I had a phenomenal weekend this past weekend. The kind of weekend where I can breathe a sigh of relief and contentment on Sunday night because I finished everything I wanted to do and feel caught up on life and saw friends and ate great food and drank quality drinks and all-around feel fulfilled.
I am savoring every second of these happy and content feelings because some weekends are frustrating and sad and lonely and unproductive, but this weekend was not one of those and for that I am thankful.
I won’t go through every single thing I did, but actually I’ll probably end up listing it all anyway. Sorry about that, just bear with me.
On Friday the Husband and I went out with a high school friend of mien and her husband at a place in Chicago I’ve been meaning to go forever – The Publican. It was fantastic. I was happy that they had seafood dishes because it’s basically known for its meat and beer and I don’t eat or drink either one of those. It was tapas style and the dishes were delicious and we shared so much great food and laughed over beers and scallops and hams and mussels in beer broth.
Great friends, great drinks, great food… nothing beats this!Speaking of which, you’ll be happy to know (well, you probably don’t care, but I’m at least happy to tell you) that I’ve settled on my ‘adult drink of choice’ which is Ketel One and water with lemon. Perfection in a glass.
I spent my Saturday shopping on Michigan Avenue with one of my absolute favorite people ever, Miss Brittany.
Well, first we went to Xoco. I had never been there before and it did not disappoint in the slightest.
I got the fish stew. To-die-for delicious.Now, I really don’t go shopping very often (I promise!), but lately I’ve really been figuring out things I need to buy and have been going at this list with extra-enthusiasm. Our stores-of-choice for this shopping expedition were Sephora, Anthropologie, and Nordstrom Rack. The things I purchased included: a cardigan (yes, another one), raspberry jeans, an ‘&’ sign for house decor, a candle, conditioner, blush, bronzer, exfoliator, moisturizer, foundation, eye liner, eye shadow, lip liner, lip gloss, a winter coat…. it was exhausting. I found some awesome deals, too!
After our productive afternoon, Brit & I went out to dinner to celebrate our most fantastic and successful shopping day of all time at Vermillion with our significant others where I got the most AMAZING vegetarian dish I’ve ever eaten. I’m not even being dramatic, it was that delicious. We all belly-laughed and enjoyed cocktails and dined on Indian food (and other infusion-type dishes) and stayed for hours and hours. I even ordered three desserts and we finished every morsel.
Brit and the Husband (mine, obviously, not hers)Today I woke up and went to CrossFit and the Husband and I ran some errands and bought a piece of furniture and some frames and then we went to church and ate dinner. Perfection.
My credit card is a bit overwhelmed after all of the use its gotten in the past few days, but I am so, so happy that I took care of so many things I’ve been saying I needed to buy for weeks.
And now I’m watching the Blackhawks and I’m about to read and cuddle with my little monster.
Perfect weekend? I think so.
I hope everyone else has had an equally wonderful weekend.
