Tiger for Dinner

This weekend was fairly uneventful except for Saturday night when our SEMINOLES KICKED TIGER BUTT!

M.E. was lucky enough to go to the game (and tailgate for 10 hours). He was exhausted when he got home last night but he had a great time! They got to rush the field after we dominated!

 

Can you spot him? He's not looking the right way...

Here is a shout out to my three favorite players from the game:

J-boo! Don’t call him Famous Jameis, he doesn’t like it. He likes J-boo because that was the nickname his Mama gave him. Jameis, you are so freakin adorable but I’m afraid you may need glasses because you seemed to have a hard time seeing on the field Saturday night. Also, thank you for being The Best.

Kenny Shaw. Kenny, you play like a beast but when we saw you in real life you looked like a hipster. And I think it’s funny you wear skinny jeans.

Nick O’Leary. Nick, you look like a ginormous snuggly leprechaun and you ran like the wind this weekend. And I don’t care that you have a famous grandpa because you are a obvi a better football player than golfer. 

Did y'all watch any football this weekend? This was the ONLY game I watched but I watched it twice! Go Noles!

Weekend Recap

Well that weekend went by too fast. I was feeling a little under the weather (as I do every year when the season starts to change) so nothing too crazy happened. Friday night we went up to Level8 to grab a couple of drinks and watch part of our wedding band play during happy hour. On the plane back home from New York (after he had just proposed) the first thing wedding that we discussed was definitely having a live band rather than a DJ. We chose the same band that played at his brother’s wedding last fall, Southern Satisfaction, and after hearing them again Friday night we got so so excited. So we pretty much stayed until they stopped playing. Here’s a little sneak peak:

When we got home that night, I decided it was time to make a birthday cake for my friend Meghann who’s birthday brunch was the next morning. It was delicious in spite of the fact that I was 7 Samuel Adams Oktoberfest deep. (To make my strawberry box cake taste homemade I substituted almond milk for water and melted butter for oil. Call me Paula Bean.)

Meghann just got a new puppy, Lily, and Sarah brought her new puppy, Hank. Bo was pretty angry at us when we got home that afternoon and would not stop sniffing me with this angry Bo-face.

Baby Lily getting cuddles from Aunt Lori & Hank Wiliams below with his favorite Aunt & Uncle

 

We were going to go to the FSU game that night but because I was feeling sick-y and it was pouring outside, we stayed in and ate chicken wangs and tried not to get angry at ESPN3 for not streaming the game perfectly. But duh, FSU won. (Oh, and Brady & the Bean (my team) won in Fantasy Football this week!)

Sunday was pancakes at the house, laundry and rewatching Hunger Games, and a couple of hours at the office before a trip to Publix and grilled cheese & soup for dinner. We suffered through an hour or so of the Emmy’s before I went to bed. And by go to bed I mean read my book until midnight when M.E. came in and told me I was going to be pissed in the morning that I had done that... But it just got good!! Anybody else read ‘The Historian’by Elizabeth Kostova?

Listing back into things

I know you're expecting me to start this post out by saying I'm baaaack! and going into about how busy I've been. But instead, I'm giving you some lists, enjoy and just be happy I'm back! 

Five things I'll be doing over the next week:

Uno. Celebrating Meghann’s 26^th birthday! My bestie since the 4^th grade! We’re having a brunch at her lakehouse Saturday morning and I plan on making a fancy shmancy birthday cake.

Two. Picking out M.E.’s wedding tux! He promised we’d go on Friday, I can’t wait to see what he’ll be wearing the day I marry him!

Tres. Moooooore FSU football! Go Noles!

Four. “Stemming” vintage brooches for my brooch bouquet. Have to do it in sessions cause it hurts mah fingers.

Cinco. Getting a filling refilled because as of right now I have a huge hole in my tooth. 

Four things I need to purchase: 

1. Birthday cake ingredients.

2. Sperrys. I need some Sperrys! I need some Sperrys for Gamedays!

3. Our passports or we won’t be going very far for our honeymoon.

4. New leggings. I guess I thought I was being clever and put my old ones in a drawer somewhere for summer... and now I can’t seem to find them...

Oh Sperry Gods, these are the ones I need!

Three shows I can't wait to have back in my life: 

Newsroom. Even though the season just ended. But the season finale of your favorite show is so heartbreaking!

American Horror Story. Its not Fall until that show is on to freak you out.

Parenthood. Because once a week I just need a good cry!

 

Two reasons I'm excited for Fall: 

1. Skinny jeans/leggings & boots. & sweaters. & scarves.

2. ALL OF THE PUMPKIN SPICE THINGS! More specifically, lattes, beer, cookies/cakes/donuts/pies. Don’t roll your eyes, I love them.

 One thing that's currently bothering me: 

Well I got my car back yesterday! After driving the Challenger around for a week I was glad to have my baby back! But I have to bring her back in today because the right blinker isn’t working... Also, its really hard to save money for a wedding when your car & your tooth are falling apart!

Although my rental car was pretty fly...

5 Friday Things

ONE

So get this: On Tuesday during my lunch break I was minding my own business on my way back to the office and BOOM I was hit! I was in the left turn lane when the green left arrow came on so I turned left. BANG The girl next to me wanted to turn left too and ran smack into me. Oh I was one ANGRY Bean, especially when the cop didn’t give her a ticket or citation! Oh well, I am currently waiting on her insurance company to call me to let me know they’ve accepted liability and they will fix my poor Baby! (Yes, my car’s name is Baby. She’s so small you can park her anywhere, like, "You can park Baby in the corner." Get it? Dirty Dancing?)

TWO

We got a new ruuuuug! And I looooove it! Order it from Ballard Designs and its just perfect for what we need. Its an indoor/outdoor so its not the softest of rugs but its easy to keep clean what with the Bo dog and its HUGE so it covers the ugly carpet. Here's a picture of it before we spent 20 min trying to let it out perfectly.

THREE

M.E. is officially officially a Seminole! He started classes this week and I am so very proud of him! Before we know it he’ll be an FSU Alum and our diplomas will be hanging side by side.

FOUR

Next week is a 3 day work with WITH Jason Aldean AND FSU football. I’m pretty dang excited, that’s all I can really say about that. Jason Aldean AND FSU football. Oh yes and Luke Bryan & Thomas Rhett! If you’re in Tallahassee for the concert, holler at me!

FIVE

And I can’t think of a 5^th thing except that its College Colors Day! I bleed Garnet & Gold!

AND it's #backthatazzup Friday! Hit it Jason!