tasting where we also had pumpkin chips and bread. I also got a bunch of pumpkin beers to try for costume party one of four this month. I’m very excited about my costume! I haven’t taken pictures of my pumpkin beer collection yet, but I’ve stolen some pictures from across the interwebz. Thank you random beer-picture-taker-internet-people! 

Post Road Pumpkin Ale

Heavy Seas – The Great Pumpkin

Sarnac Pumpkin

UFO Pumpkin

As for the tasting, I had Wachusett Pumpkin, CBC Great Pumpkin, Dogfish Punkin Ale, Southern Tier Pumking, and Southhampton Pumpkin ale. I really liked them all, so it’s hard to choose which one is the best. 

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October 9, 2012 · 2:30 PM

I COULD USE MORE LONG WEEKENDS AND SCALLOPS

I had a fun long weekend which basically consisted of consuming mixed drinks with Red Bull and eating loads of scallops. We had some delicious Golden Temple food on Thursday. I’m still drooling for their fried scallops! I worked from home on Friday, which was good because there is always inexplicable traffic the Friday before Columbo’s Day. Anyway, that night was date night for the boyfriend and I. We went to a few bars in the area where we got tasty food and pumpkin beer tasters. I just love pumpkin beer!

Delicious drink!

Fried pickles

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Philly cheese steak mac and cheese

Pumpkin beer taster

Tried some Dirty Blonde at Sunset after


On Saturday, we stayed close to the area for some more Chinese food and darts at a local bar. I made myself pass on scallops, shocking.

We don’t really even know how this happened, but it did!

I actually passed up Dexter on Sunday to head out for dinner and sake with my friend. We went to a great place called FuGaKyu in Brookline. We got a private room and gobbled up some tasty food! This time, I didn’t pass up on the scallops. I had a delightful spicy scallop roll. I just want to eat sushi everyday. I don’t care about all the mercury, I’m sure it’s fun to be mad as a hatter. I could only manage to do some shopping and watch Dexter on Monday.

Mango fried ice cream

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October 1, 2012 · 10:47 AM

ODE TO SEPTEMBER

I’m always surprised at how quickly summer passes. I had to quit flip flops this week, it’s so sad! September was a busy month with my birthday and all. Since I was sucky at blogging most of the month, I’ll do another bulleted recap with pictures. Oh my!

September: 

  • Spending Labor Day with my BFF by the beach and pancakes from The Pancake Man. I posted some pics in my August recap.
  • Quality bowling time with my #VEDA-rans. Patrick made an awesome video of this! #VEDA- Day 38?

This place hasn’t been updated since the Reagan administration.

Myspace duck face shot

Can’t own boring bowling shoes

  • My sister surprised me with a massive amount of lawn flamingos for my bday. BEST.DAY.EVER!

  • I met Wakefield from the Sox. Super nice guy!

  • Headed to Maine for some bday fun that involved outlet shopping, seaside dinner, and seaside drinks. I have better pics on my Nikon, but I’ve been too lazy to upload them. 

Good nomz

Dinner view

Perkins Cove

Delicious drink

Testing out my attachable iPhone fisheye lens.

I just love Maine…

  • I had a (mostly) lovely bday outing at Yard House. I’m glad my friends were able to make it and the food was good. We did have a bad waitress though. I complained to the GM and she worked with us to be sure we were happy. I wrote a Yelp! review on it and I’m over it already. I just hope she finds another career path, for the sake of other patrons!

  • Andy got me an Xbox Kinect for my bday with a dancing game. My BFF stayed over after my bday outing and we DANCED OUR FACES OFF most the following day to the gift she gave me, Michael Jackson: The Experience. It’s seriously the best game ever!
  • We had some adventures with creeper dog.

  • Andy and I had a pretty chill past weekend. We went to party, got some more Kinect games, and WATCHED DEXTER!

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