The {Bestie's} Birthday!

Celebration & Relaxation!

So this weekend marked my {youngest} best friend's 25th birthday. So we decided to start celebrating early. Enjoy some pictures and a short description of our two weekend adventure.....

 Me and James are both similar in the way that we are happy with little things in life - like going for a long, pointless, endless drive, blasting and singing at the top of our longs to Nicki Minaj makes us happy!! Work hard - play harder. Just like me, James' works fulltime and goes to school three days a week. So by the time Friday comes we just wanna wind down and set our mind at ease. Luckily for me, my husband grew up with James so the adores him and doesn't mind me getting away for the weekend. So last Saturday we decided to go on a "daycation". We rented a room at Andover's La Quinta Inn & Suites. For those not from the area, Andover is a classier, nicer, part of where I come from in Massachusetts - so of course we automatically just assumed the hotel would reflect that. Ahhhh.... no!

We show up and it is like a mexican resort. No offense to Mexico. But everything was mexican, or spanish. The people, the writing on the walls, the signs, the food, the sheets!  Not to mention for dinner, all we had to do was walk through the parking lot to Chili's!! It was only James and I so we got to enjoy a nice, big, room with two queen size beds. We stayed up late, and slept even later. Check out (abnormally) wasn't until noon so that was awesome. 

We wanted to hit up the jacuzzi and pool, but every time we checked there were like 400 little booger children, probably pissing away, so we ditched and just watched t.v. instead. It was kind of a waste of money, but whatever, we had fun.

Then, this weekend I wanted to do something nice for James. Since he's always going out of his way for me. While contemplating renting another hotel, lucky for me, my aunt Eileen works at Rockport Inn & Suites (in Rockport, Ma - one of the most beautiful coastal places on the planet) so we got an A-M-A-Z-I-N-G deal that I just couldnt resist. I invited our friend Molly along with her boyfriend Kevin too.

My family grew up in Rockport and I've spent a few good amount of past times there so I was happy to drive (James' brand new car) and give them a little scenic tour before checking in. We also had dinner (wish I had a picture) at this cute little roastbeef/sub shop that was set up in a little old diner. Pretty much nothing else was open. Being that it's right on the coast, a lot of places there are only open during the summer, or earlier in the day. 

Once we got to the hotel - it was GORGEOUS. It wasnt your typical hotel. It was very cute and cozy. We got right into our bathing suites and jumped in the jacuzzi. We probably sat in there for about a half hour before treading water in the pool for an hour. Then back into the jacuzzi. It felt sooooo good. Then we just hung out in the room all night, watching The Bodyguard and drinking Mr. Mike's black cherry and having some strawberry daquiries. 

{One thing I must admit - the whole entire weekend I did not count calories. And that is when I pretty much told myself that I am out of control. When I am out in public, or amidst the company of other people, I just cannot resist slipping into my old ways. For dinner I had a steak bomb and fries with a soda. And I sucked down that alcohol like no tomorrow until I fell asleep. I am actually pretty ashamed of myself. And as soon as I am done with this entry I am going to log onto Myfitness Pal to count up!}

Anyways -  we had an amazing weekend and until our next adventure in a couple weeks to Foxwoods Resort & Casino - I just wanted to document this and share my photos with the world....

{ Again, Happy 25th Birthday James!! }

BFFs, Birthdays, Chinese, and Kareoke!

So it was a double birthday dinner date at the end of the week, celebrating Lauren & Michelle's life. Lauren is my best friend, and Michelle is her's! A bunch of us decided to head over to Oriental Garden's; a local chinese resteraunt with a bar and kareoke. It was Thursday night, the crowd was pretty dead, and one my other bestie's was our waitress.

First of all, I got out of work at 5 and it took me over an hour to get home (normally 20 min tops) because there was an accident on the highway. When I got home I hurried to freshen my make up and pick out something to wear. Being another 3 lbs down I was feeling pretty hot. I don't know if I look any different, but I definately feel different. I pulled out this thick black belt that I've had for probably five years and only wore one other time, to a wedding. I clinched it around my waste and headed out the door. By the way, I was starving because I didn't have time for dinner yet........

You know how hard it is to not feast on chinese when you're on a diet {and starving!?} A corona and two blue hawaiians later, and everyone is ordering food. I really wanted a #21 which had chicken fingers, steak teriyake, boneless spare ribs, and pork fried rice. I refrained for as long as I could stand.... which was the whole night. Yay! Go me! Although I did eat one crab rangoon off someone else's plate! Then.... when the cake came out, I even said no and skipped a piece of that and just delicated on two chocolate covered strawberries. I was actually very, very, very, proud of myself for keeping in check. Did I mention our friend Tricia made the cake and surprised Lauren with it? It looked gorgeous {and delicious} she did a great job!

Overall, we all had a great time, great drinks, and shared some great laughs. Old time stories (most of us have been friends nearly 20 years) and mentioned our 10 year high school reunion coming up in a couple months. It was good to get out of the house and see the girls.

4th of July Recap.

Happy 4th of July on the 5th of July. And yay to me, who enjoyed a mini 5 day vacay. Most of which I spent at home with the husband and dogs. Cleaning, staying up late, waking up even later, and just lounging around. It was lovely. My hubby who normally works close to 60 hours a week also had three days off with me, so we got to spend some quality time together. Which rarely happens. Although I'm not as much as a home body as him, so I took up every oppurtunity to hang with friends, family, and hit up cook outs.

Friday morning I spent time with family shopping - which is shared on my blog a few posts ago. As well as my shopping experience yesterday where I found a cute cheetah top and some dollhouse sandals.

What I haven't told you yet is that on Saturday, me and some of my bff's (James and Derek who are Room-mates, Molly who lives downstairs, and Ryan who is one of our other besties) decided to throw a 4th of July barbecue {what we call p-a-r-t-y} at their house. James, Derek, and Molly live on Salisbury Beach, a tourist attraction and great spot for the locals to swim in the ocean, bathe in the sun, play some arcades, and eat some great food. Around 3 pm- Molly and I went outside and set up about 20 chairs, hung some Tiki decorations, and set up the tables for the food. The party started at 6. About 20 people showed up including a few friends, co-workers, and some of Molly's family. We ate some delicious food, had some delicious drinks {which included frozen margaritas, rum, and coconut jack} and roasted marshmellows over the fire pit. At 10 pm we all walked down to the beach, where we layed on the sand, to watch them light fireworks over the ocean. It was a blast. And it was actually our first party that none of us got hammered, so instead of staying the night I drove home at 2am and snuggled in bed with PJ and the pups <3


Yesterday I also went to a cook out one of my life long best friend Lauren's house. She cooked a huge assortment of food; from onions & potatoes, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, steak, chicken, to pasta salad, and a few desserts. We played bat-mitten (spelling?), volleyball, talked, and hung out drinking Corona's and Soda while listening to music and watching all the crazy kids of their's run around the back yard. The weather was wild. One second it was hot and humid, and the next it was thunder & lightning and the rain poured down on us. The second it was over, we were right back outside, only for it to repeat two or three times more. I ended up leaving before Lauren's fiance lit off the fireworks {which are illegal in the state of Mass- where we live} but ohwell :) I'm sure it was worth the smiles on the kids' faces and the men who got to shoot them off! I didn't get any pictures, BUMMER.

Dinner With My Besty!

Just in a blogging mood so thought I'd take some time to say HELLO :) Had a great weekend.
Work during the week was hectic though. I work in a pharmacy and when one of our pharmacists go on vacation and get a shift covered, lets just say that the covering pharmacist isnt up to par on the way we run our pharmacy and things tend to get a little out of control. We do over 2,000 scripts a week and not having the right staff is horrible for us. Needless to say, I work with my best friend James and we have a blast. Here is a picture of us toward the end of the week!! If you notice (which you might not have at first) but we match. We are both wearing black and white. We car pool to work together and for atleast the last 6 months (maybe more) we color coordinate each day <3 It's cute.... and our customers love it....

Anyways - Late into Friday evening I went on a little dinner date with my bff James. We hit up TGIFs. Here's a few pictures of what we had... I ordered the petite sirloin with mixed veggies and mashed potatoes and for dessert I had strawberry shortcake. James got the haddock, green beans, and rice, and a delicious dish of vanilla bean cheesecake. Normally we dont order desert or we split something small and sweet, but because we had coupons and we could spend a little more money today we both got our own.

Whenever Im with James its like we own the world. This kid makes me so happy. He is honestly, my twin. We think alike, talk alike, act alike. We like almost ALL the same things. We have the same type of personality. It is like we are connected spiritually and far beyond this earth - we just link <3 Its perfect. So whenever we are out together we always have alot of laughs and share some great conversation. I never thought I could be so close with a man before (besides my husband) and share such a great friendship and feel so "in love" with. I honestly love James and cherish our friendship. And he is GAY, for those of you wondering, or frowning upon my feelings for him!! So that makes it okay :)

This is a short video I made while at dinner with him. He just got these new glasses and it was his first day wearing them and I just kept joking about how serious he looked, and I couldnt see his true personality through them haha. Sorry, for some reason the video wont flip up right, so its side ways!



This Week, Thursday.

A short little "up to date" recap on my life, this week.

Sunday, the husband and I went out together and did laundry. Although I am a very productive house wife - and have o.c.d so everything in my house is perfectly clean and in it's place... laundry and dishes are his duties. So this was the first time, in a long time, that I had actually gone out to help him. Our apartment building does have a laundry unit that you use a sort-of prepaid debit card to do it, but my husband (who loses everything and blames it on me) has lost the card and so we had to go to a local laundromat instead. I basically didn't do anything to be honest, except sit there and look pretty while playing on my phone and reading Cosmopolitan. When we got home we spent some much needed hubby and wife time together watching movies and eating. We rented Just Go With It and I Love You, Philip Morris. I did not know that I Love You Philip Morris (with Jim Carey) was a "gay" movie, so while we were watching it I felt kind of embaressed for my husband during some of the more romantic/intimate scenes haha! Just Go With It (with Jennifer Aniston & Adam Sandler) was hilarrrrioooousss and I would watch it again tomorrow if you asked!

Monday I worked a long day at the pharmacy, it was cold and rainy, and I didn't care to be working nine hours because the weather sucked anyways. Plus, I work alongside my bff James and have some other great co-workers to shoot the shit with anyways. Tuesday, I worked all day again but was happy to get out two hours earlier than I did on Monday. So I came home and rented a few movies from the Red Box ( which is f_cking awesome.) I got Red Riding Hood (with Amanda Sigfreid - which I had seen in the theater.) My husband thought it was boring and kept falling asleep so ofcourse during exciting parts I would shout in amazement or shock and try to purposely wake him up "by accident" which worked. But once James was out of work; him, Molly, and Ryan came and picked me up. It was about 7 pm. They are from New Hampshire (and I am back in Mass now) so they are unfamiliar with places around here. I took them to Building 19 which is like a broken down department store. Where, if Im right - get their stuff from train wrecks and other various, malicious, accidents. Some stuff they have is worth buying, others not so much, but its all super cheap. It's more so just a fun place to go and look around and laugh. After shopping around in there I took them to this sub shop I used to work at next door, called DJs Roast Beef. They are known in the town for having like 20 foot subs for like $6 and they are delicious. We all put our money together and got a large italian sub, large chicken finger sub, a small pizza, and mozzarella sticks. By this time it was a little past nine and we went in sat at the stadium on the bleachers. It was dark there and kind of spooky, but with friends - its all worth it, isnt it. We had a great time!

Wednesday was nothing exciting, again, I worked all day, came home and did my little internet, dinner, clean the house, sort of thing. Today though - I had the day off. So I spent the morning lounging by the pool. I like that kids are not out of school yet, so barely anyone is there, its quiet, and its peaceful. I listened to my music on my MyTouch smart phone and took a quick dip.

When I got home from the pool - I super cleaned my house. My husband has been so lazy this week that we had three bags of trash that needed to be put togehter and tied up. I did it holding my nose and holding back the vomit. One of the bags was from Sunday after grocery shopping when I had cleaned out the fridge. The smell was horrid and there were tiny fruit flies. I wanted to kill him! 

Once my stomach came back from nausea hell, I made lunch. Let me just say that the whole point of me to start blogging again was to LOSE WEIGHT. And in the past week or two that Ive been blogging, I havent even eat that much different. Although I did cut out soda, and went a whole week just having salad for dinner, I haven't gotten to the point yet where I am making concious decisions or calorie counting. But, for the record, when my weight loss challenge starts in a few weeks I will be doing so!!!! Anyways, back to lunch. I ended up refrying some leftover hamburger which I added fresh red & green peppers (my favorite food accessory with anything and everything) and I even cut up a few hot peppers and threw them in, then melted some pepperjack cheese. When it was done - I put it ontop of some romain lettuce and rolled it all up. It was delicious, and greasy :(

Last but not least today, I gave myself a new mani and pedi. I decided to use a hot pink base with black and white zebra stripes ( kind of camo looking which I love ) and a glittery gloss to coat it. I love the way it came out and can't wait to wear a cute pink outfit and go out in public now.

Now, I have to take a quick shower and get ready. I have a Dr's appointment with my Cystic Fibrosis specialist in Boston ( a check up that I dread ) I will keep you updated. Thanks for reading <3

Destination: Nowhere. With Friends.

Some of the best memories I have with friends are times when we've just got in the car with no destination and ended up on a wild adventure! My best friend James is infamous for spontaneous, non-planned trips. And my other friend Ryan, is usually the one who brings us there. This was Ryan's first four day "mini vacation" in a long time, so we couldn't let it go wasted. Although I tried to bribe James into attending PRIDE (gay pride parade and celebration) he told me, "i dont stand for what "gay" is and has become. Thousands of gay people are flooding into Boston to find someone to take home. Thats it.. I'd rather stay home or DIE. Thank you!"  For those of you who were quick to be offended by that statement, James himself, is GAY! And so is Ryan! So clearly, I thought gay pride day would be fun, apparently not....

Instead the boys came and picked me up and we decided; Destination: Nowhere.

We drove to Reading, Ma which is further out towards Boston. We decided to go to the I-Max theater at Jordan's Furniture to see the movie SUPER 8. Ofcourse the whole car ride consists of (seatbelts choking me and suffocating my breasts) jamming out the radio and singing at the top of our lungs, and making a few wrong turns because the GPS/Navigation lady is a few seconds delayed, lol.

Here is the movie trailer for SUPER 8 - which was an incredible movie!!

Before the movie though, James was just staaarved, so hungry that he probably believed that if he didnt eat soon he would die. Luckily, Fuddrucker's is located in the same building, so we stopped there. It was delicious. You stand in line, order your burger, have a seat, when your number is called go up and grab your stuff and like buffet style you put the pickles, lettuce, etc on. The burgers are huge. And the fries were delicious. They were crispy on the outside and mooshy on the inside, just the way I like them :)

It was funny because there were alot of mirrors in the resteraunt. Ryan kept getting illusionized. After a few minutes after looking into mirror after mirror around us, he started to not know what was "real life" anymore.

Besides walking through a humongous furniture store  before hitting the I-Max theater (which seats 500 people and when we bought the tickets 348 were sold already) there is a light show, which I am bummed I didnt get pictures of, and a trapeeze show, where you can pay money and do yourself with the pro's ofcourse. As well as a few other little candy shops and ice cream stops.

The picture below, everything is made out of jelly beans!!!!

(James and Ryan on the left and me with the boys on the Right)

After the movie it was about 6 p.m., we were about a half an hour away from home, in a far away land we had never been to. We asked Mrs. GPS where the nearest Friendly's was, because ofcourse, our adventure was about to come to an end, and we refused. So.... we drove into Stoneham, Ma. Acting a fool and came upon this tiny little Friendly's that looked like it had once been a fire station. The line was out the door and we sarcasticly joked with a few people waiting, then took off embaressed (I am infamous for saying horrible things infront of other people to embaress my friends haha.) We ended up in Lawrence, a ghetto city near our home town, where we sat down in their local Friendly's. Although, it should have been called "Bitchies" because absolutely EVERY waitress in that place was a douche. We joked to ourselves, and a little outloud about how horrid the girls in there were acting, and ofcourse ordered ourselves an icecream, a fribble, ate, laughed, then took off.

( James and I sharing a strawberry fribble <3 )

We barely wanted the night to end, but with nothing else to do, and Ryan having a bad stomach ache from eating his burger "rare" we all decided to go home. Ofcourse, tomorrow is Sunday, and the third out of fourth day off that he has, and once again I am sure we will find something else to do....... until then.... muah!

Team Bride

So over the weekend my Bridesmaids and I decided to head over to Michael's Crafts and pick up some t-shirts and iron ons to make 'TEAM BRIDE' shirts. Which they'll wear for my bridal shower in 2 weeks and probably half way through the wedding reception when they change out of their dresses... here are the pics.