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On Gender Reveal Dinners…

February 11, 2016

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!! 

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

On Mondays…

February 1, 2016

How did it get to be Monday already…and how have I not blogged since Wednesday?? I’ll tell you how. I am sick…again. Yep. I am pretty sure this school year is the year of my failed immune system. I spent all of Wednesday, Thursday & Friday on my death bed and then saturday-today trying to breathe through my nose. Couple that with a hangover from hell on Sunday and I am lucky to be alive today. Ok ok I’m being dramatic.

School is kicking my ass people. I was up last night trying to finish 3 assignments I had no idea were due by midnight while extremely hungover. Not smart. 
I had a pretty decent weekend otherwise. Saturday was the only day I did anything besides lay around or study. The Boyfriend and I headed downtown to Chicago Athletic Association game room for a friends birthday. I haven’t been there before and I wish someone had told me about it sooner! It was a great time with them…too tooo many drinks and a rainy few moments on the rooftop. I’m dying to check out the rooftop area a little more…maybe a fun date night idea. 
So yea…some pics to sum it! 

The rooftop…and yes I am drunk in this picture. 

The Bean! 
I was in love with this outfit. Got the dress at Banana Republic for 60% off the sale price!! Also…don’t mind the toilet. 

At some point there was a game of shuffleboard that was lost badly…and our name never got called for Bocce Ball before we left. 
How was your weekend? 

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

On Tuesdays…

January 19, 2016

Somehow Tuesday still feels like a Monday after a long weekend. How was everyone’s weekend?? I wish I could say I did more but really the weather in Chicago makes me a big ass sissy. I saw the temp on Sunday and said Nope…and then yesterday it was so cold I didn’t get to go ice skating with my nephew as planned. So I’ll just share the few pictures I did get this weekend…

Went to have Sushi and see The Revenant for date night on Friday and The Boyfriend was dying before dinner….

– The Revenant was fantastic. Some of my friends were not a fan of the whole Leo dragging himself around for about 45 minutes but I loved it. I also love Tom Hardy and it was crazy how not like himself he looked!

– My friend came home for the weekend and we had this whole crazy night out planned but after driving for 13 hours and being up for 24 she all about getting dinner, a couple drinks and heading home to sleep before she had to leave again. I was super excited just to see her though!

– Sunday was spent watching Foosball with The Boyfriend and his buddy. Unfortunately, the Seahawks are out. They came back strong but it just wasn’t enough to win the game. BUT omg the jokes on Twitter about Russell Wilson were killing me. Too much. 

– I was supposed to go Ice Skating with my nephew and sister on MLK day since we had off but I woke up to this nonsense….

-So there was no skating…Instead I meal prepped for the next few days since I am working and then off to school till 9 pm Monday-Thursday now…Yuck. 

I’m going to go creep on your blogs now! 

Filed in: Other, Social • by Monica •

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