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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hope you enjoy some treats

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And sweets

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With friends today!

What are your fun St. Patrick's Day plans? ;)

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

I will admit it--I am really stressed about my upcoming deadlines for my thesis. My paper is due to my committee on the last day of March, and I present April 15. Of course I have many more "to-dos" before I am able to start writing. Obviously, this means I had to give my blog a mini-makeover, make brownies, and do laundry last night. When I was in undergrad and had a lot due, my room often got cleaned, or my many loads of laundry done. Anything to put off doing the big projects. I think it's also nice to feel control over your environment when so many other issues you may not be able to control.

I apologize in advance if I'm not able to pop over to each of your blogs as often during the next month. In addition to my thesis, this is also the busy season at work, and I'm also attempting to find a new job for post-graduation.

What do you do for stress relief? What do you think of the mini-makeover? ;)

Friday, March 11, 2011

Your Style Is. . .

I recently tried a couple of the shoe sites that lets you personalize your "picks", and this is what one of the sites told me:

Obviously, this means the site is legit. ;)

Hope you have a happy Friday!

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Pink & Green Blooms

Today's rain has me dreaming of spring and warmer weather. One of the very best perks about warm weather are all of the gorgeous blooms. The cover of Midwest Living (one of my mom's favorite magazines) got me very excited about peonies.

Bop on over to Trish's to play along!

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What blooms are you most excited to see? ;)

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

The Windy City

I had a beyond fabulous time in Chicago. The bf is from a Chicago suburb, so we got in a day early and stayed with his parents before taking the train downtown.

Of course we had to stop by Dunkin Donuts for coffee for the train.

We stayed at Hotel Palomar, and it was perfect. Its a boutique hotel, and they were even able to let us go up to our room at 10:30 in the morning when we first got there. I was tres impressed. ;) The pool was gorgeous and overlooked the city.

After checking in, we were off for our first meal--lunch at Quartino's. We have actually been to Quartino's before for a late-night pizza and drinks, but the lunch was even better.

We spent the afternoon walking around, enjoying the architecture, and of course, a little bit of shopping. ;)

These blush champagne flutes from Crate & Barrel may need to be ordered soon, and that couch is absolutely perfect.

We were surprised once we got back to the hotel with champagne for our anniversary!

We met up with my bestie and her bf, and after drinks and appetizers at Sable (and more than a couple songs to dance to in our room), we were off to Kingston Mines for live music.

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The rest of the weekend included dinner at a fabulous BBQ restaurant, Chicago Q, much more shopping (including this fabulous new jacket), and of course, time with my bestie!