Valentine's Stuff

As of this summer, Greg did NOT cook. Poor thing tried to cook fish with a pancake batter topping... That's about where his talent stood. So when I arrived at his apartment dressed up (as requested) and heard that he had cooked, I was somewhat nervous. Turns out, it was REALLY good. We had roasted duck with a strawberry glaze over coconut thai rice and orance seasoned snap peas. Bonus points for being different! And extra bonus points for it actually tasting good. Apparently he marinated the duck in some type of wine (or two?) but had sparkling pink lemonade to drink because I'm honestly just not a drinker. Needless to say, I was impressed.

Ok, so this is where Greg's real sappiness comes out (hmm... is he going to kill me for blogging about this....) Anyways, if you've seen the music video "Mine" by Taylor Swift you'll recognize the way these pictures are hung. He got inspiration from that video and then enlisted the help of his room-mate to get a bunch of pictures of him, I, and us strung up through the hallway.

I think I should get an award from Menchie's Frozen Yogurt for being their MVC (Most Valued Consumer.) We went twice over the weekend, and multiple times during the summer (that's multiple times per week, not the whole sumer....) Plus, I always bring at least one other person with me. But I doubt I'll ever get an award from them. I sample too much and get kindergardener sundaes with EVERYTHING on them. Oh well- worth it.

Chocolate covered strawberries are Greg's favorite, so I made him a batch. I was actually pretty proud of how they turned out. See the tuxedos? Yeah, I did that... It's pretty easy though, thank goodness!

Rose flavored frozen yogurt? What??! Well, just so that I wouldn't be bashing something I hadn't tried, I did give it a chance. Greg and I agreed it tasted something like cotton candy doused in an older woman's perfume, as you can probably tell from his lovely face.

{Tunic: The Limited, $7}

{Tights: WeLoveColors.com, $10}

{Boots: T.J. Maxx, $25}

{Necklace: Forever 21, $5}

{Blazer: H&M, $25}

{Fox Ring: H&M, 4 for $8}

Since I had to leave sometime mid-day on Monday to get back up to Pittsburgh, we celebrated Valentine's Day early on Sunday. Forgive me for the sappiness of it, Greg and I are both very much the romantic type. I kept forgetting it was Valentine's day weekend because for some ironic reason I've never really gotten into celebrating it. Regardless, we had a really good time being goofy and spending some time together- especially since we see each other so little being so far away.

Warning: Picture Heavy Post...

Jeans: T. J. Maxx, $20

Tank: Abercrombie & Fitch, $10

Button up: Banana Republic, gift

Boots: T. J. Maxx, $25

Necklace: Puerto Rican Store, $25 for set

So I live kind of in the country. Like, everyone on my street/area has lots of land, but downtown knoxville is only about 15-20 minutes away. I like it that way, it really is the best of both worlds. Anyways, Man Vs. Food from the travel channel came to knoxville, and one of the places they went was this amazing little bar-b-que place called Sweet P's. And where is it located? Less than 5 minutes from my house. Literally, the closest business of any sorts. It's in this little building right by a local marina, and they make the BEST bar-b-que burritos ever. Especially when they have mac and cheese on the side (or inside...) And the banana pudding- to die for.

Another happy thing about today- having someone to actually take my pictures. They turn out so much better (and easier... and faster...) this way. Yay for a great start to the (last) weekend!

Also, 1/3 of the way done! How's everyone else doing??

The calm before the storm.

{Top: H&M, $12}

{Jeans: T.J. Maxx, $20}

{Cardigan: Old Navy, $20}

{Scarf: Francesca's, $15}

{Flats: Target, $15}

{Belt: J. Crew, $14}

{Hair Pin: Aerie, $5}

So this is it- the last day before my 30 for 30. Ironically, these pictures were actually from a few weeks ago, but I never got around to posting them. They were from my birthday weekend, which was the last time Greg came up to visit. We had planned on our next visit being the weekend I come home in February, but he texted me on Friday morning informing me that he was on his way to come spend the weekend with me! I was pretty excited, because it is such a long drive (8.5 hours one way....) Since it was a pretty sporadic visit we didn't do anything too exciting, just went to eat and played in the snow, which was a blast. See our snow-woman? Her name is Cheryl.

Oh Happy Day (26!)

This was my photographer for the weekend :)

What

Dress (worn as skirt): ShopMamie.com, $30

Top: Target, $7

Sandals: Forever 21, $18

Belt: NY and Co., $4

Necklace: Lucky, $30

Where

Primanti's for lunch, and then to take a walk around the nature reserve on campus.

Remember how as a little kid you would jump of random closets, rooms, under beds, etc. to scare your friends? Well, I never grew out of that. Seriously, any of my friends can tell you, I'm constantly creeping around and popping out to scare people. For some reason, it makes me laugh just as hard as it did when I was a kid. So today, I got the bright idea to set a self timer on my camera with the intention of catching my work on film. Seriously I was SO excited about actually catching one of my surprise scares (I'm a dork, I know) However, when I jumped out from behind the corner, Greg (the boyfriend) reacted differently then I expected. Honestly, I never, ever, EVER do the whole kissing pictures thing. But I couldn't help but post this accident one, it makes me smile.