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BOILING BOILERS AND CRAZY HATS

I guess you should be careful what you wish for, or complain about. I noticed our heat stopped working a few days ago. I tried to play around with the thermostat and boiler switch but nothing worked. I had to call my Landlord (dad) to see if he could fix the problem, I told him not to rush as it’s supposed to be 70 out anyway. He stopped by while I was at work, when I opened my front door a gust of hot air slapped me in the face. He turned the thermostat to 50, but the heat didn’t shut off! I fiddled with it for 5 minutes and couldn’t get to turn off. I had to shut the emergency switch on my boiler.

My poor pup must have been hot in my 90 degree apartment all afternoon! He seemed okay though when I got in, my poor baby! The plumber came by about an hour after I called and he didn’t have the part on him to fix it that night, but at this point I was content with not having heat until next October! I really hope when I get home tonight, my apartment can be a normal temperature. As much as I wanted the warmer temps, I’ll pass on a boiling apartment!

I have Marathon Monday off, so I’m hoping the weather will be warm (BUT NOT TOO WARM!) so we can enjoy our walk down and beers along the marathon route. I hope I see a lot of runners with crazy hats because that was what I enjoyed most watching the marathon as a kid.

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OVERCOMPENSATING

I just noticed that I haven’t posted in over a month. Ooopsie! I had no idea I neglected my slice of the interwebz for that long. Sorry one reader! The trouble with being gone for so long, I’ve forgotten all the things I’ve done in past 42 days. Praise the Jebus for Google Calendar, I try to be “adulty” and update that with my activities. 

Since I last posted, I pre-registered for #BiSC this year and glad I did. It’s the last year and I’m a little sad to see it go. This will be my third year and hope it will be the best ever! I can’t wait to hear what new things Nicole has planned to replace the magical #BiSC. I’m also excited that Kelly is going to be my roomie this year! She is an ace at remembering to take pictures, I’m hoping it will remind me that I have a camera(s) and should USE IT (them)! I vary between over-doing it with picture-taking, or not taking enough. Frankly, I’d rather over-do it. This is the last year of #BiSC after all, TAKE ALL THE PICTURES!

I’m generally not one to do New Years resolutions, but I am trying to be more consistent with working out and travel more this year. Speaking of, after attending my BFF’s Lia Sophia party, I’ve decided to try out being an adviser.  I’m hosting my first party in a few weeks and can’t wait to try it out. It will be nice to have extra money for Vegas and Nashville. I also made a meager attempt at thinning out my handbag collection by selling a few on EBay. Anything I can do to plunk some change in my travel fund is okay in my eyes! Incidentally  is anyone looking for a lightly-used kidney? ;)

I feel a little bad for Andy, he thinks I don’t want to travel with him! I’m going to Vegas and Nashville/Memphis without him this year. The Nashville/Memphis trip was a random idea my BFF and I thought up while discussing Paul Simon lyrics. Don’t ask, we are strange people!  Instead of our Cape Cod trip in August, we are subbing it with Graceland and Nashville. Initially we were going to road trip, but after adding up costs and travel time, we thought it more practical to fly. I’m such a dork that I made an elaborate Excel spreadsheet breaking down costs. Now we’ll have to download some Elvis for the 3 hour drive from Nashville to Memphis. I also need some gold aviators and stick-on mutton chops. If I sell enough Lia Sophia this year, I could earn a spot to Hawaii in 2014. Maybe that will get Andy to forgive me?

I’m almost sorry to say I’ve decided to have an obsession with Ugg’s. #SorryImNotSorry! I had a pair a few years ago that I ended up selling on EBay (noticing a trend here?). In retrospect, I should have selected a pair with a shorter boot shaft and went one size down. I didn’t realize the brand runs a little big, I felt like I was stomping around like an elephant. I do recall almost knocking over Andy’s floor lamp with my Ugg hooves, which was when I decided to chuck them. I’m much more satisfied with this pair and may have ordered another (oops!). Let’s not mention the few more saved in my wishlist, eep!  It’s cool though, I’ll be selling jewelry to satisfy my shoe-buying problem and wanderlust. *gulp*

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This is turning out to be a long post, I think I’m going to put the rest of it into another. It’s mostly complaints about being old, I’m sure you are really excited to read it. 

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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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#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, GregKhris, 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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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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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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I FINISHED HARRY POTTER AND A POST UNRELATED TO THIS ACHIEVEMENT

I have been bit by the Christmas bug. I already bought my pre-lit tree (blue-of course!), stockings, tree topper, tree skirt, wreath (named her Wreatha Franklin), and mantle decorations.We’re not setting anything up until after turkey day. I think my tree is going to be smaller than I thought when it’s set, but I live in an apartment so I don’t exactly need a 7′ fir tree (maybe?). But I’ll be “nstagramming” the shit out of my living room once it’s all set up.

 Andy and I don’t typically do couples costumes for Halloween. Read: he doesn’t do couples costumes for Halloween. This year I was R2D2 and he an Angry Bird. I found out last week, Angry Birds released a Star Wars edition of the game. Which is the awesomest thing EVER.  So HA, we did technically a couples costume this year. Now I have to somehow trick him into a couples costume for next year. This will not be easy. I can’t rely on the Angry Birds people to read my mind again. 

 I drove down to my BFF’s house 40 miles away this weekend. We always do sushi at the same place, and haven’t had sushi anywhere else that matches it. With Halloween being one of my favorite holidays, I got the “back by popular demand” Halloween roll. This place sometimes does really cool plate art. When my food arrived, I was a little confused. Is it a flying potato? Overweight bird? Nope, we concluded it was a ghost/angel since I got the Halloween roll. 

The Great Ghoul of Sushi!

Once our bellies were full of delicious food, we rolled on over for some outlet shopping. One of the places we went was Coach. Mind you, I just got a new bag for my birthday a couple months ago. But, they lure you in with their coupons and sale prices. I couldn’t leave empty handed. I got a couple new bags. I know, I have no will power! Nope, none! 

Now after shopping on Saturday night, most people would probably stop by some random place to get drinks. We are not most people. We went back to her area bought some perler beads, and did crafts in her basement. I know, we are sad people. But we enjoy our crafts! Check out the necklaces I made. 

Luigi

Moby Dick!

My friend made this Mario. We’re going to wear our Mario & Luigi necklaces to a show in a couple weeks.

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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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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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PARTY ROCK IN DA HOUSE/SHITTY MOVIE INTERVENTION

The next remaining weekends of October will be jam packed with parties. This should be interesting! As a matter of fact, the Saturday before Halloween I have three parties in the same night. I will probably only end up going to one or two. The good news is that I finished my costume this weekend. I’m going to keep it under wraps until we get closer to Halloween. Since I’m too lazy to actually make a costume, a lot of the time I’ll buy one and re-purpose it into a different costume. Like the time I was Alice in Chains by wearing an Alice in Wonderland costume with chain accessories. This time, it’s a bit more involved than just adding chains! But I will say the costume will be transformed from the Tin (wo)Man.

I don’t have any Halloween decorations up, I’m not sure if I will. I’ve been too lazy to make a trip to the Christmas Tree Shop  or the Job Lot for bargain decorations. There aren’t even any kids in my neighborhood so I don’t think I’ll buy candy. Okay, so I’ll probably buy candy and eat it all on my couch.

I love Halloween!

Oh yeah, I finally watched Dark Shadows  and was disappointed. I’ve been picking really shitty movies to rent lately. I think I need a shitty movie intervention.

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