Just Because

I have to share... what my sweet sweet husband just surprised me with:

You see he bought me the K charm for Christmas and I wanted an 18" chain to go with it...He didn't get it at the time (he's a guy) but today he came home told me to close my eyes and hold my hand out. He NEVER does that... I had absolutely no idea.

I thought it was going to be a blizzard from Dairy Queen.

But it was a blue Tiffany & Co. bag!

Heart be still!!

I opened the box and there was my Gold chain I have been yearning for (I've been using an old cheap chain) Can we say BEST SURPRISE EVER!

Or more like...the first time he has really surprised me!

Usually, I know what he's up to.

He's the bee's knees. 



Froyo & Jager

Let me just start this off by saying out much I LOVE 3 day weekends.

 I think every weekend should be 3 days, it is the perfect amount of time to rest after 4 days of working… why can’t this happen?

THREE day weekends people VOTE FOR THAT in November.

 Anyways, Friday started off magical being that CK and I finally had a day off together for the first time in over a month! I miss getting to hang out with that knucklehead on the weekends since he is always working now. We decided that we would wake up, go to the gym, go to the movies (we finally saw The Hunger Games!), then maybe some shopping, and finally to his show at the Hard Rock for Happy Hour that night. All went as planned except CK has been a little under the weather so he didn’t go to the gym since he had to sing later (but I went!) and we didn’t have time for shopping and instead had our first Froyo bar experience which did not disappoint. I have told CK about Froyo and bloggers for a few months now (to which he tells me he does not remember) and how much I have wanted to go because:

 1. I like trying everything in small amounts

 2. I like to make my own “creations”

 and

 3. I freaking love Froyo.

 We walked over to Peaks which was right by the movie theater after watching The Hunger Games (which did not disappoint it was heartbreaking wonderful and I may even like Peeta a little more now) and once inside CK got really confused. I swear this place didn’t really have signs either and if he would have gone in without me he would have probably just left or gotten $65.00 worth of Froyo. In any case once I figured out where to start the fun began. CK has a PROBLEM with sweets and the sheer SIZE of the buckets you had to choose from where awful! Their “small” bucket was better than a PINT… HUGE. Of course CK had to fill his up… and the whole time I’m like you have to pay for the weight of it…. Meanwhile he keeps loading on chocolate chips and strawberries and eating some every once in awhile and I’m like “You’re Stealing stop eating!” I’m thinking that by the time we go to pay its going to be over $20.00… but I was pleasantly surprised! Only $9.96 for both.

I tried out Pistachio, Cheesecake, and Red Velvet Froyo with a variety of toppings.

   Meanwhile the beast got Chocolate and Strawberry Froyo with God knows what.

 All in all it was pretty good but I want to see what other stores have to offer us. So now, we plan to hit these up every time we see one because I have finally gotten CK on board with the program!

 What happens next is all Nicks fault. I blame him for everything.

We had to leave Peaks and head to downtown Seattle for CK’s Hard Rock as soon as we got finished because he has to be playing from 5pm-8pm during happy hour. Now, since it is now Spring and beautiful outside in Sunny Seattle (yes, I’m going there…it doesn’t rain nearly as much as everyone in the freaking world that has never even been here thinks) happy hour is now at the rooftop bar! It overlooks Pikes Place and the sound and is absolutely BEAUTIFUL.

  The bar was so crowded that for a few moments Jared, Nick, and myself had to stand because there were no open seats. (luckily this changed after about 5 minutes) After we settled in Nick wanted to do shots of jager and that’s where everything went downhill. I don’t know what got into me but I agreed and to make a long story short: I made several new friends, got extremely inebriated, almost broke my phone, and this was all before 8pm. 

Jared & the bad influence.

CK doing his thing

Once the show was over our party minus Jared (because of stupid work boo!) and plus a new friend (Jen I think is her name??) moved to another bar where I danced in a booth and was told I could only have water to drink. Well, ladies and gents that’s the ONLY thing I wanted in the first place so Nah. I do have to say that this might be the KEY to getting quick service at this bar… I have NEVER gotten water and food as quickly as I did that night. (Note to self) I don’t really recall that much after well, leaving the Hard Rock but from what I am told it was a pretty fun night. I blame Nick with everything in my soul because I never take shots especially of Jager and it’s just simply all his fault.  This all lead to a very interesting morning…. I had a yoga and wine tasting date at 11am the next day with my girl Angela… ehh... I bet you can only imagine how prepared I was for that.

Bainbridge Island & Wedding Cake

Saturday CK had a show on Bainbridge Island here in WA (you  have to take the ferry from downtown Seattle and then cross the Sound to get to it!) If you don't know about this island it is so pretty and looks like the perfect little town that everyone leaves alone so not to ruin it. I swear I want to live there other than the fact that if I did it would take me over 2 hours to get to work...sooooo I'll just have to visit when I start to miss it.

I absolutely LOVE the view of Seattle from the Ferry and this was the first time I got to see it at night... It is so pretty and this is the best my IPhone camera could do.

Then Kyle got out his badass camera and took these:

I took a weekend off from Makeup. Don't judge me.

How absolutely amazing is this photo?

 I WANT THAT CAMERA!

The show was at Pegasus Coffee house which also served up some amazing food and had a full bar! It also had the craziest bench that reminded me of grade school with the round stool seats; however, these stool seats moved...and when I tried to sit down I ended up on the floor. Story of my life.

Evil stool..and the floor I ended up sitting on.

They also had this cake... It reminded me of our wedding cake and since CK got to eat and drink for free...we ordered a slice!

It was amazing but didn't hold a candle to our wedding cake.

This was more white chocolate icing and less butter cream - either way it was delicious. We also got a 3 cheese Beechers Panini on ciabatta bread and house made Italian sausage. It was FREAKING AMAZING. You might remember our other adventures with Beecher's cheese here: I'd Like to be Black please but I never even thought of having it grilled in between my favorite kind of bread. Yum Yum Yum.

Now time for some pictures that our friend Kyle took while we were there. He takes some really great pictures and is one of the funniest people we have met up here. Love that guy! PS. I want you camera!

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Why must you tease me?

CK & Kyle

Where is your favorite Coffee Shop?

Do you think CK should buy me a camera like Kyles?

Chocolate Valentine

I bet you're sad that I didn't post about Valentines on Valentines but hey- life's been busy y'all.

I like Valentines...why you ask? Because I get to get loved on and get presents and chocolate. Seriously, what woman doesn't love that? Okay, I know a single one...I agree it used to suck. You will have your Valentine one day and then you will love it and forget all about the crappy ones. Now, time for Chocolate!

For Valentines this year we decided to spread out the love. The Saturday BEFORE Valentines I came up with some random fun to do with the hubs to try and surprise him. (Even though it turns out my mom told him the night before, "y'all are going to have so much fun at the chocolate factory tomorrow" Smooooth Mom, real smooth) I really want to start doing fun things around Seattle and I thought what's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Valentines Day? Love  Chocolate. After googling "Seattle Chocolate Factory's" I found Theo's Chocolate!

The best part was that they do Tours! Now, if you know me you know that I just LOOOOVE me some food tours- reason #1... FREE SAMPLES! I was so excited when they had spots open for that Saturday so I booked the reservation and planned the rest of the day around the factory. It was so cheap too only $6 per person which is totally worth it - the tour was absolutely fantastic and very informational. Do you know what a cocoa nib is? I didn't. Do you know where chocolate comes from and how it was discovered? I didn't..but Now we do!

We've got the Golden Ticket

When we got there they gave us special hats to wear.... wait for it...

Thank God my job doesn't require a hair net.

I mean really how utterly fabulous do I look. Good thing he already married me, not sure if he would have stayed around after seeing That.  

Our tour started in the classroom where I got a few action shots:

Teaching us all about Chocolate and Theo's mission. All of their products are Fair-Trade and completely Organic. It was a bunch of information that I do not have time to type up so just go read there mission statement on their website Here (Click me to get smarter)

Then we got samples while he was teaching us. SEVEN samples... We got to try Chocolate with Chili's in it, Bread and Butter (seriously), Super Dark Chocolate, another one I can't remember, Chocolate truffles with brandy, Chocolate truffles with Caramel, and Cocoa Nibs (which taste like a chocoalte nut!)

Then we got to see where the magic happens:

I'd love to go have my mouth under that spout over there...but then I'd probably burn it off with Molten Hot chocolate... what a way to go I say.

After the tour which lasted about an hour we got to go buy some chocolate in the store for 10% off! Heck yea!

The store also had samples of EVER SINGLE thing they sold. We were a little sick to our stomachs when we left but man oh man...it was Fun! (Yes, we TOTALLY bought the Bread and Butter one...it was SO GOOD- had little bits of crunch toast in it... so weird but so tasty.) All of that was only $12 bucks too..which is pretty reasonable to me for Organic/Fair Trade goods.

After the chocolate tour we went to the movies and had dinner.. per usual but a Great end to a fun day! If you're in Seattle or visiting I highly suggest touring Theo's Chocolate in Fremont - it was Outstanding!

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Valentines Day Events!

I had to work Valentines so we decided to keep it low key and when I got home from work CK had these waiting for me:

Presents! Yes, that is Breaking Dawn. Don't Judge me.

Then after I kinda sorta through a hissy fit about getting a DVD he KNOWS we are going to buy anyway as a present he told me he wanted one of my Reeses. The nerve! I begrudgingly opened them to find out the little trickster was sending me on a scavenger hunt...

After I went and looked in the Purple Cabinit I found that white bag! He got me a 60 minute massage! Ahhhhh-Mazing job there CK! I have been bitching for months about needing a massage. See bitching really does work girls!

Then for dinner he totally blew my socks off...

A Papa Murphys heart shapped Pizza for me!?!?!

He really does love me.

So, I bet you're all wondering what I got CK right? Well, in my opinion Valentines day is a "girls" holiday meaning boys should go out of the way for the girl. But...I'm not that mean I did get him his favorite candy, a sweet card, and a present (that still hasn't arrived in the mail) I swear it's really cool but it's taking forever to get here. Oh well... good thing CK is the most patient person in the world!

Do you LOVE or HATE Valentines?

What is the best Valentine you have ever had?

127 hours... in IKEA

On Sunday the hubs and I decided to go to IKEA to find a dresser that I had previously scoped out online. I have been needing said dresser the entire time we have lived in WA - four months later: I buy one.

On that note...moving is a biatch and I had decided that I will no longer buy things I want for the rest of my life because if we move again (which we at least will into a house or hell across the country again who knows) I don't want to have to move a ton of STUFF. We have tooooo much STUFF and moving made me want to throw it all away. However, I still wanted something cute and that went with my furniture enter, IKEA

This all being said I've always wanted to go to IKEA (thanks Fight Club) but never did I expect how HUGE it was. I mean I knew it was going to be big...but seriously? A "Showroom" the size of Sams/Costco, A "Marketplace" the size of 2 Sams/Costco's, and a "Warehouse" the size of 1 Sams/Costco. That's like 3 football fields people. Not to even mention the parking garage just for IKEA shoppers....

After almost killing 2 mothers and a child we finally parked.

Then we walked half a mile to the entrance and to the showroom:

Children should never be allowed in public.

CK managed to find some toys hidden in a corner at one point:

I can't take him anywhere.

Then it was time to get down to business... finding our dresser that we had picked out in the Warehouse. Isle 46 mind you. Which is in the second warehouse .... past those blue signs at the very end back there:

46 isles later...

This is when CK realized he would be putting it together later.

All 7,000 pieces.

So, I had to bribe him with chocolate... Swiss Chocolate YUM!

After IKEA we decided to go to the movies thanks to GROUPON and fabulous 1/2 price tickets that you can only use after the movie has been in theaters 2 weeks. Hello, UNDERWORLD Awakening. Oh, how I love that series! It was Awesome...but when we got out we were caught in the middle of this:

Hail... what in the world WA?

Funny moment of the night: While waiting for CK to go get the car I watched a guy walk outside of the theater and look around then he looked to the sky with this disgusted look and gave the finger. It was all I could do to not burst out laughing. Hahaha.

After we got home CK disappeared for 2.5 hours and magically this appeared in my bedroom!

I didn't ask questions, I didn't watch, and I think it was quite possibly the best furniture put together experience that we have ever had. Although, it could have gotten done a little faster...

Then my babies crashed:

and I couldn't resist posting it.

Have you ever been to an IKEA store?

5 Years.

Today the Hubs and I have been "officially" dating/engaged/married for 5 whole years.

That's just freaking ridiculous that anyone has put up with me for that long.

I love him. He makes me happy. AND he is super cute.

 Wedding

 Blog

Coming Soon!

5 years ago...

I swear I've been "growing" my hair out for 5 years.

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In other news: The Superbowl is Sunday! I've been addicted to Pinterest for the last few weeks getting tons of ideas for our FEAST. Why do I do this? Get excited for events just because it means getting to cook all these crazy fating things. Must. Stop. Soon....

Anyways, In other hubs news CK is freaking amazing and getting booked a lot more for paying gigs up here! (Check out his full schedule here) Hello, Happiness. Not to mention we did our taxes and I can't WAIT for that check to come in. I fully plan on having a major shopping spree soon and I can barely contain myself thinking about it.

What do you like to EAT for the Superbowl?

Are you on Pinterest?



Model Monday!

I can't think of anything better to write about today so...

It's Olive, Terri, & CK model time!

Enjoy:

That might have been to much for you to handle.

When in doubt, post pictures of yourself.

We are availible for all printwork.

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