WARNING: Super long blog post!

What a weekend! I am so happy to FINALLY be sitting in my bed, in my pajamas, drinking a glass of wine. I have not been able to just rest this whole weekend. Lets have a recap shall we...? Grab your glass of wine and sit back and listen to me beyotch...oopsie I mean explain.

Begining with Friday...long work day as usual. I had been looking forward to 6:30 p.m since I had arrived at work that morning. It had been a long week for everyone including the kiddos. I think I speak for everyone when I say I'm SO ready for school to be back in session! So after a long day and an especially busy week, I decided to treat myself to a manicure :) Scott would be on his way to LC and to fill up the time between then and him arriving, I would get my nails done. It felt fabulous! I was the only one in the salon and besides the sounds of the intruments being used to perfect my nails, I finally had some peace, quiet, and alone time. Scott and I had planned on going to see a movie that night but by the time we were ready to head out the door, we realized that there would be no way we would make it to the theater in time. Blah, I really wanted to see The Help! So instead we decided to go to Blockbuster and see what they had to offer. A whole lot of nothing! We ended up renting Hall Pass which I did not want to see from the day I had seen the previews for it forever ago. Not only did it get bad ratings, but the crude humor just isn't my thing. I am a tough critic though. I don't tend to like the movies that other people think are hilarious. Buuuut we decided to give it a try anyway. Mistake! It wasn't funny. Good movies are hard to come by these days. In my opinion anyway...

Saturday morning comes in no time. I wake up and immediately begin cooking breakfast. I made bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches on sliced tuscan bread. They were YUMMY! :) As soon as Scott and I got done eating we were immediately out the door to go get birthday presents for the party we were taking my niece and nephew to. Completely forgetting it was tax free weekend....we quickly found ourselves sitting in traffic around Baybrook Mall. Also, mind you, we were supposed to be meeting my sister at 3:00 p.m half way between her house in Cypress and mine in League City at the Papadeaux's restaurant near Reliant Stadium. Long story short we got the gifts, made it to Papadeaux's, and back home just in time to get back in the car and head to the party. I was begining to get a just a little tired at this point. The party was great, the kids had a good time, the were on their best behavior, and used their best manners :) Towards the end of the party, Rylan started getting restless and wanted so badly to go swimming. Poor baby. Remember in the previous post, they were supposed to have a swimming pool and water slide but due to League City's water rationing it just wasn't possible. I felt so bad because he was so looking forward to it and I had opened my BIG mouth and told him we would get to go swimming but it just didn't end up that way. So...I decided to take them to my friend's apartment pool after we had left the party so they could get their swimming fix. They had a blast. Scott was such a good sport and helped me out so much! He played "shark" with Rylan while I was playing with Keegan on the stairs and we would switch and he would take Keegan to the deep end and I would play "shark" with Rylan. We were all beat by this point!

Sunday came and it was Scott's birthday! I woke him up and cooked him my special french toast and eggs :) De-lish! After breakfast it was time to get the kids and ourselves ready to head back to Reliant by 3:00 to drop my niece and nephew back off with my sister. Remember that steak and shrimp, chipotle lime corn on the cob, couscous, salad, and carrot cake I was supposed to make...? Ya, that didn't happen! Scott and I were both exausted and decided that we just wanted something quick and easy. So on the way home from dropping the kids off, Scott and I stopped at Pei Wei for a late, simple, birthday lunch. We LOVE that place! I still wanted to attempt to make the oreo cake balls though. That thought quickly turned into..."How about we try to make birthday cake pops?"-Scott. Another long story short...the cake part turned out great but the pop part...not so much. We were so crunched for time that they pretty much just turned into birthday cake balls dipped in white chocolate. The taste, as a whole, was great but the overall presentation was not up to par. I am SUCH a perfectionist...you would have thought someone had just rained on my parade. I was so upset that I didn't get to take my time, make them perfect, have them displayed properly, and exactly the way I wanted them. My whole attitude changed. Scott was so sweet, he kept telling me "Oh wow! These are so good. Thank you!" I knew he was just trying to make me feel better though and in all honestly, he did. I was very disappointed that my weekend didn't go according to plan, but now looking back on it, it wasn't so bad. It could've been worse and I'm thankful that it wasn't! I really need to work on realizing that everything DOESN'T always have to be perfect... Meh, maybe tomorrow ;)

On a side note, Kim Kardashian FINALLY got married! She and NBA player Kris Humphries had a private yet lavish ceremony in front of an elite list of friends and family in Montecito, California on Saturday the 20th. E! will be airing the wedding sometime in October. I will be watching! :)

Scott and I went into Kirklands today and they had out their fall decor! LOVE! Fall is about a month away! I'm MORE than ready!!

 I'll leave you with this Fall survey...

 What is your favorite thing about the fall? The fashion and the weather

What is your favorite fall dessert? Pumpkin Spiced Lattes from Starbucks accompanied by a piece of pumpkin loaf. Yum!

Will you be carving pumpkins this year? Most definitely

Have you ever bobbed for apples? Actually, no.

Do you decorate your home for fall or Halloween? Of course!

Do you still go trick or treating? If no, how old were you when you last went? No, I'm not sure the exact age but it was in middle school...and I felt too old.

 Is it cold enough to snow where you live yet? No and it probably won't this year : /

 Have you seen your breath in the air yet? No but I can't wait to!

Did you go to any corn mazes? No, I'm realizing that I'm missing out on a lot of Fall traditions!

 Do you drink hot chocolate in the fall? Yes. Godiva makes delicious hot chocolate!

 What is one thing you love about the fall? The festive foods

 Have you ever made a scarecrow? In school, not a real one :)

Have you ever jumped in a leaf pile? Yes!

What reminds you of fall the most? Homecoming and football games

Do you have a favorite show that comes out in the fall? There is a new show called Suburgatory that I would like to watch

Can you still go swimming in the fall where you live? Unfortunately, yes

 Do you eat candy corn? Yes and the pumpkins too :)

 Have you had a caramel or candy apple yet? Nope, can't indulge yet!

Time for another glass of wine...