My Snowy Birthday Week

Last week Josh and I (and our new friend TomTom) drove up to Minneapolis/St. Paul to check out apartments and rent houses. 

We did a lot of driving in the snow.

 

 

Everyone will be happy to know that we did stay warm. 

Right before we left, I found these cute-ish snow booties on uber-clearance at TJ Maxx in Arkansas. Jesus was looking out for me, because these babies sure did the trick.

Between the snow boots and the many layers of clothing I wore each day, I was in good shape.

 

For my birthday, Josh got us tickets to see The Birds at the Guthrie. 

{What a treat!}

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The play (a creepy psychological drama with an awesome sound design) was totally different from the movie. For one thing, it was set in the present time.

By the end of our trip, we had decided that it would probably make more sense for us to just buy a house. 

I hope it all works out, and I hope my new house is cute!

{ quotes of dismay }

Me: (within the first 3 minutes of arriving in the Microtel parking lot)

Is that a hooker?

Oh my God, is that really a condom wrapper?

Is that hooker a man?

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Me: (in the car, on our way to explore the city) Oh no! TomTom is sick! TomTom isn't moving or talking!

(turns out she just needed a moment to collect her thoughts)

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Josh: (Saturday morning, as we were leaving the Microtel for home in the wee hours) So how long had you been awake before I asked you if you were awake?

Me: Since I heard someone vomiting in the parking lot. You?

Josh: Since before that.

Vintage Color Splash

I bought this necklace at Cheap Thrills (a vintage/thrift clothing store in Fayetteville) for $10 like a year ago.

It's one of those 60's necklaces like they wore in "The Help."

I have another one that belonged to my Grandma Forga. It's pale pink and a bit more subtle. I wear it quite a bit. But I never wore the sherbert-tastic Cheap Thrills necklace because I couldn't figure out what to put it with. Yesterday evening, while getting dressed to go see a play, I was inspired to pair it with this black sweatshirt-dress.



Perfect!

I was going to make this my profile picture on Facebook, until Josh pointed out that I was making the dreaded "duck face." So I went with this instead.

Anyway, this outfit was totally cute and I was totally proud of it. You can't see, but I did black tights and brown cowboy boots.

{ quote of the day }

Josh on Valentine's Day: 

"Man, there were like six redheads in Walmart today!

Not that I went to Walmart to buy your flowers.

I was just there to look at the redheads."

The Sadder But Wiser Girl

Who knew that Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Family Guy, had his own album? Not me. But I was slightly thrilled when Terry Gross played a song from it, and it was "The Sadder But Wiser Girl" from The Music Man. OMG. He sings it so good I almost cried.

What a freakin' cute song!!! BTW, The Music Man is like my favorite thing that ever happened. I participated in a local production of it when I was 8-ish(?), and I wore out my little cassette tape with all the songs on it. Then, the love affair continued when Matthew Broderick starred in a made-for-TV movie adaptation of it in 2003. Kristin Chenoweth was in it, it was awesome, I own the DVD.