My crazy insane (long) weekend wrap-up
Posted by Magdelyn on February 22nd, 2010I can’t believe how fast this weekend flew by. Seriously. Is there a way to slow time down just a fraction? Because I’m still not ready to get on a plane and head back to Chicago.
Wednesday was a blur-I spent most of the day packing, but I managed to squeeze in Mass so I could get ashes. (Did I mention I decided to give up sweets for Lent? More on that later) Our flight actually left Chicago on time (shocking, I know) and after a rather uneventful flight we landed safe & sound in Pittsburgh. And we were stunned by the amount of snow. Stunned.
Thursday afternoon we met with our florist and finalized wedding flowers. My florist is awesome-she’s a family friend, so she would honestly tell me if any of my ideas sucked/wouldn’t work/whatever but she was really excited about my ideas. Of course we threw in some gossip in there too. Chris was bored out of his mind. Poor guy. Later we went to our food tasting. We semi-finalized the menu (Filet Mignon or Chicken Piccata) and came up with the Big Day timeline.
Friday was House Hunting round #2. Let me start off by saying Friday did not start well. We arrived at the first place and were walking up to the property to meet with our realtor and I FELL ON A PATCH OF ICE. RIGHT ON MY ASS. I guess falling isn’t enough of an embarrassment because I spilled my starbucks all over myself, AND ripped my new North Face jacket. Luckily no one saw me fall, but I had reminders of my klutziness all day long in the form of down feathers escaping from the hole in my coat and my ass hurting so bad I could barely sit down. We managed to check out a few more properties after that, none we were totally jazzed about.
We threw in a quick cake consultation and tasting at Creations by Carlini before taking a break.
The fact that I got to enjoy Mad Mex with some of my favourite ladies made my night a million times better.
We talked about pretty much everything-Lent, jobs, buying houses, and BOYS. I’m sad I’m leaving a lot of my friends back in Chicago but having these ladies here in Pittsburgh make me feel a lot better about it.
Saturday morning I got to have cake for breakfast! I set up a cake tasting at Bethel Bakery for 10am. I don’t know what I was thinking, but I was probably pumped about being allowed to have cake that early. And the cake was delicious. We decided to go with them for our wedding and we’re thrilled about it. We made a quick trip to Shadyside so Chris could meet some of his new coworkers and I popped into J Crew and bought a sweater & necklace (I couldn’t help myself!!). My family came over Saturday night so we could finally share the big moving news with them. I also found out my future husband and father to my future child(ren) has no idea how to pick up a baby. While it was slightly terrifying, it was mostly hilarious to see a toddler ask Chris to pick him up and Chris going “What do I do?”
Yesterday was pretty chill. Finally a day where we didn’t really have anything to do! Chris flew back to Chicago last night so sleeping alone was lonely. My brother & I went to see Shutter Island together and his friend gave us the Senior Citizen discount-sweet! I thought the movie was great even though the actual plot was kind of predictable. I would be the worst movie reviewer because I thought the movie was awesome but I don’t really know why. It may or may not have something to do with my childhood crush on Leo (I’m talking pre-titanic/Romeo & Juliet days).
Tonight I fly back to Chicago but not before I do some more house hunting. With my Dad. God help me.
So how was your weekend??















