Café Con Monica

On a Chicago To Do: Art Institute

I love doing touristy things in Chicago and it has been years since I went to the Art Institute!

Did you know….If you are an Illinois resident that you can get into the Art Institute free on Thursday evenings?  If not, now you do! 
** you can also just give them a Illinois zip code since they don’t always check ID. 
They are open until 8 pm on Thursday evenings so its a great after work adventure and since it is free you don’t feel bad not being able to check out everything! 

My friend Jen & I decided to make it an Art Institute & dinner/drinks kinda night and it was a good time! 
If you follow me on Snapchat : @monipins  you saw I actually snapped a bunch of it! 
Some of my faves….

I have a thing for doors! Even have a whole Pinterest board for beautiful doors! 

Or the more fun version I snapped 

They have some really great exhibits and are always adding new and impressive art to their collection. If you are visiting Chicago or you live here and just haven’t been in awhile I suggest you check it out! 

On weekend hiking…

Hey everyone!! I am actually pretty surprised but for a Monday I feel pretty good. It could be that I didn’t do much this weekend. I had a great mix of organizing, relaxing and even threw some trail walking in there too! 

I also got quite a few posts scheduled that I have been meaning to do for some time now…I think that blogging webinar I checked out last week really did inspire me!! 
So that said….
I made a meetup to get outside this weekend since I’ve wanted to go for ages and no one ever wants to go with me! We decided to check out Harms Woods out in the burbs. 

I was hot….
And of course since we were starving after almost 3 hours of exploring we went to my favorite place 
Uncle Julio’s in Old Orchard Mall. 

I also managed to get some more of Christmas shopping done this weekend…getting started on my DIY gifts…
Part of my brothers gift! 
I also managed to clean my room and the fridge out, meal prep for this week, do laundry, put away summer clothes and take out/wash fall/winter clothes. I’d say it was pretty productive! 
How was your weekend? 

On Humpday Confessions

It is that time of the week again….

Alanna & Company

I confess….

– I am so so so cranky today

– That I am grumpy because I lack carbs in my life…it has only been 2 days but I am pretty sure  I will die today. 
– I am finally starting to get back into my blogging groove, it isn’t so hard to come up with things to blog about anymore! 
– I am actually excited to go walk some trails this Saturday with some meetup girls! I’ve been wanting to get out more before the weather gets shitastically cold but everyone is all “Eghh I dont want to” so I made an event on one of the meetup groups and the girls were all about it! 
– I need new fall/winter everything. All my clothes are like 5 years old already!! 
– Even if I bought a bunch of new stuff I still wouldn’t have a clue what to wear or how to match it! 
– I am excited for Christmas but not enough that I will decorate before the week of Thanksgiving. I like to properly give every holiday it’s time. 
– I am excited for Friendsgiving but stressed because I think my new apartment may just be a little too small 
– Also on the topic of my apartment being too small, I was throwing around the idea of another NYE party this year but I’m just not sure I can comfortably fit 20-25 people in my place with the way it is set up! 
– Sugar Free jello…not the effing same. not even a little bit. 
– I overdid it in my workout yesterday and I am paying for it today…
– I think that is all my grumbles for now…
What are you confessing this week? 

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