Weekend Wrap-Up
Thursday (apparently now part of the weekend)
Although slightly hopebroken, I enjoyed dinner and drinks at the newly opened and quite fabulous Village Idiot (which by the way has an amazing pinot noir) with a just as fabulous group of LA blogging women. Of course, I already know Randi and Nicole, but I finally got to meet Lori and Amy. It was quite the fun night! And, we had a quasi-celebrity sighting–Norman from the first season of the Real World. Yes, I’m old enough to have watched the first season. And apparently something else enough to remember his name.
Friday
Thanks to the crane incident closing the 405, my five mile surface street commute home took about an hour due to everyone driving toward the canyons to avoid the freeway. Yeah, it sucked, but at least I didn’t have to go to the Valley. Anyway, that night I caught up on about three hours of Tivod stuff, considered purchasing a voodoo doll, then went to bed.
Saturday
For the first time in way too long, I actually slept in until 10:30; it was so nice. Then I did laundry, cleaned my apartment, ran errands, and lounged around like a total bum.
That night, Jen and I had dinner at Ford’s Filling Station, Harrison Ford’s son’s restaurant, (yummy–we shared the chocolate creme brulee for dessert–so good, and I don’t even like creme brulee), then made our way over to Bottle Rock (super cute wine bar with a really cute server) for more wine, then saw Because I Said So (Diane Keaton’s character was just way too ridiculous and sort of ruined the movie for me) across the street. It was a very fun night, and I am so glad I got to see Jen!
Sunday
After sleeping in again, I hit the market then ventured to Loehman’s and the Beverly Center. (I got a dress and pants I’ll be returning as well a wallet I’m keeping.) Following an unsuccessful shoe shopping trip, I came home, met up with my sister, and tried on four potential outfits for my cousin’s upcoming wedding. We decided on my $30 (!) H&M dress and headed out to two discount shoe stores in search of cute shoes. (Super Bowl? Who cares about the Super Bowl?) I am happy to say I now have a complete outfit to wear to the wedding. And, the dress and shoes together cost less than the other dresses I will returning. I’m stoked.
Now I’m going to straighten up a bit, clean out my purse, and swap out my new wallet. Then I’m going to make some dinner and plant myself on the couch. I love Sundays.
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In other news: Tuesday evening I’m meeting my Speeddating match for coffee. Wednesday evening my Little, her mom, and our caseworker are celebrating our three year anniversary as a match (amazing, I know!). Thursday night is girls’ night with Jen, Ann-Marie, and Marisa. Next weekend I’m chopping about five inches from my hair (if I don’t chicken out first). And finally, a week from Thursday I’m going to New York for my cousin’s wedding. I can’t wait to get out of town and to see snow for the first time in like ten years.
