Monday Monday

Happy Monday! I would normally never put those two words in the same sentence but today is different because of a short work week and lots of things on my social agenda. I am most excited that my workday will end at 5 on Wednesday so that we can gear up for our departure to the Outer Banks at 8:30 Thursday morning. Hooray!

Wednesday is my dear friend Amanda's "Mandy" birthday and we will be helping her celebrate it at The Melting Pot for ladies night, which happens to be tomorrow. We have a group of 10 and we are looking forward to eating, drinking, and being merry to help her have fun turning "23."

Wednesday night Kevin and I are having date night, which will involve dinner and a movie. As weird as it is, I REALLY want to see Earth, which is a documentary about our planet and the effect we humans have on it changing. I am thinking it will be really informative and educational. We shall see!

So the weekend was amazing! Kevin and I had a good time with our friends on Friday night watching the Caps game and then my Saturday shopping adventure was a huge success. Would you believe that I got everything I said I wanted to get which includes a suit, work dresses, capris, and a nice pair of khakis. I got some great deals and never really felt the usual buyer's remorse. I am really proud of my purchases and feel like i got a good start on building a "working woman's" wardrobe."

That night, we attended Elizabeth's party which was a lot of fun too. It was really cool how we all coordinated and showed up at the party together. Especially since we arrived fashionably late with 3 cases of beer, ice, tubs, and brownies. We definitely made a scene. Imagine that!

Kevin and I celebrated Mother's Day with his family by hiking and eating dinner together. Hiking was really fun because we were able to bring all three dogs and they seemed to have really good time exploring. I was really happy they went with us until last night when I noticed that they both were covered in red splotches. Would you believe that they were both covered in Poison Ivy!!?!!? Who knew? I covered them in Chickweed salve, which is an herbal cure all and it worked like a charm. We woke up today to see that it has faded a bit and did not spread to us or the rest of their bodies. Thank goodness.