Saturday February 14th

Valerie was a great substitute Valentine today. I missed Boyfriend, but the 3rd bottle of Dom made everything much better. Cheers Lynne and Jim!

Friday February 13th

Time for a road trip! Friday night Val and I drove up to Ormond Beach. Her mom gave us her Valentine's vacation since she was offered an upgrade from a vendor. Unfortunately, we had to leave our cute little buddy Bruzer home.

p.s. Boyfriend sent me the most beautiful bouquet of lillies and roses today :)

February 12th Thursday

Tonight, Boyfriend and I had dinner at Baja Café. We couldn’t help but eavesdrop on the group of self-proclaimed nerds that sat next to us and refused to order a margarita. These guys actually spent the evening discussing whose guild was more impressive in the game, “World of Warcraft”. By the second margarita we were hysterical. It reminded us of the phase that Jay went through, and how he wouldn’t leave his house for months because of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Warcraft
It’s right up there with Star Trek or Wars (whatever), and Lord of the Rings.

February 11th Wednesday

Last night, Boyfriend and I went to a friend's 25th birthday party.. Our group of friends is a mix of families, that married friends, that all grew up in the same neighborhood. Yes, it is what you're thinking. The only downfall of joining a Gambino-group like this is that I am almost always the oldest "kid" at the party. The minute the bday girl started saying how difficult it was to turn 25 (note: she is the hot blonde sitting to my left)…it made me realize a few things 1) I am way too casual about my impending 3rd decade 2) I seriously need to put more into my 401K and 3) Aren’t women in their 30’s meant to get an increased sex drive?

February 10th Tuesday

Today I met Stephanie for a late lunch and some shoe shopping. I miss her like crazy, and she made it worse when she told me that she wasn't planning on moving back to Florida; she is in love with Montreal and it's high fashion and great food. She was glowing and happily married, referring to Claudio as her "husband" and talking of her plans to open a shoe store. The short visit had me fantasizing about living in another country and experiencing the married life again.

February 9th Monday

Liz brought a million yummy cupcakes to our girls’ night on Saturday. Today, I brought them to work to get them out of my house! They are way too delicious to be trusted with me alone on a Monday night. The first 20 went fast; the next 16 required a bit more of a push. My office is constantly full of sweets, and people actually get angry at you for bringing things like this in. It was a big risk having them sit in my office for such a long time (about 1 hour), so I took them over to the coffee station and left them for the vultures that swarm at about 3PM.

FYI: Lizzie is a creative, spunky baker that will make anything for you (think Ace of Cakes) 561-236-4906 or lillyzavala5505@yahoo.com in South Florida.

February 8th Sunday

After lying around my place for half the afternoon, missing my Sunday Pilates class, and devouring half the cookies and cupcakes the girls baked and left behind, I decided to get motivated and head outside; it was a beautiful afternoon, and I knew there were things I could be doing other than increasing my pants size.

I called Kim naturally, and it wasn’t long before our afternoon stroll turned into Sunday cocktails. On our way to our Mojitos, we had the pleasure of spotting a fe-mullet, a baby mannequin, and an art show that my nieces could have easily shown up.

Later we all had dinner, and then I headed over to Boyfriend’s for our Sunday ritual watching The L-Word and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

February 7th Saturday

Today I attended a wedding shower for my good friend, Theresa. It was a really beautiful Italian wedding shower, complete with great wine and food.

Later, I had the girls over for dinner at my new place. We spent a good amount of the night laughing at the 7 year old hoodrat, Latarian Milton. He's been featured on our local news channel 3 times for various hoodrat things, you'll understand why when you watch him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iprUJeDEXUo

Camille opened her very first bottle of champagne tonight. It was hilarious watching her squat on the floor to try to pop the cork, I was laughing so hard I couldn't help her...

February 6th Friday

This evening I spent with friends. We had a relaxing night, I was busy painting something to go over my couch while Gmade her amazing Strawberry Shortcake. Somehow we stayed up until 1am. I just love that I live only 2 minutes away from great friends. Especially friends that make delicious strawberry shortcakes!

February 5th Thursday

Remember that game where you fold the paper, write a color on four squares, and then write numbers inside? You spend a few seconds really contemplating which number you’ll choose last, since it will ultimately provide your destiny. My colleague, Dale, and boss, Jennifer (upper right), were hilariously clever yesterday and decided to re-create the game based on things that happen in our office every day.
Some of our fortunes were: Your IT ticket has been rejected, You're stuck making a new pot of coffee, and (insert favorite lunch delivery service here) will be closed today.

February 4th Wednesday

Um...one more reason I'm thankful not to be a Canadian.
(p.s. sorry Steph!)

February 3rd Tuesday (It's Cookie Time!)

I just bought my 8th box today.

I swear these girls get commission, or their mother’s do for that matter. Have you ever seen more fanny packs in one place (other than Disney World)?
Even the Mon-A-Vie and Earn-to-Shop marketing ploys can’t beat the good ol’ girl scouts. Screw millions of dollars on crappy Super Bowl ads and free Grand-Slam breakfasts, just put a couple of kids in a sash and a skirt on a street corner and you’ve got yourself great product placement. (What are we teaching these kids anyway?)
My sister and I were girl scouts for a brief 1-year period. I blame this on the movie, Troop Beverly Hills, and the suggestion that we would be designing all new uniforms, earning patches for upgrading our accessories and hair-styles, and putting on a rockin’ concert to sell our cookies. I’d be interested to know how many other young girls were scammed by Shelley Long and her Wilderness Girls.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HJhchLeR1X0

February 2nd (Monday, Monday)

Ba da, ba dee da da...

I'm super psyched this week because my dear friend Stephanie is coming to town! I haven't seen her since she was swept away to Montreal for her wedding last September!

February 1st - Superbowl Sunday!

Last night we spent celebrating Boyfriend's 27th Birthday.

It was a tame night considering the crowd, although the boys were up until 5AM of course, Kim and I left around midnight to head to bed. I am still not sure where I lost the ability to (or the interest) in staying up that late drinking, but I think I've narrowed it down to sometime during the beginning of my 28th year. Something tells me Boyfriend' Scottish genes won't allow the same fate to end his drinking and debauchery so soon.

We weren't the only ones who laughed hysterically at the cake Liz made. The staff thought it was hysterical, and so did the guys at the table next to us (and they even endured a smack from their girlfriends for getting up to snap a picture)...some people have no sense of humor!

F-YEAH! The Steelers brought home a victory tonight. Valerie's party was amazing. Each menu item came out at the perfect time in the game...and we even made our very own Terrible Towels.

January 31st

Life has certainly been a balancing act lately.
On Saturday, Josh took a trip with me to pick up my new couch. I purposely didn’t tell him it was all the way in Tamarac, and my new home happened to be in Boynton Beach. Since I don’t have a pick up truck...and for the record, I don’t want one...my mom offered a handyman she knew to help us with transportation. It took 30 minutes to literally make it 3 blocks, partially because “Turbo” likes to drive really slowly (which I later realized was because he also likes to pack Budweiser roadies), and partially because trains in South Florida like to run on their own schedule and stop whenever they please.