this weekend was wonderful.... i think i had a smile on my face the whole time (except when the sparkling thing came... not nice). cheesy as a swiss housewarming party, but i'm ok with that. i have great people in my life.
unwanted attention in the middle of the evening; wanted attention as a big ole "L"; we are 14. never gonna stop laughing at things that made us laugh then; dinner with a handsome gentleman; lattes and desert; after dinner beverages; my soul mate - in bar form; birthday gifts from a very lovely man (yes they DO include a homemade birthday card book, dinner to one of my faves - including drinks! - an exacto knife, and tickets to the first aid kit concert. YAY!); reasons i love toronto - FREE SYRINGES! (i'm going to assume it's clean); roti for dinner - with lots of hot sauce; guys - i'm wearing COLOURED PANTS!; my friends know me so so well - on friday i received a vintage typeset drawer, and these typeset letters are previous gifts from friends. love; the beginning of a massive bead organizational undertaking (with hoosiers!)
friday: I left work and jetted home (with intentions to go to the
gym, but….. pff) to meet my friend jamie who had come from home for the evening.
I had a quick shower, and while doing a quick catch up, and briefing for the
evening, we got ready and then drove back to work to park so we could meet
everyone at milestones downtown. arrived to a few people already there, and spent the rest of
the evening drinking super classy wine spritzers (thank you Kelly for the
inspiration), and having dinner before we headed out on the town. also was
lucky enough to receive some gifts – including an owl themed fun gift from
kelly, a beautiful vintage letterpress tray from erin, and a handknitted (crocheted?)
headband for winter from my talented friend Helen. we finished up, and all of
us went due west (to the better part of town) to the Beaconsfield – meeting up with almost twice as many people when we
arrived. we managed to scam a large table for everyone, and spent almost the
rest of the evening having drinks, and hanging out with glow sticks, st. patrick’s
themed curly straws, and tons of friends stopping by to say hi. then, the
troopers in the group trudged down (in a bit of rainy weather) to the rhino – my fave. we had a drink or two, and in finding that the
kitchen was closed, they suggested grabbing a falafel or schwarma and bringing
it inside. THAT’S why I love them there. we ate falafel, drank beer, and laughed
hard for the rest of the night. another quick falafel stop on the way home, and we headed in, while another friend neal
picked up his bike, and made the trek home in the rain. jamie, jeff and I stayed
up late chatting, and bundling up (my apt gets UBER cold once summer is over), and then crashed - not too late, thank goodness.
saturday: woke up early to drive jamie back to her car (parked
at my work – free downtown parking, what??), then grabbed some crummy
macdonalds (which I can’t believe I’m even admitting to), to drop in a bowl,
and serve ‘homemade breakfast in bed’ to jeff. I’m very nice. I arrived back
home to a birthday bundle – after opened, revealing a new (VERY SHARP) exacto
knife and cutting board for leather making, tickets to first aid kit, a homemade flip book card, and dinner and drinks at one of
my faves – that night. kim stopped by to drop off some hairspray I had
forgotten at their wedding a few weekends ago, and I go photos, as well as got
a good visit in – the three of us sprawled across my chaise and footstool (very
intimate). Once kim headed out, spent the day being totally lazy, napping, and
since it was raining, I didn’t feel all that bad. got up and going in time for
our reservations – changed, and got all fancied up, and walked over to enoteca sociale… one of my favourites (if you’ve never been – GO. Look at this menu – how could
you POSSIBLY ignore?). had beer, pasta, bread, wine, desert, and lots of fun…. and after
almost 2 hours, we departed – full – and took a walk up and
down ossington (but only after a quick stop in to the liquor store to grab a bottle
of wine). we finally decided to stop in at Churchill – where I mentioned I had wanted
to try at some point, but have never really had the opportunity. then, headed home, where we opened wine, and watched dexter
(really exciting stuff). I guess now that I’m old, this is the kind of thing I should
look forward to. I guarantee you I was in bed by midnight. wild.
Sunday: woke up late-ish, and headed out for breakfast at
sadie’s – my fave vegan brunch spot. then, spent the afternoon wandering downtown
– a quick stop to look at the new fall stuff at joe, then a stop in at duke’scycle to test drive a bike, and scope out some options (yay new bike coming
soon!!), then a coffee, and some get outside to look at new shoes (drool). then
we grabbed the car, and headed home – grabbed a quick bite to eat, and after
stopping quickly at home to grab jeff’s stuff, I dropped him off at the GO
station. I then spent the evening being a loner – ate dinner outside while
reading… and while I’d like to say I spent the beautiful day outside, I spent
the night watching hoosiers on my laptop, while I pushed through purging and organizing
piles of things that have been looming over me for months. I was UBER
productive, and ended up with a pile of ‘to do’ projects, and a lot more beads
than I thought! cleaned up a bit, and then was in bed by 10. Read some magazines
that have been sitting, begging for me to read (including the new jcrew
catalogue), and was asleep by 11. exhausted.
a long, tiring, but amazing
weekend. (still exhausted this morning!!)
hope everyone's weekend was fantastic - i have promised myself i'm going to model every weekend after this one - and simply enter it as though they're all going to be good! i challenge you to do the same. with more sleeping. and gifts - i encourage just as many gifts.
happy monday!