Free Bagel Friday

A local bagel company has recently decided to give out one free bagel to people who come in with a recurring coupon on Fridays before 11 am. They did this last year and I was sad when they stopped as I am addicted to bagels - they are so tasty!

Costco doesn't carry my favorite bagels (blueberry), and now I get one free blueberry bagel a week. I don't even have to go out of my way to get it! On my journey to work, I stop at a shop close to State St, I walk in, show them my coupon, they get me a bagel, they slice my bagel and I continue my commute. No inconnvenience to me, and it becomes just one more thing that makes Friday the best day of the week. Just add some free hot chocolate and I am in heaven!

I love Free Bagel Friday!

A Homemade Quilt

I might be considered a little old fashioned, but ever since I was little girl I have wanted to sew a quilt. Not just tie a quilt, but actually get out a sewing machine and piecing together a quilt.





It has been a long time coming, but finally I have fulfilled my dream. And I loved it so much that I will definitely do it again (as soon as I get another Jo-Ann's coupon).

Volunteering for NSO

Steve really wanted to be a Y group leader for the New Student Orientation program at BYU for Fall 2010. Even though I wasn't a student, Steve wanted me to be a Y group leader with him. It sounded like a good thing to do, so I said, "Yes".

I wasn't really expecting much, but it was amazing! I met some truly incredible people. Not only was I able to help out new students and their parents, but I was reminded why BYU is so special. I am proud that I am a BYU graduate.

(We were in charge of orange group 7.)

Our Salsa Garden (The Final Post)

Well, I was wrong about our garden, it actually grew. I doubted, but it flourished.

It even yielded fruit!

Steve is Back! (and we went on vacation)

After two months Steve is now back from is internship. Hurray! It is a fantastic thing to be married and actually be in the same state as your spouse.We celebrated by using PTO and going on vacation. We went to Carmel, CA and also to Santa Rosa, CA (to visit my family). Here are some pictures of our trip. I don't want to bore you with details, so let me just say that it was very relaxing and we had a lot of fun.

We were in a seaside town, so of course we went to the beach! We walked there from our rented cabin, and we walked back barefoot!

Steve put a flower (well, technically it was a cactus) in my hair.

When at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, we rode the "bumper cars of the future". Steve and Beth (Steve's younger sister) are looking at the camera, I am not.

This ride looks fun but it was actually kind of boring. I wish we had gone around more times.

Beth and I rode the lift across the park. Beth was kind of scared, but she did well. I thought it was very relaxing. I could ride these kinds of rides all day!

Loving Clothes...Sometimes

I have a love-hate relationship with clothes. Sometimes they are too big, sometimes they are too small, sometimes they make me too grungy for an occasion, sometimes they make me too formal. And most of the time I don't even really care about what I am wearing. But sometimes, you look into your closet and you think, "Hey, what if I put this with this? Would it work?". When it doesn't work, it makes you late for work, but when it does works, that is when the magic happens. I always have a good day when I feel like I look cute!

Midnight Fashion Shoot

At the end of the weekend are you ever in denial that you have to go to work at 8am the next day? Do you ever stay up late hoping that if you are up late enough you will magically have one more day added to your weekend? I sometimes do. (But I always go to work Monday morning.)

One night in particular I found a skirt of my sister's and we decided have our own dress-up, I mean, fashion shoot session. It was a lot of fun! (See below for details.) And sorry for the picture quality. It was late, the camera was old, and the lighting in my apartment is always bad.

Shot #1:
Posing in a bean bag by the fish tank. I am wearing my sister's skirt, my shirt, my belt, my hat, my shoes and my earrings. Très chic!

Shot #2:
Dancing! Added boots and a scarf for flare (boots and scarf are also mine). Shot #3:
I decided to wear the skirt as a skirt just to mix things up.
Shot #4:
My sister absconded with my hat.
And then I was exhausted and ready to go to bed.