james and I are heading to dallas in sept for the michigan vs alabama game
this is our first trip to texas! (and I am absolutely giddy with excitement!)
we'll be at the game on saturday but are staying until monday night-- therefore?
I need your suggestions on-- where to eat, what to see and where to shop!
and? I think I may have to get myself some cowgirl boots.
haven't linked any music to my posts in a while--so why not.
lack of creativity and pictures + a mix with no desire to blog-- well, you get another hiatus (one too many).
and with that, you'll get a dump of what I've been up to lately, 'ashley lately'
a few weekends back in january my bff'er ange & her bf came to SF and well after going through 200+ pictures-- here's our weekend!
we spent most of the weekend playing tourist (i've seen the palace of fine arts + golden gate bridge and obscene number of times now)
hiking over at eagle's point --something I loove to do with visitors. the views are pretty spectacular and the hiking is super fun!
and yes the middle picture is a faaaaaaav. they are too cute for words and the picture captures their personalities perfectly!
after having friends in town my little seeester came to visit.
I had such a great time with her here-- I didn't want her to say goodbye! I am trying my damndest to get her to move to SF after graduation.
the following weekend we had james' dad & stepmom here back to back weekends between their skiing trip to mammoth. from there and in between we've had pretty jam packed weekends. this past-- was the first where it was just james & I and I couldn't of been happier to relax, make dinner and go to the movies ('safe house')
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I am happy to report that all of my pictures from my computer have been uploaded to my dropbox account -- which next I am going to tackle college pictures (which was oh-so funscary --no seriously, so scary, ugh-- to look through) I was sharing with Aly-- who I know from college and we swore to not share any of those. and believe me I looked for some good ones-- there weren't any. what the heck was I thinking? short, blondish hair + light pink lipstick & eyeshadow and 15lbs. gross.
redo of college pictures, please? and my paint skills-- are awesome.
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speaking of the movies. I, of course have to have popcorn (a must) and we got a diet coke and it was the first one I had since the beginning of the new year (even longer but my accounting of dates? awful) but honestly? I didn't enjoy it- at all. which I guess-- is a good thing.
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james and I went to a gala for an organization he is a part of and we were featured in the write up and well not only did they spell my name incorrect, but this is what happens when stretching a picture to fit a space goes wrong. awesome.
and with tomorrow being valentine's day-- I am beyond excited to see 'the vow' (like every other valentine-go'er, I'm sure) and I have a little somethingsomething planned for james.
can't believe it's already december 21st-- where has time gone?
I am late to jump on the christmas decorations post-- but better late than never-- right? ;)
since we live in a >800 sq ft apartment- space is limited (that's putting it mildly) which means buying christmas decorations = not happening. (I'd rather have the space to store my clothes than worrying about decorations) so I made due with what I had & spent maybe $12 at michaels.
a. handmade candy dish -- made my yours truly b. poinsettia flowers c. table centerpiece
a. vase + added pretty purple bow & gold/silver balls
b. stockings hung from bookshelf
c. vase + touch of gold and red
remember how I mentioned we were getting a christmas tree delivered? yep. we paid $30 for this very oh-so tiny christmas tree. our version of a 'charlie brown christmas tree'. and yes-- it stands maybe 2 1/2 ft tall. seriously.
lastly-- wanted to share our christmas card pictures! i absolutely loved how they turned out!
the 2nd is my personal fav. we went old school and sent actual cards with our pictures-- there's just something very personal that I love about writing in our cards and signing our names! ;)
can't wait for the holiday! what are your christmas plans?
we are spending christmas here in san francisco together with our own little family. :)
