Weekend Recap! (aka longest post EVER)

This was a crraazzyyy weekend here in BP land. On Thursday I hit up the Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll for the first time with two friends y'all just might know. We started with drinks at 75 Chestnut. It was my first time there and I was a little less than impressed. The hostess is a legit battle axe and the place was so packed that we kept getting bumped and knocked. I ordered a dirty martini and the girls both went with pomegranate martinis. They were NOT stingy with the gin! Mine was so strong that I had to dilute with ice and then only drank about 1/4th. Whewww. After we finished we headed out to the stroll... It was FREEZING and the stores were packed. While they were offering free wine to some people, we didn't get offered any! Also, some of the employees of these upscale boutiques are downright surly! All and all it was an experience that I was glad to have had. I doubt I'll be participating next year but it was fun to meet up and spend time with two of my fav ladies!

On Friday morning I picked up my International Arbitration take home exam and found out that PB was coming! He is in Austin this week for work and he decided to divert through Boston. I tried to get the majority of my exam done Friday so I could spend time with him without having to work so much, but that didn't work out so well. That exam was NO joke. I got 2 questions of the 4 roughly answered before I picked up PB at the airport. He of course was bearing biscuits from Fortum & Masons, a box of Godiva chocolates and a bag of Cadbury Caramel Chocolates. Um. Does he know I'm on Weight Watchers!?!? Technically the biscuits were for my madre, but somehow they managed to get opened and taste tested (DELISH!). 

On Saturday we got up early and went to the law school to drop off my bag and get set up for me to work on my exam. PB had some work to do since he left early on Friday to come to Boston. We then went to Weight Watchers. I was nervous because I've been so hungry this week and have been eating a lot, but I lost 3 lbs! We then stocked up on delicious treats from Starbucks and headed back to the law school. After spending the day working and discussing honeymoon locations. (I think we've decided on one! I might unveil in this week's 'Wedding Wednesday' if PB books and gives me the go-ahead.) We had dinner reservations at our favorite restaurant in Beacon Hill- TOSCANO!- at 9:30PM. We changed and headed over to Clink to get some cocktails. We had never been there and wanted to try it out. We were less than impressed and confused by the entire place. The cocktails were good but we couldn't figure out where to sit and then when we finally found a spot they put a "Spoken For" sign on our table... Which we took to mean we should leave. Also the abundance of scantily clad women of varying ages, while entertaining, is not really our scene. Might have been fun with a big group, but we'll pass when it is just the two of us. We then walked around Charles Street and stopped in for a glass of wine at the Beacon Hill Bistro. The wine we had was AMAZING. I could have had an entire bottle. After we finished our wine it was FINALLY time for dinner. They had my favorite starter and entree on the menu so I was in heaven. If you go and they have the Rossini, which is the house specialty, you MUST get. It is divine.

Sunday we had breakfast at The Paramount, which y'all know is another one of my favs. I got my standard: Spinach, tomato and feta egg white omelet, turkey sausage and fruit salad. I literally ate like a lumberjack. I honestly wonder if I have developed a hollow leg or if I have a tapeworm. I keep eating like a horse and I have no idea where it is going! PB got an omelet too and shared the fruit salad with me. After that we took a rainy stroll through the public garden to digest and then caught the 10:45AM showing of Harry Potter. I loveloveloveloveloved it. I can't rave enough about Harry Potter. And yes. I cried when Dobby died... Just as I did in the book. After the movie we walked back down Charles Street. We popped in Core du Vie to look at a Lululemon hoodie I've been eyeing. PB treated me to a new Lululemon gym bag! I really needed one and he was being sweet to this poor broke law student. I was hungry again (surprise, surprise) so we popped into Todd English's restaurant Figs for lunch. 

Figs was pretty good. They gave us a basket of focaccia and olive oil to start. I'm not going to lie. I was fighting PB for the last piece in the basket. My WW leader would be shamed. It was LITERALLY the best focaccia I've ever had. After some menu issues we decided on a pizza- Half fig & prosciutto and half roasted chicken. I LOVED the pizza. It was thin and HUGE. I literally had pizza for lunch and dinner and then had some at 6AM this morning while I was finishing up my exam. I'm pizza'd out. After that PB had to get his stuff together and head to the airport. Poor fella's plane was delayed and he missed his connection in Houston. After a very short stay in the Marriott he was on route to Austin this morning.

I spent the evening finishing my exam and turned it in this morning. It was a lot harder than I expected and I'm unsure if I will do very well. Now, I'm going to run some errands, have lunch with THIS pretty lady and then finish up my Tax outline. I'm also going to my new favorite workout class tonight- ZUMBA! Have y'all tried Zumba? I absolutely loveeeee it. I need to work off all the delicious food I ate this weekend.

How was your weekend? 

Was it as chaotic and FUN as mine?

North Carolina, here I come!

So on Tuesday afternoon I'll be jetting down to NC for Thanksgiving. There is about 4098409283 reasons I'm excited to be going but 4 reasons really stick out.

1. To see my Nannie... hands down my favorite person in the entire world and I do NOT see her nearly enough. So DUH. #1 reason why I'm excited. 

2. (and herein lies my dirty little secret) To eat. Ok... so we all know I'm a member of Weight Watchers (80 pounds gone, as of this weekend! Holla!!) and so we know I'm like an obsessive freak about watching what I eat. Now. This is all true... UNTIL I CROSS THE MASON DIXON LINE. 

I literally measure my trips to NC in meals (what? Like you never do this. Haters.)and there are certain stops that are absolutely non-negotiable. I mean... I realize I'm going for Thanksgiving... but there are 4 days worth of other meals that I need to account for!

*BOJANGLES*

If you have never been to one... well I'm terribly sorry for you. Best chicken and biscuits in the south. (And lest we forget the amazing Cajun fries and sweet tea). And Bo-berry biscuits? I D.I.E.

*HAM'S* 

This is one I only get when I'm in Chapel Hill because there is not one on my side of NC. Let me just say... The homemade chips with ranch dressing is good enough to slap your mama.

*MAKOTOS*

Two words: 

Shrimp.

Sauce.

This is literally my favorite Japanese restaurant in the world. I don't think people know what shrimp sauce is above the Mason Dixon line... and therein lies the problem. 

I order shrimp sauce with a side of shrimp sauce. 

Sonic used to make the list but now it is relatively close... so they've been nixed. So you better believe that I have my meals already planned out for the entire week I'm there. 

Hey... a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. 

3.) Bridal Shower! My mom's best friend (my 2nd mother) and my two aunts are throwing me a bridal shower next Saturday. It's mostly for my family and local friends, but I sure am really excited about it! I can't wait to see everybody and visit for a while. My college bff & bridesmaid in NC has her engagement party that same day, so she won't be there! I'm bummed but we've planned to get together on Friday in Charlotte. 

4.) Hair test run! Since this might be the ONLY time I'm in NC before my wedding I've booked an appointment at Modern Salon in Charlotte for a hair and makeup test run on Friday. I originally had thought I wanted my hair half-up/half-down but found a gorgeous updo that I might be picking instead. While I'm doing that college bff will be getting a mani/pedi. It should be lots of fun and I really am excited!! My poor hair has been neglected lately. I've been rocking a headband with low bun for about 2 weeks solid. Clearly I need to get it together! (aka I need a new flat iron and/or someone else's hair.)

5.) Bloggy bff meet up! While I'm in Charlotte I'll be meeting up with one of my favorite ladies- BLC from The Company She Keeps. I literally am so excited that I might embarrass myself! We're still working out the details but between seeing her and my college bff, it should be a PERFECT day!

What are y'all doing for Thanksgiving?

*images from Google*

My weekend in Numbers...

10: Number of hours I worked on Saturday... (and also the number of hours I worked on Sunday. I work haaarrdddd for the monnneeyyy... Soooo hard for the money.)

9: Number of pictures of Barack Obama I saw approximately 2 minutes after walking into Austin Hall at  Harvard Law School.

8: Number of times I wanted to scream during the MPRE exam on Saturday. (Multiply by 65.)

7: Number of times I changed the answer on question #32.

6: Number of pages I got done in my Tax outline (Who says I'm not productive...)

5: Number of minutes I spent googling "tummy tucks" for future planning purposes.

4: Number of bagels I contemplated eating on Sunday morning.

3: Number of Vineyard Vines items added to my Christmas List.

2: Number of times I rolled my eyes at obtuse law students.

1: Number of bagels I *actually* ate on Sunday morning.

Monday ramblings...

So it's Monday. I swear... on Friday I blinked annnnndddddd then here we are. I was going to do my standard "Weekend in Numbers" but I really didn't do much of anything fun to warrant numbers.

 On Saturday we hit up WW in the morning. I'm going to keep weighing in at the official meetings until my monthly pass runs out for the month. I was down 3lbs. My new "plan" seems to be working!  Then we did a little shopping in Reading and I had a diet cheat day... which involved a McMuffin, a Coronation Chicken sandwich for lunch, and Froot Loops for dinner.

Speaking of Froot Loops... We walked into House of Fraser on Saturday morning and it was like the skies opened and the heavens started singing to me. It was a WHOLE stand of American goodies! Froot Loops, Quaker Instant Oatmeal, PUMPKIN PIE SPICE, creamed corn, Snyder's Pretzel Pieces, REESE'S PIECES(!!!), Karo syrup... LITERALLY was throwing one of everything into our basket. 

Until I glanced at the price of the Froot Loops.

Um.

I need you to sit down.

It was...

Don't judge me...

 £7.50.

Yes. That IS, in fact, the equivalent of $10. 

Listen people. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do... 

Anyway. So I got that, Karo syrup (Hi pecan pie for Thanksgiving), pumpkin pie spice and two bags of the snyder pretzels. I'm sure that I emptied our savings account, but I couldn't be stopped. I did, however, decide that the Quakers oatmeal was NOT worth the  £7.50 that it also cost. 

See? I know when to reign it in, people.

We then went on a hunt for fall/halloween decor. Note to fellow Americans moving to/living in England: THEY DO NOT DECORATE FOR HALLOWEEN OR FALL. We've been to every single store that may or may not carry any home decor in the greater southeastern England. Not a fake garland of colored leafs, nor faux acorns to fill an apothecary jar to be found. In fact, the only place I was able to find any decor at all was at John Lewis and Poundland. When Pottery Barn puts the fall/halloween stuff on sale I'm buying it all and having it shipped over. 

What is WRONG with these people!? 

I mean, I shouldn't be surprised. These are the people who don't eat/drink pumpkin flavored anything. 

Crazies, I tell you, crazies. 

On Sunday we went on a long walk in the New Forest and then hit up a local farmer's market where we went a little overboard on the sausage buying. Whoops. We picked up: Pork & Stilton, Pork & Wild Mushrooms and Gluten Free (because that's how I'm gradually rolling these days) Pork & Apple. We tried the pork & stilton last night. DANNNGGG they were good! My plate initially consisted of 4 lbs of broccoli (I exaggerate.) (slightly.) (or maybe not at all.) and one sausage. However... I caved and did eat a 2nd one. I meeeeaaannnn... They were organic. So clearly organic = no calories, RIGHT?

Ok. So anyway. Now that you're all bored to tears... Ima end this rambly mess of a post. Later on this week I'll outline my new eating plan, discuss the Christmas-fication of England in OCTOBER, and share a fun recipe (or 3). Also, we may or may not have a workout-jam sharing seshie. Mama needs more music. (And by Mama, I mean me... not my actual Mama... who I sometimes refer to as Mama.)

HOW WAS YOUR WEEKEND!

(Yes. I'm yelling.)

(Too much coffee.)

Weekend in Numbers...

10: Number of times I circled Whistle in Guildford begging PB to buy me every single thing in the store... 

(NOTE- I walked away with NOTHING.) 

(Cold hearted man.) 

(This might be grounds for couch sleeping.)

9: Approximate number of pounds of cheese PB had on Sunday. 

(Glutton.)

8: Number of diets I researched and dithered over on Saturday. 

(I broke up with WW this weekend.) 

(It was amicable.) 

(We're still friends.) 

7: Number of times I cursed my underwear on Sunday... 

(Wedgie central, people.)

(Underwear has since been eradicated.) 

6: Number of Bojangles-recipe biscuits I made... 

(NOT as good as the real thing.) 

(BUT Close enough for government work.) 

(What does that phrase even mean?)

5: Number of times I had to rescue 2 little furry hunters from the Serengeti 

(aka kitten from the garden.) 

(They are having nothing to do with that green scary stuff otherwise known as grass.)

4: Number of times I cursed our stupid oven. Multiply by 495. 

(It's the size of a small shoe-box.) 

(HATRED.) 

3: Number of glasses of wine imbibed by yours truly Saturday night. 

(SOMEONE can't handle her wine anymore.) 

(*ahem*)

2: Number of hours I giggled hysterically for no apparent reason after imbibing said wine... 

(Am I the only one who can't control her laughter after a tipple?) 

(Isn't tipple the weirdest word ever?) 

1: Number of PERFECT breakfasts we partook (word?) in at Carluccio's. 

(Best.) (Chain.) (Restaurant.) (EVER.)

Wait, It's Friday?

Y'all. 

WHERE HAS THIS WEEK GONE!?

Now that I'm a working woman (sort of) the week entirely got away from me! I'm still adjusting to the 4:45AM wake ups for the 'Bux, but I'm enjoying it so far! It's fun. Easy. Pays. Good enough for now.
My apologies for the lack of blogging this week.

My days have consisted of the following:
(and yes, usually in this order)

I'm tuckered OUT. I have the day off today and I need to clean, clean, clean, do laundry, go to the post office, make pizza dough for tomorrow night, bake a lil' treat for the poor hubs who doesn't get back until super late tonight and generally get myself "sorted" as the British say.

While this is a completely useless post, can we just briefly get all materialistic and discuss these pants?

I'm dying for them. 

THE RUCHING!

You know... because my life now consists of me wearing Lululemon approximately 85% of the time. If someone *AHEM* loved me they might show up at my door... (Even if it is $30 in shipping.)

(Minor detail.)

So anyway. 

I'm donning white cafe capri's and heading out for my errands. Yes. WHITE. Take THAT fashion rules... All I know is, it's hot as all get out and I refuse to conform to my prior old southern fashion rules now that I'm all European. (ish.)

Tell me fun things, people.

PS- Are any of you Londoners going to American Girl in Chelsea's Pink Diamonds & Pink Champagne event on October 20th to support Breast Cancer? I AM! Let me know if you're planning on going as well.

*images via*

Tag- I'm IT!

One of my absolute favorite bloggers, MCW, tagged me for a fun little game of tag. Since I adore her (and am putting off my drafting exercise for Int'l Arbitration) I decided to give it a go.

The rules: MCW gave me 8 questions to answer. I answer them, come up with 8 more, and tag other bloggers to answer MY 8 questions (etc. etc. etc.)

MCW's questions:

1. What were you like in high school?

Hmm. This is a good question! I guess I was a lot like I am now, but a lot less mature. I was a combination of geeky & popular. Geeky because I was in band (marching & concert band... Was section leader and Pres of my Music Dept my senior year. Yes. That's how I roll.) but popular because despite that I had a lot of friends. I wasn't super cool, but I tried to be nice to people and therefore people were nice to me too!

2. If you could bring one clothing style back what would it be?

I would bring back the entire 1950's clothing era. I love the style of clothes, I love the way women looked in the clothes, I love that women had curvy bodies and the clothes reflected it. I also just love the formality of yonder years when women mainly stuck to dresses, cardigans, skirts, and pedal pushers and men to suits and nice sweaters and slacks. PB bought me two dresses this summer and both are 1950's-esq. They are so pretty and flattering... I have NO idea why this style went out but I'm going to single-handedly bring it back if it kills me!

3. Do you have a green thumb?

Yes and No. Generally, yes. I love to grow flowers and have been successful at my mother's abode but for some dang reason I can't seem to keep anything alive in my apartment. I think it is because my apartment is fairly humid and perhaps is a little too warm to grow indoor stuff? No idea. It is so weird!

4. What is one thing you would love to do if you came to NYC?

Well I do come to NYC about 2/3 times a year... BUT one thing I love to do and rarely get a chance to is to go to the Central Park Zoo. It's SO fun and I've only been once. I'd also love to rent bikes and just bike around Central Park and see it all! (And eat lots and lots and lots and lots and LOTS of city-water hot dogs.)

5. One is one thing we would do if I came to visit you?

Just ONE?! We would definitely have to do a Duck Boat Tour. I've been on two and I think they are fantastic for non-native Bostonians. They are fun, interactive and you learn a lot about Boston and the history. You also get to see almost every part of the city!

6. If you HAD to decided between having a beautiful face or an amazing body which would you choose, and why?

Face! 100%. Why? Because I can lose weight and craft an amazing body, but an ugly face is forever. (I mean unless you're willing to do some hardcore plastic surgery... which I most certainly would, but I like my face.) Also I feel like a beautiful face can totally negate a not so hot body but I don't feel like a hot body can negate a heinous face.

7. Are you more like your mom or your dad?

My mom.

8. Is there something about yourself that you hide from people when you first meet them?

I tried to hide my sarcasm and my weird way of speaking. I have the WORST habit of using ghetto-fab slang constantly. I was so proud of myself this summer because I managed to contain it 99% of the time... Except when I taught my barrister what the expression "Flip her shit" means. As in "The judge was so mad I thought she was going to flip her shit at you too!" That conversation was absolutely hilarious!

My 8 questions:

1. If you had a theme song that played whenever you walked into a room, what would it be?

2. George or Brad, and why?

3. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?

4. What is the strangest question you've ever been asked?

5. Where is your favorite place to sit in a movie theater?

6. On a plane- Are you a chatter or do you do everything humanely possible not to have to interact with anyone?

7. If you could bring back one TV show from your childhood, what show would it be?

8. What is the first thing you think people notice about you?

Tagged bloggers: Anyone who is READING THIS! I've gotten into a blog rut and I just keep reading the same blogs over and over. If you are reading this please do it and then leave me a comment so I can find your blog! (Also, if you have any suggestions for fun new blogs, let me know!)

Go ahead. You know you want to play...

DO IT!

Back in Bostonia...

I arrived in at around 9:30PM last night.

Flight was SIMPLY AMAZING. I have to say... British Airways has spoiled me now... I'll never be able to go back to Economy! Let me just give you a little run down of Club World, for those of us not wealthy enough to be able to fly it all the time.

So.

First.

I got to go through the fast track security section which literally was a breeze because there was no one in front of me at all. Walked up. Put bag/laptop/liquids on the belt, walk through and I was done. SO fast!

Then I went to the BA Club Lounge... While I fly BA a lot (I mean, alotalot) I still haven't managed to get enough frequent flyer miles to be a silver card member, which is what you need to be to get access to the Club Lounge. However, thanks to my spiffy upgrade I got FULL access! It was seriously neat. Huge comfy chairs, food, food and more food, free wine, cocktails, champagne, tea, coffee, espresso, free magazines and newspapers, free internet. It was like airport heaven.

I chilled out there for about half an hour. I grabbed some fancy finger sandwiches and some wine. I wasn't hungry, but I mean... If its free! I then noticed my flight had started boarding. I had a mild panic thinking I'd have to wait for like 500 years to board (because I'm one of those OCD people who is like 5 hours early and always the first in line to board.) However, when I moseyed on over, I noticed that there was a "Fast Track" lane which matched the "Fast Track" stamp on my boarding pass. I walked right up and bypassed at least 75 people in line to board.

Thats right.

Baller.

So I boarded and got settled into my little pod. In club you sit facing another passenger and you have a screen that goes up in between you. You also have a lie down bed! That's right.

Lie.

Down.

BED.

I mean... It was LITERALLY airline heaven. I had some champagne and water before take off. After we got into the air I placed my dinner order. You are given a menu and get to pick in Club World. I had a trio of tomatoes with pesto to start and steak diane for my main with a big glass of Pouilly Fume (aka one of my favorite wines). My dessert was some moussey stuff with pomegrante seeds. It was so nice... After that... I laid my seat almost all the way down, put my pillow under my head, started Toy Story (shut up) and snuggled underneath my blanket. I fell asleep for a few hours and then woke up when they put the lights on for our snack. I usually HATE the snack in economy/premium economy. It's almost always a wrap with frozen pasta salad and a mini kit kat. This time it was a ham sandwich and a cucumber and cream cheese w/ chives sandwich. Fresh. Not frozen. Delish.

I was one of the first people off the plane and the customs agent did not even ask me one question. My only pet peeve was that my luggage was on of the last off the plane. Um, it had a "Priority" tag on it for a REASON!

Mama and Humphrey picked me and my 100lbs of luggage up and dropped us off. Those who saw my tweets know my roomie from HELL moved out. It was SO nice walking into an empty, clean apartment. My new roomie is moving in this weekend and I can't wait to meet him!

Anyway... There is a rundown of my amazing flight. I've already been grocery shopping. Now... I just need to finish up some summer internship things, prep for our club fair tomorrow and order my books! Whew!

I am SO glad to be home!

I know Boston has missed me as much as I have missed it!

Lady of Leisure

I got back to England last night. Heathrow was poppin' when I got off the plane. In fact, our plane was packed. I thought I was being a genius when I picked my seat because I picked the bulkhead seat by the exit. Not only did I have no one in front of me, I was in the very front of the section so I thought I'd be able to just hop right off the plane! Turns out I picked badly. When I got on the plane all the overhead bins were full, so I had to put things behind me. Which would have been fine... butttt I couldn't reach the bins so I had to lean over people and I got so flustered trying to get back to my carryon when we landed that I left the TWO boxes of Kashi Heart-to-Heart I brought on in one of the bins!

le sigh.

The rest of a trip was a breeze! Since I've gained roughly 8 lbs since graduation (damn bar exam) I decided that I was going to bite the bullet and order a special low calorie meal for the flight. Note to travelers: DO. NOT. EVER. ORDER. THE. LOW. CAL. MEAL. They give you fruit, fruit, with a side of fruit. Which is fine... but almost starved me to DEATH. Suffice to say the first thing I said to Paul when I walked out was "OMGCANWEPLEASEGOEATRIGHTNOWITHINKIAMDYING?!?!" We hit up our favorite Thai place in Windsor on the way home as we normally do when we fly. It was fantastic. Veggie tempura & pad thai... Made up for the approximately 15 calories I inhaled on the plane.

And so begins my life as a lady of leisure...

PB has the next two weeks off for holiday so we'll be doing holiday-esque type things which gives me an excuse NOT to start job hunting yet. I'm going to start looking in September. Until then what shall I be up to?

- finding a gym (PB needs to accept that I'm going to go *LOOK* at the 3 other gyms in town but we all know that the Four Seasons membership is totally going to be the only acceptable option)

- finding animals... Kitten, puppy(ies), baby chickies (yes. I am serious.)

- baking with Martha the Mixer (who now works thanks to a transformer to calm down the energy as to not make her explode)

- RUN (Um, hi? 5k in a month. omg.)

- Cook, cook, cook. (Am losing my 8 lbs that I gained by the end of the month or someone is going to get HURT. I can't be having this. Not one bit.)

- Paint/decorate/curtain-ize our house. (Standby for lots of home decorating posts. Cause I ain't no nothin' about decoratin' no house, neither.)

- Get a UK driver's license. (This shall be fodder for some excellent stories for our children one day!)

- Watch Come Dine With Me at every given opportunity (which literally means all day if I can finagle the remote.)

I'm so excited to be here, but slightly trepidatious (sp?) about my new life (read: my new life with no job, no income, and no friends). It should be FUN!

I'm also hope to be back to regular blogging manana!

So. Tell me. WHAT IS NEW?!

Bad, Bad blogger.

Y'all.

I have become the biggest deadbeat blogger!!!

There are a few reasons for this. First, PB's internet and my computer do NOT get along. I tried 3 times last week to upload more pictures and blog post and after waiting 1 1/2 hours each time (NO. I am NOT exaggerating) for the pictures to upload I gave up. Second, we have been SO busy. With purchasing a house, figuring out furniture, paint colors, budget stuff, wedding stuff, and then trying to actually spend time together we have had literally NO free time. Plus I kind of think y'all find my posts on Tea Rooms and british-touristy thing boring. To be honest I don't really have much to blog about other than that!

I'm on a kick where there is almost nothing that I'm jonsin' for materialistically, nothing really I'm feeling all rant-y about, nothing really exciting going on to share...

Y'ALL!!! I AM BORING!

So with my excuses given, I'll shut up and leave you with some pictures... This is what we've been up to lately. Tomorrow I'll share a recipe I came up with for a pear and brie tart. So simple and delicious! GIVE ME UPDATES PEOPLE! I'm going to try to catch up on blogs this week!

Weekend in Numbers...

10: Number of times we went on the WET log-ride at Paulton's Park...

9: Number of glasses of wine I imbibed...

(Don't judge. I rarely drink... but when I do? I DO.)

8: Number of times I tripped and almost bit it while running around chasing a soccer ball, pretending to be 10 years old again...

(No. This was not booze related... er. Ok, well Saturday might have been slightly booze-induced.)

7: Number of times I told PB that I was certain I'd gained weight while in line to weigh in on Sat...

(Turns out he was right, I had not.)

6: Number of children I took out trying to get a good seat on the spinny swingy thingy at Paulton's Park...

(What? It's fun.)

5: Number of times I reiterated to PB that chicken doesn't count as "meat" while eating a piece of roast chicken...

(For the record. Chicken is a bird. Therefore it is not the same as eating a little piggy or baby cow.)

4: Number of times I got the giggles...

(Multiply by 6.)

(Also, not booze-induced.)

3: Number of ice cream cones I ate...

(Shut. UP.)

2: Number of weeks I lasted as a LEGIT vegetarian...

(well, I'm still a vegetarian after the Sunday roast chicken debacle if you follow my "chicken-is-NOT-really-meat" rule)

1: Number of times I sliced my own hand open with my dang engagement ring...

(PB's fault for spinning me on this dumb playground thingy)

How was your weekend?

Stay tuned for lots of pics and updates this week!

Don't mind me...

I'm just currently dying.

I'm fairly certain my calling in life was to be Beyonce's diva-twin. 

If you're looking for me, I'll be wearing sequins and a 'fro (thank GOD for my curly hair) dancing around my living room in 6-inch heels.

Friday Five

1. Ted Baker's Meeta Lace Top

2.  Lululemon Wunder Under Crops 

(#1 Favorite. Literally wear them every day whilst bar preppin'.)

3. Percy Pigs

4. This mug found on the way home from Shere. 

Story of my life right now.

5. Bowties & Bangers. 

What are your Friday Five?

English Lesson of the day: Plaster

American Plaster:



English Plaster:

If you ask where the "band-aid's" are the girl at Boots is likely to be completely stumped.

Trust me.

One-Way Friendships

Do you ever feel like you're in a one-way friendship?

It dawned on me yesterday that aside from maybe 3 or 4 of my friends, all the rest of my friendships are one sided. I was thinking about it and I thought...

When is the last time someone asked ME out for lunch?

When is the last time someone initiated a G-Chat convo with ME?

When is the last time someone invited ME out for a girls night?

When is the last time someone asked ME how things were going without me having to ask?

When is the last time someone asked ME to visit and not vice versa?

I can't remember the last time anyone other than the said 3 or 4 friends (none of which are in Boston) or PB asked me to hang out, grab a drink, see a movie, go shopping, go on a trip.

I can't remember the last time anyone other than said 3 friends initiated a phone call, chat, email, letter, BBM, text msg, anything.

So I've decided that no longer am I going to initiate ANYTHING!

I'm not trying to be a good friend anymore, I'm not inviting, I'm not calling, I'm not g-chatting, I'm not extending dinner or drinks invites. Nothing.

I am OVER it. It seems that most of my friends only feel the need to contact me when they need me or have a catastrophe. I just am sick of putting forth effort and getting nothing in return!

Therefore, I'm cleaning house, people, and if you want my friendship (and I'm an excellent friend, if I do say so myself) then you people are going to have to work for it! I'm not perfect and I too fall into the trap of getting busy and forgetting to call, but I try really hard and unfortunately, that hard work is almost completely one-sided

The end.

(PS- This is not intended to be whiney, annoying, or guilt-trippy. I just wanted to share my epiphany... and It's my blog and I'll rant if I want to dang it!)

8 Things Tag!

The beautiful MCW from Saving the Best for Last tagged me with the 8 Things Tag. I thought it'd be super fun to play along!

8 TV Shows I Like to Watch:
1. Parenthood
2. Glee
3. Medium
4. The Office
5. 24
6. Lost
7. Bones
8. Barefoot Contessa/Miss Paula/Giada (What? I love food!)

8 Favorite Places to Eat and Drink:
1. Toscano (FAVORITE in the entire city of Boston!)
2. Aquitaine
3. Paramount
4. Bar 10
5. Sonsie
6. Match
7. Momofuku (NYC)
8. Parish
I literally could go on for DAYS!

8 Things I Look Forward To:
1. Summertime
2. 2nd row center seats to Chicago in London
3. CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS (wait, did I mention Christmas?)
4. Visiting my Nannie
5. Graduating law school
6. Finally being able to get my booty into a pair of designer jeans (We're looking FAR ahead, no?)
7. Picnics and bike rides with the Brit
8. Being married!!

8 Things that Happened to me Yesterday:
1. It took me 45 years to fall asleep
2. Literally spent 11 hours working on a dumb final exam that I'm certain I flunked
3. After sitting in the same position for 5 hours (in a computer chair, indian style) both legs had fallen asleep and I had to wait for 15 minutes before standing... and I still hobbled.

5. Refilled paper trays in the computer lab printers 6739134619371928371293712937 times
6. Stole 2 cookies from a co-worker and ate them within about 2.5 seconds
7. Got the giggles
8. Snorted a portion of my venti-skinny-vanilla latte through my nose during aforementioned giggles.

8 Thinks I Like About Winter:
1. CHRISTMAS
2. Hot chocolate/mochas
3. CHRISTMAS
4. Holiday music
5. CHRISTMAS
6. Lights & decorations
7. CHRISTMAS

8. My mama writing a family specific version "The Night Before Christmas" each year

8 Things on My Wish List:
1. To lose 38 more pounds (precisely)
2. A classic black Chanel quilted bag (I know... I'm a disadvantaged youth.)
3. Weekend in Paris
4. A tummy tuck
5. To leave the land of the B+ and enter the land of the A.
6. New wallet (I want one of those zippy Louis Vuitton's... Just in case you were wondering!)
7. To spend forever and ever with the Brit
8. To learn how to not be so emotional (Literally I cry at the drop of a hat)

8 Things I am Passionate About:
1. Food/Cooking
2. CHRISTMAS! (ok... Promise that's the last one.)
3. Hillary Clinton
4. Animals
5. Music
6. Audrey Hepburn
7. Aging gracefully
8. Reading

8 Words or Phrases I Use Often:
1. OHMYGOD/GOSH (either in that form, or in "OMG" form)
2. Babygirl (or BG for short)
3. Liiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkeeeeeeeeeeeee (said exactly as written)
4. I meeeeaaaannnnnnnnn (also said as written)
5. Ridiculousness
6. I guess...
7. SHUT UP! (As in disbelief)
8. Pitiful/unfortunate looking

8 Things I Have Learned From the Past:
1. Sunscreen should be a HIGH priority
2. Thinking you can love someone into loving you is a massive falsity...
3. When a cake sticks, make cake-balls!
4. When in yoga wear a tight sports bra... or else things might, um, shift... which might be, um, embarrassing
5. Caring too much is better than not caring enough...
6. Phylo dough is a BITCH to work with
7. Chivalry is not dead...
8. Whole milk in tea or a mocha makes a WORLD of difference...

8 Places I Would Like to Visit/See:
1. Kuala Lumpur
2. The Great Wall of China
3. DEUTSCHLAND! (Germany for all you English-is-my-only-language-speakers)
4. The Great Barrier Reef/Australia
5. Venice
6. Iceland
7. Japan
8. Bali/Fiji/somewhere in Indonesia

8 Things I Currently Want/Need:
1. A visa apparently (for my summer gig in England... who knew!?)
2. A trust fund (AMEN MY SISTER!)
3. A new pair of Rainbows... (Mine have starting dying my feet brown and are unfortunate looking)
4. To be done with exams and law school COMPLETELY...
5. White jeans! (I'm finally jumping on the bandwagon)
6. Mani/Pedi (Seriously.)
7. A smushed-faced cat from Martha Stewart's breeder that I will name Norman.
8. A haircut

8 Bloggers I'm Tagging: (But feel free to throw this up on your blog if not tagged! It's fun and a great thing to do if having Blogger's Block!)
1. Monograms and Manicures
2. The Company She Keeps
3. East Coast Girl Goes West
4. Peach Bellini Bride
5. Pink Maple Design
6. Seersucker Scrapper
7. Black Labs and Lilly
8. Cardigans and Clogs

Pardon me...

While I go fail Taxation of Business Entities.

I'll be back soon!

PS: I cut 6/7 ish inches off my hair. I don't know how I feel about this mommy-do I'm sporting.

(Excuse the bad bathroom self-portrait.)

Let the Birthday week commence...

We are officially starting the birthday countdown today... In one week I leave the world of MID 20s and enter the world of LATE 20s.

Here are 7 reasons why I'm looking forward to the BIG 2-7

1. ENGLAND! My birthday marks the start of 3 months of working, traveling, cooking and date nights with my fella in jolly ole' England.

2. 3L! The big 2-7 marks the beginning of the end of law school. HALLELUJAH!

3. BACHELORETTE WEEKEND! This will be the year I get to wrangle all my besties (or as many as I can guilt into coming) into one city with me to play like never before!

4. GOAL WEIGHT! This year marks the final push to reach my goal weight. If I stay roughly on target I'll hit it right before my 28th birthday next year! I CAN DO IT!

5. MARRIAGE! This is the year I will kiss goodbye to my single years and become eternally stuck with the Brit. (heeeehehehe)

6.10k! This is the year I am going to RUN a 10k! Last year I tackled a 5k and by October I'm going to be running the Tufts 10k for women... even if it kills me!

7. HOMEOWNER! (Well... sort of) This is the year that PB and I purchase a house together! And by together I mean he purchases it and I get to live it in... and when we become legally bound together it will become partly mine too! So therefore, I will become a first time homeowner!

(with PBs money...which is entirely beside the point)

Weekend in Numbers...

10: The number of hours I slaved away in the computer lab yesterday...

9: The number of times I sneezed in Starbucks this afternoon (approximately)...

8: The number of cups of tea I've imbibed this weekend... (Intervention potentially in order soon)

7: The number of times I had to use the bathroom after said tea... (Apparently it's a diuretic)

6: The number of times I wanted to die while on the Stairmaster... (Multiply by 100)

5: The number of times a potentially mentally handicapped man told me I had pretty hair while in line at 7-11 to buy an apple and one of the aforementioned teas... (Too bad I'm already taken...)

4: The number of times I hit my leg on the corner of my bed today... Bruise in the process of formation... (Wait... make that 5... dangit)

3: The number of weeks (plus 4 days) until I'm Britain-bound for the summer... (Good lord, hurry up)

2: The number of days of class left until the end of the semester... (Paper-bag hyperventilation commenced)

(1.2: The number of pounds I lost at Weight Watchers this week... (YAY!))

1: The number of seasons of Bones I managed to watch this weekend while finish typing up all of my International Law notes and outline... (What? I got my notes and outline done.)

Weekend in Numbers...

10: Number of times PB & I cursed the anime convention... (multiply by 500)

9: Number of times we saw "Jesus" strolling through the Pru this weekend...

8: Approximate number of gallons of sangria we consumed at Toro in the South End...

7: Number of compliments I received on my Easter dress (LOVE!)

6: Number of times I tried to get PB to go try Zumba with me... (I lost.)

5: Number of pieces of popcorn PB got to eat before I inhaled the rest... No exaggeration.

4: Number of weeks until I graduate...

3: Number of times I cried in Water for Elephants...

2: Number of PAPERS I must finish in approximately 2 weeks...

1.3: Number of lbs lost at WW this week! (SO CLOSE TO 90!)

1: Number of times I was referred to as MRS. PB!

All in all a weekend filled with delicious food, tasty beverage and lots and lots of fun. One month until PB is back for graduation! CAN'T WAIT!