you're eating WHAT?!

This weekend I sat on the couch for the entire duration of it. But no one wants to read about that, so I'm just going to show you the pretty pictures so I can pretend that I did exciting things. Join me!

Friday night was the only time I left the house. We went and got crawfish and I was in heaven. Up until my sophomore year in college I thought crawfish were disgusting. This might have to do with the fact that my mom told me when I was younger that you were eating their pee when you ate them. Way to scare someone from ever eating crawfish, Babs. When I finally DID eat it, the tail had to be stuffed in my mouth and then I waited a while to chew it because I was terrified. I'm a big ole' dummy because crawfish is the most delicious meal there is. Besides mac & cheese and some gooey NYC pizza. Anyways.

Then we headed to the movies to see Oz. It was AMAZING, but sort of long with some slow parts. Also, the couple we went with & A wanted to see it in 3D, so my head hurt the whole time. That stuff is trippy. 

Dots on dots anyone? There's no reason this is included except that I like polka dots. And Gap. 

I woke up Saturday morning to a TERRIBLE sore throat and the rest of the weekend I spent on the couch. The pesky little thing is still sore, but luckily I made some OH MY GOSH AMAZING BEST THING EVER chicken noodle soup on Saturday and we still have leftovers. And yes, it's completely worthy of that all-caps description. I took a bunch of pictures and maybe I'll do a recipe post soon. Who knows...the pictures kinda stink. 

I did venture out for a hot minute on Sunday night to grocery shop. Who knew that the ghetto grocery store had amazing flowers? I do now. I scooped up this bunch and tried to pretend I have horticulture skills. As you can see, I do not. But they make me smile because they are just so pretty. 

Sunday night we were in bed and all of a sudden the rain got REALLY loud. Well of course it did, because it was hail. And a ton of it! I of course ran outside in my towel and snapped a picture while A was yelling at me to get back inside and put some clothes on. 

And now I'm going to be that dog mom that no one likes. Or that every dog mom really is and refuses to admit. It makes me so sad to look at pictures and see how teeny tiny Bowden was! I know, he's still a little squirt at 5 pounds now, but when we got him he was 1.5 pounds! And he had the cutest little batman mask that is now gone. Seriously, how adorable was he?! Ok ok I know, he still is, but he's just grown up so much. If this annoys you, you probably won't want to read this blog whenever I have children. Just a warning. 

weekend round-up

It's 11:10AM here so I'm counting this one as a WIN. I got in a post in the morning!

We didn't have any plans for this weekend but it actually turned out to be REALLY fun. Meaning that we didn't just sit on the couch and watch TV all weekend. It's amazing how many fun things go on in Lafayette and we've just been wasting away in front of the tube watching Netflix. I am determined to actually GO to all of the festivals that are in South Louisnana in the springtime. The best one is the Breaux Bridge Crawfish festival. So don't make plans May 3-5 and come hang out with me and some deeeelicious mudbugs. Oh did I mention that it's only $15.00 to go all three days? That is a heck of a deal. SO COME. I have a guest bedroom that is really pretty.

Back to the weekend - Friday night I made a 40-clove garlic soup. It was delicious and no vampires will be coming to our house for a good 10 years. Good thing I love the smell of garlic! We tried to go out, but there were a few socials that night and our go-to bar was insanely packed and maybe even made me slighly deaf. Yes, I know I'm too old to go to a bar when there are kids dressed up from a social. KIDS!

Saturday we usually sleep in until noon and waste away. Not this Saturday! I set the alarm for 9:30 and we got set for a day of adventure.

Bright and early and ALL SET for a day on the town. It was also FREEZING out, so the bed sounded much better. We headed first to the Farmer's Market. Andre' was pleased with the $2 tamales and stocked up on that and some fresh salsa. I think that not many booths showed up because of the cold, so we'll be trying it again in hopes of the bagel booth being there. From there we explored a bit of the boutiques in the Oil Center until we were hungry enough to head to the FOOD TRUCK ROUND-UP! There were around 20 trucks all lined up and it was SO hard to pick which one. We ended up at a truck from Baton Rouge because it had a short line. Andre' got the Quesadilla and I got the Pulled Pork Sammie. His dilla was fancier than any restaurant one I've ever seen! The pork was good, but I've had better. We went over to a local dessert shop after for some coffee and to warm up. That's where we saw little Ms. I'm 35 but going on 18. She had a Juicy visor on, Northface pullover, bright yellow norts and knee-high Juicy socks. I think she was confused, maybe all of the botox went to her brain. From there we went to the UL Baseball game. It was freezing but luckily we stopped off for a blanket on the way. (Seriously I do not know how people in the north go to football games in the winter!!)

It doesn't end there! We went and got cleaned up and then met some friends for dinner at Marcellos, a delicious Italian place with a wine market built in. Our favorites so far have been the Oregon Pino Noirs, I sense an Oregon trip being planned soon! We closed the place down (and by that I mean they took my food away from me before I was even done eating) and headed to The Tap Room for some more fun. We ran into A's sister's brother-in-law. He's engaged to A's sister's best friend. (Confused? You should be.) We took the picture to send to Katie & Michael (A's sister and her husband, aka that guy in the picture's brother) because we were sad that they had to go back to BR. My anchor swoop didn't go as well as I planned, unfortunately!

I also tried to make this outfit work, but I felt like a mom. I love the tucked in with a belt look on other people but I just can't embrace it for me. And now I need to remind Andre' to clean his mirror!

On Sunday we didn't do much. A went to another baseball game and I designed some blogs (shameless plug?) and then we went to his parents for Gumbo. They sent us home with an entire pot full and I am SO excited to have it for these last few cold nights. You hear that cold? You are not welcome after this week.

And that brings us to Monday. OH Monday how I hate you. At least I have a fun FaceTime date scheduled with a super fun blogger fave! As I told her, this makes us officially friends IRL. I'm pretty excited :)

Tune in tomorrow for my reasoning as to why I drink champagne. (Do I really need one? NO.) And go link up with Sami so I can read about YOUR weekend!