Memorial Day Weekend Recap!

Hi peeps! Thanks so much to all of you who have already entered my giveaway! And thanks to those of you who got a chance to vote for Maria! :) Don't forget giveaway expires tonight!

How was your Memorial Day weekend?! Mine was pretty low key...and therefore fabulous. I feel like I'm blogging a lot lately like "Here are a zillion some pics from this baby shower/wedding shower/bachelorette party/wedding/birthday party....and a whole buncha details you prolly don't care about but I like to capture for memory..." sooooo I'm happy to report you will not have to suffer through read about any of that for last weekend...haha! ;)

Saturday- My friend and I met up to shop a little, explored a few local boutiques, etc. Annnnd I found the cutest gold charm! Okay, sooo I love initials. Not on everything b/c that's weird. And when I saw a little gold charm at a boutique with a pretty little "J" on it, I had to have it! I REALLY had to have it when I realized it was $7!

The corresponding chains at the boutique were much more expensive, soooo I paired it with a cheapo gold chain from Target (seriously $5.99) and there you have it! YAY!

Sunday, Eric and I headed out to his parents' house for some grilling and pool time. :) And uh.. if you knew how good his mom's 7 layer dip is, you'd be banging on the back gate to get in. Seriously. Anyway, we stuffed ourselves, enjoyed some tasty margaritas, chatted and hit the pool for a bit. Eric stole all the noodles, stuck them in the raft holes, and made a raft-fort-thing..Something tells me he was an interesting kid... haha. ;)

Sunday night, we rented Wolverine since neither of us had seen it. I kinda dig the xmen movies. Like a lot. And since one is coming out (THIS WEEKEND!), I had to get in the xmen mood. ;) (and Hugh Jackman movies aren't exactly hard on the eyes.... Just keepin it real here.. haha).

Monday was left for any errand running I chose to completely avoid the earlier part of the weekend, sooo whatevs. :) And that was the weekend! A good one filled with good weather, relaxation, pool time, and friends.

So, one thing I picked up this weekend was the first Hunger Games book, thanks to many of your recommendations! Let me just say this really quickly.. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I loved this book. I say "loved" in the past tense b/c um.. I finished it in a day. I'm currently 150 pages into the second book.

I read SO much during law school. Deep stuff, analytical stuff, boring stuff, meaningless detail-heavy stuff, blah blah blah.. that now I just like a good story. Period. I know within the first chapter if I'm going to like the book... Or wait.. I should say I know whether I'm going to spend time reading the rest of it or tossing it on the shelf of "never finishing this"... haha.. I like a book that doesnt talk down to the reader or over-explain obvious things... that has great imagery and often fantasy-type plot lines. Especially if the main character is a girl. In other words.. Hunger Games= 5 stars. Thanks for the rec, friends! Already excited for the movie!

Why is it that sometimes 4 day work weeks seem like they're just as long as 5 day work weeks? *shrugs*

Oooh and one more thing..  this coming weekend, Eric is riding in the Tour de Cure to benefit the American Diabetes Assn! It's a 75 mile ride in over 90 degree heat. Blerg. He's crazy. BUT, it's kinda fun b/c he's decided to take a photo of himself (and post to fbook/twitter) at the mile markers corresponding to the donations he gets. Sooo basically 60 bucks= 60 mile marker...and a very sweaty, tired Eric. haha.. Anyway, it's kinda a fun, quirky way to raise the funds needed for the race, so if the ADA is close to any of ya'll's hearts, feel free to support the cause and make my boyfriend post somewhat embarassing photos...which I find incredibly enjoyable...(especially b/c I call his biking outfit a "unitard" despite that being the completely incorrect term and probably making him mad...haha). Regardless, I'll post them all here after the race is over for fun. :) (And I joke around, but I really am quite proud of him. Good cause and kinda the equivalent of a marathon on a bike. yikes!)

Hope ya'll are having a great week! I'll post my giveaway winner as soon as I can tomorrow and be in touch with the winner! :)