goals and weekend

44.  have a date night once a month

saturday, we had a sort of date night.  went around town together just BSing.  bought some sparkling chardonnay (yum) and checked out clearance at circuit city.  almost bought a ton of stuff but at the last minute decided to be responsible and save our money.  dang.

73.  take chad to CO attractions

sunday, we went to the coors factory.  much fun, plus it's free to tour, and you get free booze!  exxxciting.  pictures:

giant can outside the factory.

big beer making pots. haha.

rising moon is their new spring ale. very good.  you better believe i got a lot of that and blue moon.

various funny looking cans.

I also stopped by a jared's to look at wedding bands, and they offered to buff and re-dip (white gold needs this occasionally) my engagement ring for free!  even though chad didn't buy it there.  bonus.  so now it is all shiny and looks brand new.  thanks, jared's!  I talked geology/gemology with the dude for awhile because he tried to sound sophisticated about gold and diamonds and I got tired of him trying to "explain" things for me.  gotta school people sometimes.  haha.

and now, I watch obama's speech.  I like this guy, and I believe in him.

love/hate tag!

Name one thing you love and one thing you hate about he following (explanations are welcome):

Job

• love: pay versus actual work required
  
• hate: meetings and stupid questions
  

Where you live (geographically)

• love: mountains, weather, general awesomeness
• hate: commute to work/school
  

Where you live (as in house/apt etc)

• love: dogs
• hate: small living space :(
  

Your significant other

• love: humor/general personality, support, protectiveness
  
• hate: drama queen tendencies (sorry chad)
  

Your family

• love: laughter, cooking, my parents
• hate: dramatic BS
  

Significant other's family

• love: umm given the history here I'm going to have to say maybe their dog.
• hate: selfish drama. man, I'm seeing a pattern.
  

Your face

• love: I like my eyes. I think my nose is okay too.
• hate: lips/mouth/teeth in general. I have tiny weird lips and I hate my teeth.

Your hair

• love: I like the color of my hair a lot. that's about it.
  
• hate: how thin it is. I have the most ridiculous thin/fine/impossible to style hair.
  

Getting Married

• love: I actually like planning, it does not bother me at all. and of course, the actual getting married part.
• hate: I am going to have to go with drama again.
  

Your vehicle (or mode of transportation)

• love: everything! I love my new car. it is fabulous. I think my favorite parts are the heated seats and the bose stereo.
  
• hate: well I am not that fond of paying for it but I guess that comes with buying a car, right? also, I wish it was a hybrid, but that's not it's fault either.

I tag: Christy, Vicki Smalls, Selina, Mike, and Alexis.

life, and tagged.

so it's been a week, time to update my loyal readers, who I'm sure are on the edge of their seat.

valentine's day was pretty uneventful because we are poor until this friday when we get paid. so we're pretending it didn't happen yet. I went and tried on my (new) dream dress, put up with a bunch of obnoxious girls in the bridal salon, and then we went to lunch without chad, since he wasn't included in the wedding dress shopping, obvi. for those of you in the know, it is looking like #2 is a solid winner. my dad did make a fabulous steak and shrimp dinner though, ohhhh baby.

sunday, we were talking and decided we should probably move our wedding back to next spring. with the economy sucking our life forces away, and my internship this summer (which I absolutely cannot skip, too much of an opportunity/resume booster) not ending until like 3 weeks before the wedding, we just don't see it happening. this way we have a few extra months to take care of payments (even though we have really whittled the budget so it's not that big a deal anyway), and gives my parents some extra time to settle their stuff so they can help us with my dress and whatever else they are going to. also, we really don't feel like everyone important to us has the resources to buy plane tickets soon, let alone maybe 2 for bachelor/bachelorette parties as well. so that is sort of a bummer, but sort of whatever, because we basically are married without it being official anyway, so what's the rush I guess.

this week has been awful so far, and it's only getting worse. one professor assigned 4 major projects this week - one due monday, one tuesday, one thursday, and one friday. everyone I have talked to is a combination of completely stressed and extremely pissed. I have completed 2 of them and am too angry to start on the other 2. on top of that, I have another major project for my ore geochem class due friday. since this is the only class I actually care about, I feel like it should be taking precidence, but it really hasn't so far. guess I know what I'm doing during office hours tomorrow. dang.

today, I had an awkward break because of said stupid professor adjusting class times this week, so I went on an adventure around fort collins since I do not really know much about it. I went to a place called the buttercream cupcakery - omg. they have jumbo sized (well, rather large regular sized, I guess), and little mini cupcakes. I got a mini chai tea and a mini PB fudge. DELISH. and the display case was adorable. also, on sundays, they make french toast cupcakes. NOT EVEN RIGHT.



yum.

then I went to a consignment shop to sell some of the clothes I have been dragging around in the back of my car. they bought one thing, and the guy told me that they "totally wanted the rest" but that even though they were all cute and stylish and sellable clothes, because they were more than one year old, they were not allowed to sell them. um, wtf? I worked in a consignment shop once, and that makes no sense. if it is cute and sellable, we bought it. who cares how old it is? so that was dumb and a waste of time, I guess I will try another shop elsewhere.

after that, I took a trip to a local jewelry shop and looked for a wedding band. I wanted to get the one that matches my e-ring, but I am a little bored by it and want something more fun and unique. I found a couple of things I really liked (one being a $3800 tacori band - sigh.), so that gives me new hope. the one I ended up liking the most I never would have picked up on my own, and the girl helping me suggested it. she was right. I tried to find a similar pic online, but no luck.

so the lovely christy tagged me in this random purse survey thing. you're supposed to post a picture of your purse and how much it cost and some interesting story about how you got it. so here's my bag. I love it and all of it's $30 glory. I bought it because I kept walking by it and swooning over it and finally decided I had to have it, even though I have 34234 other purses. shhh. it's kinda boring I guess...haha.


now that this has turned into a novel, I bid you adieu.

i am officially a gold digger...

...because I got the internship at a gold mine in nevada! I sent my resume, got picked for an interview about a week ago, and the HR peeps picked me out of the group of interviewees! score. they also pay for my housing and transportation. I plan to invest in cargo pants that I can fill with gold samples each evening, and then waddle back to my hotel room. lovely.





I'm that tiny speck in the bottom of the pit. WEEEE!

obama, you jerk...

...quit throwing snowballs at me.



to answer your question, no, I have no life.

hey, knotties...

if you haven't already, will you check out my dress poll on the austin board?

i am indecisive and torn.

fog is neat.

while I was driving to school today, I noticed fog in the distance.  I took a picture, because I thought it looked totally bizarre, but pretty neat.

ugh

ever have one of those days where nothing goes right and you want to give up?

my life is like that.

i sound like an emo kid.

pretend land:  i want to go to there.

beware of imitators!

even though my wednesdays are god awful, thursdays are proving to be pretty crappy too.  

I took extra precautions to end up in bed before midnight last night - made sure to get in my 30 minute run and a shower, finish pertinent homework, create a horrible butterscotch lava (note to self: do not try to melt butterscotch chips...death will come)...all because on thursdays, I have a random 8 o clock class.  

I haven't taken an 8 AM class since my freshman year of college.  I don't know why, but the difference between 8 and 9 AM is similar to that of brussels sprouts and chocolate.  I just can't do it.  that 8 AM class was literally ACROSS THE STREET from my dorm, yet every morning I would roll out of bed at about 7:58 in a frenzied panic, throwing on random clothing and running across the street.  part of the problem could be my negative scale attention span, because I can manage to wake up at 3 AM to make flights just fine.

Anywho, I have this 8 AM class.  the problem is compounded because in order to commute from the house to campus, I have to leave by 6:45 AM.  uncalled for!  this goes against my 30 minute getting ready needs.  this goes against...nature!  so does this:

you know that guy gives you nightmares.

even this class wouldn't be so bad at this unholy hour IF when it was cancelled I got some sort of notice other than a sign on the door saying "class is cancelled.  will email later."

ummm, WTF.  you email me BEFORE I drive up here.  

and, I leave you with this nerdy comic.

we won!

thanks to everyone who voted for us in the photograph contest chad & i were finalists in.  we won!  exxxxciting :)