High Five for Friday

March 9, 2018

Linking up with these ladies for High Five for Friday!

1. Got to spend some time with this adorable face and my family for Breakfast on Sunday! We followed it up with going to a bookstore to look for some books for my nephew…and me of course!

2. My brother was King Arthur in Spamalot! He was amazing and I am not just saying that because we are related! He is! We have seen him improve with every new show and its amazing to see the progress.

3. Booked our trip to Austin this week! Yay!!! Thenewguy and I are will do Tuesday-Monday and really get some time away to explore! Also, got a great deal on a studio on Airbnb which makes me even happier.

4. International Women’s Day! I am lucky enough to be surrounded by strong, kind, and empowering women in my personal life and professional life and am grateful everyday for it!

5. Successfully hosted another fun & cheap meetup! Of course, I suck and didn’t get photos BUT It was great! Everyone who RSVPd showed up! Thursdays from 5-8 pm are free entry for IL residents to the Art Institute of Chicago. We met up and walked around, chatting about art and our days and then went across the street for hot chocolate. It was a great time and I was super excited to meet some new girls!Best part? Only cost me $3.00!

What are your favorites this week??

High Five for Friday!

March 2, 2018

Joining the High Five For Friday linkup hosted by Tif @ Bright On A Budget,

Katie @ Cup of Tea, Becky @ BYBMG

1. Friday night was pretty relaxing. We were both kind of exhausted from the week so we decided to try another cheeseless pizza night. I am kind of hoping to make this a regular thing because I love pizza and coming up with new things to put on it! We went with 1)Pineapple, ground beef & jalapenos w/bbq sauce and 2)grilled chicken, onions and tomatoes w/guac on the side

2. Thenewguy has been trying to take me out to his favorite steak place for awhile but its way out in the burbs and I am lazy. We finally got to go to Al’s Charhouse and it was fantastic! The steaks were the size of my head!! So crazy and amazingly priced!

His steak

We should have just shared a steak. Needless to say there were a lot of leftovers!

3. Thenewguy collects these Funko Pops and I have sworn I will not start (I HATE to collect things)But I did mention early on I would only get one if I found a Jasmine (Disney) Pop because they are relatively hard to find…so then he found me one. Recently they released a set and he surprised me this past weekend with the new set! *And I made him promise there wouldn’t be anymore!

4. Since we are coming up to the end of ice skating season around here Thenewguy and I decided to make sure we went to downtown and got some skating in. Luckily it was a gorgeous (40°) day! We went ice skating at the Maggie Daley Ice Skating Ribbon (where I wiped out hard after a kid flayed next to me)and then walked around, got some coffee, walked to Navy Pier it was a great time. We even rode the ferris wheel, which I haven’t done since my prom forever ago.

5. What better way to end the weekend than with Sushi. Stuffed myself full of the sushi goodness and learned how to finally use Instagram live! It was a perfect night!

High 5 For Friday!

February 23, 2018

Joining the High Five For Friday linkup hosted by Tif @ Bright On A Budget,

Katie @ Cup of Tea, Becky @ BYBMG

I feel like I have been super busy but really I just had a long 5 day weekend off work and so I forgot to get my life together and plan ahead. So this is 5 for the past week and half!

1) Valentine’s Day @ White Castle

Thenewguy and I had a very special dinner date at White Castle for Valentine’s Day and it was everything I hoped it would be and more (forget how upset my stomach was at me about an hour after dinner) If you haven’t tried it and live close to one, please do. I’ve never been into going all out or making a big deal of the day so I was super excited to do something cheesy. We had to make reservations 3 weeks ahead (last year I tried the week before and they sold me it had been booked up for weeks) I am planning to do a post about the whole thing at some point in my life but for now here is a picture!

2) Birthday Nights Out

My cousin/roomie celebrated her 23rd birthday this past weekend. Since I was off Friday we went for breakfast, had mani/pedi’s and then got all dressed up for dinner and dancing. We went to Cafe Iberico and then walked over to Henry’s. It was damn cold and we waited for about 25 minutes in line to find out that the downstairs part we wanted to go to was closed for a party. Ugh. We made the most of it, danced our butts off and probably had more to drink than we should have.

3) Black Panther

OOh let me tell you. I was so effing excited for this movie, I can’t even. It lived up to the hype and I was so happy that it did. Super badass female warriors, strong cast and great CGI who could ask for more?

4) Family Time

My mom’s birthday was on the 12th but she was on a fun girls vacation so we got together on Sunday to celebrate. A little food, some cake, and lots of laying around watching movies, playing with the kids and cuddling up with mom made for a wonderful sunday!

5) Target clearance!

Target had some of their cutesy workout stuff from the dollar spot on clearance and Thenewguy decided to scoop up some of the fun items he thought I would like.

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