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. 

boo, you whore

I can't go out. (cough, cough) I'm sick. Why yes, I do try and incorporate Mean Girls into my every day life. 

I had grand plans to get in a lot of Shenanigans this weekend so that I could have something worthwhile to link up with the pretty Miss Sami, but then I got sick. 

We went to Houston because I had a baby shower on Saturday and because we just can't get enough nephew time. But it's bad news when Reid spent his entire weekend having meltdowns and then falling asleep on his mom or dad's laps - something he NEVER does. 

So of course, since I still couldn't resist snuggle time with Reid, I got sick. I'm not sure what I have, but I have a fever. And I read somewhere once that fever = flu. Please say that is not true!

We still wanted to have some fun, so we went to dinner with friends on Saturday night at Beaver's. We went there last month for drinks and wanted to try out the food this time. I wasn't really hungry, but I got a small side of mac & cheese. Along with being a pizza snob, I'm a bit of a mac & cheese snob. I am not exaggerating when I say that this stuff was one of the best I have EVER had. I'm going to give up making it at home because I know I will not even come close. (And the whole being healthy and no pasta during the week thing.) I have zero appetite right now thanks to the maybe flu, but I would still eat a gallon if this if someone gave it to me. 

The rest of the weekend looked like that. Hot tea to make my throat feel good enough to meet the friends, and the best drink I have ever put into my mouth. Cuties + coconut in a healthy smoothie? SOLD. Now I just need to figure out where to buy coconut chuncks so I can recreate this. And I guess I need a juicer? In my nighttime medicated state last night I was thinking of how to properly make a cutie smoothie. Do you blend them or juice them? And then I passed out two seconds after putting my sleep mask on (face mask? sleep mask?) and dreamed of being a hoarder of bookshelves. That Walgreens knock off of Nyquil really gets ya.