Happy Friday

Happy Friday everyone!!!

I am getting off work early today and starting my very busy weekend the moment I get off. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend and a Happy Easter!

Mr. Pickle, my sister's boyfriend (Scott) and our friend Mike are participating in their first rib cook-off tomorrow. Send good luck vibes their way. Let's go Starvin' Marvins' BBQ Team!!!!

See you all on Monday.

Trip Down Memory Lane - New Orleans

I found a disk with some pictures from about five years ago and thought I would share with you some from the trip Mr. Pickle and I took to New Orleans. It was my first time and Mr. Pickle's second time and we had a blast. This trip was only two months before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. We hope to visit again soon.

Drinking Hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's.


Visiting the Plantations.

Taking a swamp tour.

Drinking Mint Julips.

Out on Bourbon Street.

We really did have a lot of fun doing different activities, we also went on a haunted tour of the French Quarter, went on a dinner cruise and visited some different areas for shopping.

Have you ever been to New Orleans before?

Wishful Wednesday

'I wish' .... I could re-live one Easter memory from my childhood, and it would be the Easter that ______!

I am going to say any of the Easter's that we went to Santa Cruz to visit our extended family. We have a lot of family that lives in Santa Cruz and it was tradition to spend Easter with all of them.

Since we have grown a bit older and have new families to include and busier schedules than ever, it hasn't worked out that we go down there the past couple of years, but we will get back on track and make it tradition again. I love my family, we have so much fun together.

It saddens me that there are some members of the family that have passed away and it really hits me when the holidays are around since we have always been so close with our family. I am just happy that I do have great memories to look back on!

Join in on the Wishful Wednesday fun by going to Kelsey's blog

Picture taken from Google Images

Weekend Review

Without further ado, let's discuss my weekend. It was pretty busy, but very enjoyable!!

Friday night started off a little disappointing with St. Mary's losing to Baylor. However, we are still proud of how far they went and it was very exciting while it lasted. Later in the evening I had dinner with my mom and then ran a few errands.

Saturday morning I went to my grandpa's house to spend a few hours with him.

This is a typical morning for him, sitting in his chair watching TV, drinking coffee and spending time with his cat.

I returned from my grandpa's to find the boys bbqing and playing video games. They have entered in a rib cook off and wanted to get in some good practice before the competition next weekend.

Saturday evening/night was girls night in Sacramento. A few of us girls got together for dinner and games and had a great time catching up.

Sunday morning, the boys (minus one) were at it again. This time they are wearing the shirts they made for the competition. I was able to try the ribs and they turned out fantastic.

Sunday night was spent in San Francisco at our friend's wedding.

Look at the view from the reception room. Such a beautiful day!!
We had a great time and was glad we got to be a part of their special day.

An action shot of Mr. Pickle dancing with the bride.

Overall a great weekend, although as I mentioned yesterday, Sunday weddings lead to very rough Monday mornings.

Oh so sleepy

Weekend review will be delayed this week.

Mr. Pickle and I attending a wedding last night and although he got to stay home and sleep in this morning, I had to fight with my alarm to let me stay in bed as long as possible before I had to rush out the door for work. My brain is a little slow functioning to say the least!!

Pretty much what I feel like doing at work today.

The wedding was good times though, but more on that later.

Hope everyone is having a Happy Monday.

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Let's Go Gaels

Happy Friday all!!!!

Now as most of you can tell, I am not a huge sports fan. Very rarely will you see me post about sports on this here pink blog. Today however, is an exception.

Today is a big day for our local St. Mary's Gaels. Their basketball team goes up against the Baylor Bears this afternoon in Texas in the Sweet Sixteen.

This game is big for obvious reasons, St. Mary's is being called the "Cinderella" team, Mr. Pickle is a St. Mary's alum and my family has been close to one of the player's family for some time. It is great to see him and his family get so much positive recognition as they all deserve it.

Today may be one of those days I am happy I work right upstairs from a bar (remind me of this the next morning I can't park in my parking spot because someone over consumed the night before and barfed in the parking lot) as I plan to make my way downstairs in time for the 4:30 tip off!! I am ready wearing navy blue and red!!

Let's Go Gaels!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Do I dare say it?

Let me let you in on a little secret of mine. I have had a girl crush on LC (Lauren Conrad for those of you living under a rock) since the Laguna Beach days. Okay so being that my girl crush has been going strong since 2004, I guess it could now be considered an obsession. However, that makes me sound creepy and I'm not...so girl crush it is.

Anywho, I have been hearing great things about her clothing line that is sold at Kohl's. I figured I would go give it a looksie even though I am poor and have no cash flow to spend on clothes. But, what else was I going to do for the half-hour I had to kill before I had to pick up Mr. Pickle from BART which is so conveniently located right down the street from Kohl's.

My first visit to Kohl's and first experience with the Lauren Conrad collection was not what I was expecting. First of all, everything in the store was pretty well organized and there were sales associates available to assist you.

Side Note: I hate going to some department stores (which shall remain nameless) only to have an arm full of clothes and not be able to grab a tank off the rack because the straps from the surrounding tanks and those stupid hanger straps are all caught up in the hanger of the one shirt you are trying to pull from the rack AND to top it all off, there is no one around who is willing and able to help you get the shirt or offer to take your items to a dressing room so you can continue to shop. I know, I have obviously spent way too much time shopping at Nordys. Okay, rant over.

Once I found the Lauren Conrad collection, I was pleasantly surprised that there were some great options to choose from. I was expecting items that would satisfy a tween's fashion sense and sizing that was fit for little people (which obviously I am not). I found several items that seemed to be cute but not young cute and a good combination of playful and mature. In addition, I was able to find my size and when I got to the fitting room was definitely surprised that the fit was true to size (IE. Large is actually a Large, not a Forever 21 Large that would fit someone that is normally a small). It looked like I had just gone through Lauren's closet and was trying on some of her clothes :)

Although I was unable to purchase anything, ran out of time before Mr. Pickle called and said he arrived and was waiting for me and the line was loooong and I have no money as previously mentioned, I will definitely be visiting Kohl's again to get me some fits.

Are you familiar with the collection? What are your thoughts?

These are just my honest opinions, I wasn't compensated in any way for posting my opinions.

All pictures taken from Google images.