Taco Libre Truck Showdown Weekend 2016

A few weeks ago my Beth-Friend saw on Facebook that there was something called the Taco Libre  Truck Showdown happening in Seattle on May 1st. She decided she wanted to go and booked a ticket up to see me. I picked her up on Friday and we kicked off the weekend with an Indian food feast at Taste of India followed by beers and word games on the erotic photo hunt machine at Ed's Kort Haus. I did a good job SnapChatting but a terrible job saving any photos of that night. Is it too late now to say sorry?

Saturday morning (after I had slept about 100 hours, sorry Beth!) we grabbed some coffees from Starbucks where I ended up getting the worst text from Gaby re: her boyfriend. I instructed her to come to Seattle immediately. After crisis intervention concluded we headed to Beth's friend Jamie's house so Jamie and I could meet and Beth and Jamie could catch up. Jamie's house was on the way to the Seattle Premium Outlets so we headed there next to use the 30% off coupon my friend who works for Nike corporate had mailed me. Beth and I both ended up leaving with a bunch of new workout gear (+ bonus throwback slides for me). After the outlets we met Jamie at the Latona Pub for lunch and day beers (duh, is there anything better than day beers when it's sunny out and your Beth friend is in town?!) while we waited for Gaby to get to Seattle.

Dustin met us back at my apartment and shortly after Gabby arrived. I parallel parked her pink nugget for her, gave her approximately 2 minutes to get ready, we all took a necessary shot of Patron, then I forced everyone into an Uber to dinner so we could introduce Beth to our friend Rob and also get Gaby drunk (again, necessary). At the end of the night Beth, Gaby, Dustin and I had a 4-way sleepover in my 400 square foot apartment. Seems legit, right?

^^#creepin on Beth and Rob walking from dinner to the bar^^

The next morning there was more coffee, Dustin headed home, and then Gaby, Beth and I went to brunch at a place near my house that ended up being delicious.

 ^^Gaby and I brunching^^

^^Feelings^^ 

We basically begged Gaby to stay but she had to get home and take care of some shit, so we said goodbye and Beth and I got ready for the taco truck festival.

It was an awesome day for an outdoor food festival (read: sunny and warm) complete with a beer and margarita garden. We ended up having Native American inspired fry bread tacos from Off The Rez, drinking margaritas and hanging out. Jamie and her husband met us, and so did Adam, Ambur, Brittan, Natalie and Rob!

^^Natalie, me, Jamie and Beth at the beer/marg garden^^

^^The most stunning car paint job I've ever seen. Meow!^^

When we decided it was too crowded at the festival, we went across the street to a bar with a patio to share a pitcher of beer and give Beth and Rob some more time to get to know each other ;) I'd say it went pretty well. My fingers are crossed.

^^Me, Caroline, Beth, Brittan and Rob at the George and Dragon^^

After everyone else left Beth and I eventually found another restaurant with a patio, made our way to Fred Meyer, rented a movie from the RedBox and went back to my place to chill out for the rest of the evening. I had to take Beth to the airport SO early in the morning on Monday and because of Viadoom it took a million hours to get to work after that. I was exhausted but it was totes worth it for a super fun, sunshiny, Bethfriend Seattle weekend.

Dear Beth, can you please start dating Rob and move up here already?! Kthxbyeee!

some instagrammed things as of lately

As most of you know, I’ve been spending almost every moment of my time studying for the bar which means I’ve basically been living at the library. So exciting.

This last weekend, however, I had little lighter load than usual (only 3 essays on Sunday and Saturday I finished around 5pm – seriously exciting stuff) so Dustin and I did some non-study-related-activities!

On Saturday night we went out to dinner at Skillet where I had the BEST grilled cheese of my life (cheddar, brie and bacon jam on brioche bread). Go there, eat it, thank me later.

Dustin had never been to Skillet before so it was fun to take him somewhere new. We were both really happy with our meals. I wish I would have taken a picture!

After dinner we headed back to Dustin’s neighborhood and spent the evening having a drank and playing some darts and shuffleboard before ending our night at the Baranoff where there was karaoke, a man juggling and people basically having sex. In the bar. I saw a bare butt. #crazy

Oh, and did I mention: Dustin got new glasses and they look SOOO good. I’m even more in love. I didn’t think that was possible, you guys!

After our night out on Saturday, I woke up Sunday morning and did some more studying. Later that afternoon, though, I took a break and we went to Nordstrom Rack to get me some new jeans. My $10 pair from F21 were getting so sad that even Dustin noticed. He’s the sweetest. Thank you, Dustin:

Sunday night Dustin grilled us oysters (SO nom), and kabobs. I love being cooked for during bar prep. It’s one of my new favorite things!! So like, if you want to invite me over for dinner and you won’t be offended by my stress level and messy bun, that’d be cool ha!

Also this weekend, and for the past couple of weeks (basically since I started bar prep) Dustin and I have been working on a puzzle which has consumed his dining room table. Wholesome fun, you guys!!

Good times.

Oh and in case you were wondering, I’ve been eating the same thing for dinner, like, every day, except for when Dustin cooks for me. But it’s good. I’ll share, in case you’re curious (and if it makes you feel sad, like I said, you can always cook me some dinner):

Mix some of the bruchetta mix from Trader Joe’s (the kind in the refrigerated section) with some bread crumbs and some parmasean cheese. Scrape the yucky parts of the inside of a portobello mushroom out, fill with the mix, sprinkle with a little extra parmasean if you’re feeling crazy, and then bake for 12 min at 400 degrees. So good.

Ok that’s all for now, back to studying (today is Administrative law).

sickness is cured by chicken and dumplings, fact

Something terrible happened last night. I was sleeping all nice and having nice dreams then out of nowhere in my dreams I started having difficulty doing things, and my dream stomach started to hurt. So bad. Then I woke up and my awake stomach hurt SO bad. Like, worst stomach ache of my whole life bad. On the top part of my abdomen. I had convinced my 4am, sleepy self that I had an ulcer. It had to be. Nothing else hurts that bad, right?

So I got up and went to the bathroom. Then I curled onto the bathroom floor. Then I vommed my guts out.

But here’s the thing, it wasn’t from alcohol. And it was just so miserable.

My stomach still hurt. I still feel a little nauseous.

I called in sick to work. I couldn’t make it to class. I just couldn’t. The thought of vomiting in front of my peers at school was just too terrifying.

But one thing I did manage to do today was make myself chicken and dumplings (it was sort of delirious, the cooking). But they were delicious! Chicken and Dumplings is one of the things that I make well. Everyone seems to like them. And they just happen to be the perfect sick/comfort food.

Here is how I make my Chicken and Dumplings:

Heat up some olive oil (butter works too) in a big pot (like quart size probably), add 1 chopped onion and sauté over medium heat for about 7 or 8 minutes, or really until the onion bits become translucent and soft. Add a clove of finely chopped garlic. Stir that around. Next add some chopped up celery and carrots (I added 3 big peeled and chopped carrots and three big celery stalks). I let those new additions sit in there about 5 minutes – or the time it took to chop up about a pound of chicken breasts into small pieces. Then you add the chicken to the pan. And immediately after adding the chicken, add some chicken stock. I used one of the big cartons of it. Then I added some water. Enough so that the liquid was covering all the goodies with a little extra to spare (some liquid will evaporate and some will be soaked up by the dumplings). While I was bringing that to a boil I added a bay leaf, some dried basil and some thyme (to taste). I also added some pepper and some salt. I then reduced to a simmer and covered.

Next, I went into my room and watched a couple episodes of Friends on my laptop while laying on my heat blanket on my bed. I also drank some ginger ale. All super pathetic and feeling sorry for myself, of course.

After about 45 minutes of the pity party, while the soup part had been cooking over low heat, I dragged myself out of bed to check and make sure everything was tender and cooked and things. It was. So I mixed up the dumplings. I combined 2 c. flour, 3 teaspoons of baking powder, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Next I added 4 tablespoons of melted butter and mixed that all together. Then I added 1 cup of milk and stirred it up until it was combined. And then I decided that the mixture, it was a little too gooey. So I added about a tablespoon of flour. It was still sticky (not dry at all) but wasn’t runny or overly sticky. Then I just took a tablespoon spoon and glopped  parts of the dumpling dough into the soup mixture. It wasn’t pretty or measured. But I dumped the mixture in spoonful by spoonful until all the dough was on top of the soup (and at this point the top of the soup was basically completely covered by dumplings). Then I covered the pot let everything hang out and cook on medium/low for 15 minutes. When I took off the lid, magic.

I felt a lot better after eating my delicious chicken and dumplings. You should make them someday. You will like them. Or you’re weird. True story.

super bowl sunday

Today is the day of the super bowl. The day I actually look forward to watching commercials and sitting through the 1st half of a football game, while paying attention to my snacks of course, waiting patiently for the half time show. I like the super bowl. And although I didn’t 100% know who was playing until like yesterday, I do enjoy the super bowl. I watch every year. And it’s good. Mostly for reasons other than the football part, but whatever.

This year Dustin and I are going to his co-worker’s party. I’m sort of nervous. I’ve only met one of his co-workers ever (we are actually pretty good friends with this particular co-worker and his wife, and I was so relieved when I found out that they would be attending as well), so I want to make a good impression. And you know, not totally embarrass the BF and myself.

So clearly I’m getting this whole thing started off on a good note by showing up to this poor co-worker’s home with third day hair. Like actually, haven’t done anything to my hair since I washed it the day before yesterday hair. I’m gross. Don’t judge. Messy is cute?

But to offset my dirty-ness, I made A BUNCH of brownies. Don’t worry, I showered and washed my hands first. They’re totally safe. But I figured I can make a good impression by bringing brownies, because everyone likes brownies, right?

Seriously, I’m determined to make a good impression.

I made brownies with eggless cookie dough on top. And brownies with hot fudge and ice cream in the batter, and oreo cookies baked into the center. #killingit

I’ll find my way to EVERYONE’S hearts even if it is through food. I promise. Mostly. Ok not everyone’s hearts, but whatever.

I hope you all have an awesome super bowl day. Or commercial day. Or Sunday. Or whatever.

I’m off. Wish me luck!

Friday Roundup

1. This week I finally took the plunge and signed up for Pinterest. After hours (no joke) of set-backs and Pinterest being a little B-word it finally let me sign up. I have to say I’m not as impressed or as addicted as everyone else seems to be. Don’t judge me, but I don’t really see the draw. Maybe because there is no school work to procrastinate? BUT I do have cleaning to procrastinate and so SO much time to kill since it’s break and I’m not working. Maybe I just don’t get it. I guess though, it is a good way to save random recipes and stuff I see on the internet. Is that the point?

2.  This song has been my JAM the past few days. Don’t mind the first 25 seconds…

Others on the list that has been playing on repeat: Shake it out – Florence & the Machine, Lights – Ellie Goulding (Dustin does a really great Ellie Goulding dancing impression. Have you ever seen her dance? She only has one move. It’s weird), We found love – Rihanna andddd that song with Lily Allen and T Pain’s audio tuned voice, it’s really catchy, 5 O’Clock. OH and also the She & Him Christmas Album!! Can’t forget that one!

3. I made Chex Mix this week, and it’s GOOD. So much better than the kind you buy in gas stations or as finals study “fuel”. You know, the kind that is reallyyyy salty. Here is the recipe I used in case you want to make some for yourself:

3 cups Corn Chex
3 cups Rice Chex
3 cups Wheat Chex (really though, you can mix and match these as you please just make sure you have 9 cups total of Chex)
1 cup Mini Pretzels
1 cup Nuts (I used peanuts)
1 cup Garlic Bagel Chips – broken into manageable, bite-size pieces (again, you can kind of mix and match these, if you can’t find bagel chips I think you could put in some extra pretzels and it would still be good)
6 Tbs. Butter
2 tsp. Worcestershire Sauce (you find it by the BBQ sauce in the grocery store FYI)
1 1/2 tsp. Seasoning Salt (I used Johnny’s because that stuff is magical)
3/4 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp. Onion Powder

 

I baked mine, you can also make in in the microwave but that just seems weaksauce. So anyway, what you do is heat your oven to 250deg F, then take a roasting pan (I used a 13 X 9 cake pan) and put your butter in it and melt it in the oven. When it’s melted take it out and  mix all the seasonings into the butter. Then, because you’re a great multi-tasker you have also measured all your chex and pretzels and nuts and bagel chips into a big bowl together. So you take the bowl of goodies and slowly pour it into your butter mixture, mixing it all together while you pour (without crushing the chex – a spatula, like for flipping burgers is good for this – because it’s much easier to eat when all the chex are whole and not crumbles) and then when all of your ingredients are combined in the pan, you should probably stir it some more to make sure that it’s all coated really well!! After that you put it in the oven for 15 minutes. Then you take it out and stir it. Then you put it in again for 15 minutes and then take it out and stir, and you do this 4 times total, so your chex mix has baked for an hour total. And then you take it out and eat it and give it to your friends and it’s a delicious treat. And because it’s the giving season, if you want an easier to follow version, look HERE.And just for good measure, here is a really fancy iPhone picture of my final product:

 

But really, I did give a big bag of it to my boyfriend and he text me later that night saying that he went to town on it and it was delicious. This was after we had gone out to dinner (so it’s not like he was starving and anything would have tasted good). Moral of the story: it’ll probably bring all the boys to your yard. And it will give you something to do over winter break.

 

4. It’s Friday which means that it’s almost the weekend and also it’s the last day of finals at law school, WHICH MEANS maybe I will have SO MAN FRIENDZ to hang out with during the weekend! This whole hanging out alone thing has been getting boring. But I did go to happy hour at Tutta Bella with my friend (and sorority sister) Kate yesterday, and we had wine and italian pizza and it was delicious. If you live in Seattle you should go there. And also, you should eat their salted caramel gelato.

 

5. My roommate and I were talking last night about what to get a new boyfriend for Christmas. Isn’t that just the most awkward thing? Like, what if I get you something too big or too small or too awkward (anyone watch this week’s episode of New Girl??)? It’s really just so stressful. So we decided that an appropriate gift might be a subscription to the beer of the month club. Right? It’s not too sentimental, and also beer is delicious so it’s a win win. I think I got Dustin mugs last year. But that’s mostly because he only had one and we always had to share if we were having coffee or something and also I don’t think he got me anything (we had only been dating for like a month) and yeah. It can be so awkward. What do you guys think is an appropriate gift to give to a new boyfriend (or girlfriend) if anything at all?

 

6. This whole Friday Round Up stuff is hard. I don’t have 10 new things to write about. I haven’t been doing anything except deep cleaning our home and going on really long walks all week. So I’ll show you some pictures:

Above: Our house at Christmas time. All because of Kylee. Really, though. A purple and gold Christmas tree (go huskies?), a wreath Kylee’s mom made us and the only wrapped present under our tree.

 

Below: findings from my walk to Greenlake: a flamingo that should have been in my yard when I lived in the trailer park, a very gray Greenlake, Christmas randomness, and my Zoka (super watered down) eggnog latte + mitten/gloves.

7. That’s really all I have for you. Also if you want to do your own Roundup you should. I’m linking mine up and you can too:

Elk Noodle Soup?

Today I finished my Indian class (Contemporary Issues in Federal Indian Law). I turned in my paper and gave a presentation and I was done. One down, three to go (although all I need to do for my clinic is go to the last class, because since my cases settled I’m basically done with that too).

Oh finals, I’m not looking forward to you.

In related news I still can’t eat. Because my stomach hates me. And guys, I’m not one of those girls who just goes without eating. I eat all the time. I gain lots of weight during finals and it’s kind of gross (don’t judge me). Moral of the story: I’m hungry, but not. It’s weird.

Anyway, my dad gave me a package of elk meat when I came back from Thanksgiving. Then I got sick and didn’t eat it and I needed to cook it, like today. So I decided to make a very impromptu soup, figuring I could freeze it and eat it during finals. Healthy, homemade meals, done!

Also, confession, I made soup because I never cook red meat unless it’s wild game and I don’t really know how to cook red meat, besides chicken fried and in soup. So soup it was. I need to learn some new meat cooking ideas. If anyone has any please let me know.

I decided on an elk noodle soup? Like chicken noodle, but with elk? I don’t know. In my sick frenzy I was too in pain lazy to go to the store to buy necessary ingredients for a stew. But I did have some basics. And so elk noodle soup it was. And now my kitchen looks like this:

Because packaged noodles are for suckers. Also once you try homemade noodles in soup you’ll NEVER go back. It will ruin all other soups for you. True story. Don’t do it. It’s messy.

the end?

Stress and Things

So, I’m in my last week of school before finals start. And the stress is already killer. I ate at this Ramen place with Dustin last night and like immediately afterwards my body was like “F YOU for trying to eat this OR ANYTHING!” And now, I’m dying. Just dying. I think it’s stress induced mostly. But vomming and feeling super dizzy when I should be finishing a final paper that’s due tomorrow and worth 100% of my grade is no fun, NO FUN AT ALL!

But briefly I’ll tell you something that was fun: girl’s night! This happened Friday in Hood River after some belated birthday celebration with Beth and Marissa (my favorites)! We started at Brian’s Basement Bar and then frolicked around Hood River in a pack, and didn’t hang out with boys and danced and were silly and it was a lot of fun! OH, and I wore my fur vest which I loved, except when it was 1000 degrees at Jack’s dancing. That was really hot. BUT, here is a shot of all of us:

Anyway I came back to Seattle on Saturday. When I got back into town Dustin took me bowling in Bellevue and it was fun. Minus the fact that I got a 34. Because clearly I’m really good at bowling. But that’s beside the point. Bowling with Dustin = good/fun/not stressful. OH and after our bowling we played arcade games. Dustin won at air hockey, which is my favorite, so it’s a good thing I’m not competitive (true story, competitive people stress me out). And we played racing games and other fun games and I liked it very much.

And now I’m having a I don’t want to put on makeup or get out of bed type of day, which is very unlike me. I blame the stress. I think it has been hiding and it’s finally starting to emerge. So question for all of you: how do you deal with stress? I’d really like to hear your advice, because this whole eating ramen and rice then being sick for dayz because I’m too stressed to handle food thing isn’t working for me (side note: I know it’s not food poison b/c Dustin tried both my soup and my rice and he’s fine).

Now back to writing my Indianz paper and trying not to vom anymore.

P.S. sorry for all the talk about vom today

No Sleep and Dinner and Craziness and Tot

Last night Dustin took me to dinner at the Palace Kitchen. It was good. We had goat cheese and lavender fondue and he had a whiskey and I had a vodka and he got the steak and I got a veggie plate. It was all very good.

After dinner we decided to walk to Lola, another Tom Douglas restaurant, for one more drink before heading home. I got the Lola martini, which I’ve had once before, and it’s like, the best martini I’ve ever had. I don’t know why it’s so good? It’s just a grey goose martini with a feta stuffed olive and a little bit of magic. PURE MAGIC!

After dinner we went back to Dustin’s and waited and waited until his mattress was finally delivered at like 10:30pm. I couldn’t sleep on it. It was SO uncomfortable. And hard or something. And not broken in yet. It’s the firmest tempurapedia mattress. And oh man, my body wasn’t happy. Neither was Dustin, because I kept moving and wiggling because I couldn’t get comfortable and my whole body hurt. So then I went to the couch to try and sleep and I couldn’t. So I laid there. And didn’t sleep on the couch. And didn’t sleep on the bed. And didn’t sleep at all last night. It was NOT a good night for me. Not that you care.

Also maybe I’m grumpy now?

Awesome. I’m an old grumpy woman. FML.

BUT, on a way WAY happier note: GUESS WHAT?!!? My cousin Katie’s water just broke. Tot is a day late (well technically he’s early, but whatever, TOT!). I’m so so excited for him to be born. New favorite cousin? Probably!

And ummm this is a little embarrassing, but I forgot that I had court today. At 1:30. How do I just FORGET that I have COURT? WTF Rebeka?

Oh man oh man. I’m going to take some melatonin and go to bed early early (in my own bed) tonight. I need to pull it together.

I also need some coffee. And a shower. And to get out from under my heat blanket. I LOVE MY HEAT BLANKET.

Seriously, crazy, grumpy old woman status.

the end of my youth

Today is the last day I’m 24. Tomorrow I turn 25, and I’ll be an adult. I don’t know why I feel like 25 is the beginning of adulthood. But it just seems like it is. My youth is over. The end is near. in less than 12 hours I’ll officially be old, or an adult, or something. To mark the occasion I’ve been doing some grown up things. I ironed my birthday shirt last night. Only adults iron things, right? Usually I just put stuff in the dryer, or use a blow dryer/flat iron to get wrinkles out. Because I’m classy, and young. Not for long. Also, I roasted a whole chicken on Friday night for Dustin and I. I also made brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes and stuffing. It was probably the best dinner I’ve ever made. Everything turned out really well. I was so proud of myself. Of my grown up self, I should say.

Then yesterday I took the leftover chicken and bones and things and made chicken noodle soup. Completely from scratch. Even the noodles. And it was effing delicious! Seriously guys, I was so proud of myself.

Anyway, enough about being a grown up. My friend Rochelle came to Seattle from Chiciago yesterday for my birthday (she’s a flight attendant so she goes where she wants when she wants, so cool). We hung out yesterday and went shopping at U Vill and got ready for my birthday party, then birthday partied it up. She left early this morning but it was a fun visit.

While we were in U Vill shopping yesterday, we stopped by Sephora and I got this amazing nail polish. Birthday sparkles anyone? I’m kind of obsessed. (confession, after this picture was taken I painted on like 5 more layers. my nails are SO sparkly now).

And, as I mentioned, I had a little birthday party last night at a bar near my house. I’ll post all the pictures later, but look what they gave me:

I was pretty excited about it.

Alright, I’m off to get ready for the day (yes it is 2:30pm and yes I did sleep in until noon today, cherishing the last of my youth and irresponsibility I suppose) and then force Dustin to go eat some Red Mill Burgers and Onion Rings and Milkshakes with me, because I’m a bottomless pit of hungover hunger today. RAWR!

XXOO

The Longest (Sweetest) Halloween Post

Dustin told me like, weeks ago, in the midst of all of his being gone non-sense that we would carve pumpkins for halloween (alright he maybe didn’t tell me as much as I begged until he agreed). But last week when he got back from all of his trips he asked me if I wanted to come over Friday for a pumpkin carving EXTRAVAGANZA! (Alright, he totally didn’t use the word extravaganza, but didn’t I make it sound exciting?). Obvi I told him yes.

On Friday I got really excited after I was done with school stuff and before he picked me up. So I curled my hair and sent him text pictures like this (it’s the “’get excited, you’ face”). Because I was bored and maybe lame? Don’t judge/pretend like you’ve never done it!

 

So, Friday evening after Dustin was off work and things, he picked me up and we went to Safeway to pick out pumpkins. Clearly I was being very picky about the whole thing but finally found one that was a good size and a good color and a good shape and had a good handle (so important) and didn’t have gross stuff on it.

After we loaded up our pumpkins we went back to Dustin’s apartment where I found this waiting for us:

HALLOWEEN TABLE OF FUN (the great pumpkin charlie brown DVD, jack-o-lantern pizza, gummy worms and candy cornz in skull goblets, science project skull face, cookie decorating things, jelly beans, pumpkin carving things and games). He also had taken out a light bulb in his hall and replaced it with a red light and had scary music playing when we got there (obvi I had to turn the regular light on to take this picture with my iPhone, sorry for the blurryness, I forgot my camera). So cute, right? What a little planner I have!

Oh and did I mention there was also a SPOOKY black cat?? (Battle Cat):

After putting the pizza in the oven and Dustin putting my bear hat on, we had mini photo shoot (because we’re good at it)…

Scary halloween bear faces now:

And then we got to work carving pumpkins.

This is what mine turned out like (so not scary):

And this was Dustin’s which was way more creative and scary and awesome (with him in the background, whoops ha):

side note: We also saved the seeds and Dustin roasted them and we ate them all weekend (fat kid status) and they were super delicious. The perfect Halloween weekend snack and paired well with ALL THE CANDY we ate – really, sooo much candy.

And in case you didn’t remember, our pumpkins looked really cool lit up (alright, his did, mine just looked goofy hah):

And also, last night for actual Halloween, Dustin put our pumpkins outside for everyone to see. He also bought glow sticks to put in them so they wouldn’t burn down his apartment complex in the night.

Bonus Quote: “rainman basically bankrupt the casinos and he was a ra-tard” guess that movie…!

Oh, and did I mention that we sipped on candy corn cocktails while we worked on our pumpkins and did our other Halloween activities?

Also all weekend we could not stop singing “Monster Mash” (honestly we probably sang it about a hundred times during the weekend, because we’re cool – at least we like each other, right? ha).

Dustin (in monster singer voice): The ghouls all came from their humble abodes, to get a jolt from my electrodes
Me (in girl du wop voice): They did the mash
Dustin: They did the monster mash
Me: The monster mash

After pumpkins and snacks, it was science experiment time:

     

We made zombie barf which was chunky and gross and too sugary for me and also it’s what Dustin is drinking in the above picture. And we also made jelly bugs. And it was pretty exciting (see picture of table, science experiments were made with the scary green scull thing).

After our science experiments we decided it was time to wind down from all of our activities and watch “it’s the great pumpkin charlie brown” which I just love so so much. I was SO excited to see this on the table of activities. Good job Dustin!

   

We watched, and ate pumpkin seeds and candy and drank our candy corn vodka and it was amazing.

The next day was Saturday. And Fall-time Saturdays are usually spent watching college football (or at least the Oregon Ducks and Washington Husky games). So we first went downstairs to the Baronoff for breakfast and then we headed up the street to Bleacher to watch the UO game.

I’m not going to lie. We went to the bar at noon. And we were the first people there. And by the time the game was over at like 3:30 we were both a little buzzed. Also I wore my bear hat. And it was rad (old men complimented me, duh).

Then afterwards, Dustin was like, “let’s keep day drinking” and I was like “AWESOME! I LOVE THAT IDEA!” Because I had decided on like Wednesday that I was going to take Saturday completely off from school work (the first completely off day in about a month) and it was the best. But in the midst of Dustin declaring that we were going to day drink we passed this time travel shop on our walk down Greenwood Ave. and Dustin insisted we go in (to be fair, we’ve wanted to go in a million times but they’re always closed). So we went in. And Dustin bought lots of things. Like this smoke gun (it’s a toy gun that blows smoke rings):

And then we went to the grocery store and then we played games on his patio area and shot smoke rings at each other. I was almost really good at the throw the ball in the cup game. But not quite. He beat me every time, even though I think I had more close shots ;)

isn’t my bear hat the best?

And then we came inside and he made us Philly Cheese steak Sandwiches because I forced him (okay, this time I didn’t force THAT much, because he likes them too).

And then we made and decorated BOOGER COOKIES (all his idea. so cute of him, right?) We did this on Saturday b/c we were too tired after all of our other activities on Friday. But it was so much funz:

The boogeriest cookie     

And then it was Saturday night and so we watched the University of Washington Huskies win their FB game. And we watched the really really awesome close Stanford vs. USC game. And we also watched “the Haunted Mansion” movie with Eddie Murphy. So silly.

We thought about going out to sing Karaoke but I was too tired and lame. Day drinking really took it out of me. Ha!

The next morning I made us biscuits and gravy and bacon. And Dustin made us Bloody Mary Bar. Because I love Bloody Marys. And there is a Pirate themed bar right downstairs from his apartment (I know, right??) that has bloody mary bar on Saturday and Sunday, but we always miss it. So he brought it to me. And it was sweet. He wins. All weekend he won.

    

And then after that I went back to being a normal, boring person law student. I went home and did homework and worked on a  motion that is being submitting to the court for the theft case I’ve been working on. But the weekend was super fun. I loved it so much.

On a side note though, my roommates and I didn’t get ANY trick or treaters last night. This is despite the fact that we live in a residential neighborhood. We even had our porch light on and pumpkins on our porch. I don’t get it? Oh well. More candy for me! Ha. Someone stop me!

Sorry this was such a long, picture heavy post. I hope you’re over it :)

Also, tell me about your weekend. Did you dress up and go out? Was it awesome?