Café Con Monica

on Weekends

I’d usually complain about Monday but really I am doing alright this morning. First day of a new 6 week challenge which also means I am 5.5 weeks till vacation! Oooo yea!

Friday night the Boyfriend and I went to see Deadpool. He was actually pretty skeptical leading up the movie coming out because he was never really about that Marvel life. Since I have a younger brother I have been hyped for the movie for almost a year. Let me tell you…it did not disappoint. It was as hilarious and inappropriate and fantastic as I had hoped and I can’t wait to watch it again. The Boyfriend actually really enjoyed it and was surprised but how good it was. 
If you haven’t seen it…do it.
Saturday was spent getting chores, errands and a bit of relaxing in before the Boyfriend and I headed to the Chicago Auto Show.   Neither of us had been in a few years and we thought it would be a fun couple of hours to check out and daydream about some beautiful cars. Turns out I am basically partial to all cars that look like mine(Nissan Versa) and he really likes bigger cars. Some of my favorites were the Hyundai Genesis G90 and the new VW Beetles. I have no intentions of getting a new car until this one is run into the ground but its nice to think about. 

We look exhausted…both of us were worn out this week! 
Sunday I got to have Brunch at Kingsbury Cafe and do some shopping with my friend Toni and then I spent the rest of the day doing homework and studying at Starbucks. I got more homework done yesterday than I have so far in this semester.
I should have taken more pics but all I have is my delicious bloody mary! 
It was a good weekend! How was your weekend? 

Friday Faves!

OOhh two times in one week…maybe I have a shot at getting my blogger life back together! It is finally Friday and even though I’ve only worked since Wednesday this week I feel I’ve been running around crazy since. I wanted to share some of my faves from the past couple weeks…


{1} Punta Cana! 
In a skype convo with my Canadian bestie we decided we should take a vacation for my Spring Break. So what did we do? Get online and search until we found a spot and called up the travel company and booked it over Skype. It was awesome and I seriously am so damn excited to see her! The Boyfriend is sad he doesn’t get to join but he can’t miss that much class. So T-35 days! 
This is the resort we are staying at Grand Bahia Principe in Putna Cana 
{2} Packzi’s  from Dinkels
So once a year I will indulge in some delicious Packzis and I always get them from Dinkels They have amazing deliciousness all the time but they just do a fantastic job with them. Sooooo fresh! I had to fill out a form and wait with a number for about 20 minutes but it was worth it. The Fresh strawberry just about killed me it was so good. 
{3} Mom’s Bday 
So my amazing mother had a birthday this past Friday! My sister and I decided to spend the day with her having mani/pedi’s, sushi and just family time. It was awesome and a really great way to start my long weekend. I am seriously lucky to have the relationship I have with my mother! 

{4} Egg Harbor – Weekend away 
I originally thought I would make a post about the weekend away with The Boyfriend but since we really didn’t do much with all the snow and cold and just took advantage of lazy time away together I don’t have enough pics to warrant a photo. We plan to go back in the summer so we can get the full experience. 

{5} Straight hair! 
I don’t straighten my hair as much as I used to simply because I am lazy and my hair is long af but I wanted to do something different short of coloring or cutting it again. So I went to Trixie’s Blowdry Bar and got my hair straightened. They were fantastic and fast and look how beautiful my locks look!! Best of all I got to read my kindle while someone did my hair. 
This is all I have for you now…I have a ton of homework and no interest in doing it so my weekend probably won’t be all that exciting. I hope you all have an awesome weekend! 

On Gender Reveal Dinners…

Hey hey hey! I’m back today! This past weekend went by soooo quickly as did Monday-Wednesday. I am off Friday-Tuesday and The Boyfriend and I are going up to Door County, WI to relax and spend some time together for a few of those days.

Finally my sis gave me the go ahead to post about the dinner party we had for her on Saturday. She is having a baby!!! I get to be an aunt x 2! Wooo!!!

So since she is extra extra impatient and she wanted to get the test results (to be sure the baby was healthy) as soon as she could she asked for gender as well. So that it would be a surprise her best friend got the results and called me so I could set up the dinner! Soooo, of course, I pinterest the hell out of that shit. and Bam! Here we go…

The prep…I had to fill some 36″ balloons w/pink tissue paper! Did this instead of confetti so when they pop it would not just fall to the ground and big clump. 

My messy yet successful “?” gender cupcakes! 
That’s pink…my camera is just annoying! 
Some of the food I made! 

The exciting part….the reveal! 
Of course they weren’t looking…

Their reactions were hilarious! My sister was sooo excited and even though dad was too..he needed a moment to accept that he was going to be a dad to a little girl! 
Some more random pics from the night! 

We bought these fun stickers “Team Pink” and “Team Blue” from Amazon with a tally board and everyone who came in had to pick a sticker. Obviously I didn’t pick one which drove them nuts until the reveal! In the end we had more “Team Blue” votes and well…they were wrong! 
It was a great evening, my sister was super happy and we are all soooo excited for the newest member to hurry up and join us!! 

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