Confessions of a Shopaholic

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I finished reading the shopaholic series in December. I became more and more attached to the story as I went through the series. I thought these books were a fun, light read. If you're looking for some depth - they probably aren't for you!! I've been wanting to see the movie . . . but I didn't hear great reviews . . . so I've been putting it off. We decided to go to the movie last night. I thought it was a cute movie. It's rated PG so it was pretty cheesy at times but I never felt uncomfortable during the movie. It is quite a bit different than the book. But I thought it was a sweet movie.

Soakin Up the Sun

I have a few sad feelings that I'm back to fickle weather UT and not basking in the AZ sun. Spring Training/Golf/Family was a blast. I can't believe how cute my nieces and nephew are! The boys golfed a couple of the mornings and we went to two baseball games. Attridges are big Mariners fans so we hit up Mariners v. Dodgers and Mariners v. Giants. Mariners are my favorite team second to the Giants! So I had no problem sporting my Giants gear while the rest of the fam wore Mariners blue. Rae wore a black shirt so she said she'd root for the Giants with me. I got four Mariner autographs on a ball: Mark Lowe, Brandon Marrow, Franklin Gutierrez, and Jarrod Washburn!! Spring training is a blast - if you've never been I suggest hitting it up

The boys golfing:

At the Peoria Sports Complex. Home of the Mariners and Padres

Alright a note about me: I love ballpark hot dogs. When I say I love them - I mean I looooove them! My dad knows (Esther had two hot dogs!) So, after about five seconds of being at the first game I had to go get a hot dog.

The second more important game: Mariners v Giants. I have to admit that the Mariners won but it was a close game

This is after my first autograph - from Jarrod Washburn. I had my hat sideways when I went to get the autograph from Washburn (who's a Mariner). I went with my brother-in-law Dave, and Dave said to Washburn that he needed to convince me to wear a Mariners hat. Washburn responded with, "I don't care what team hat you wear, just don't wear it sideways!" It was pretty funny. I didn't wear my hat sideways when I got autographs anymore

We were on the front row of the first base line. This is after Bryan grabbed a foul off the wall.

Seriously - Arizona sun (& breeze) and Spring Training and familia equals an amazing time!

Billboard Top Hits cont.

Well the majority of you are correct: 1992!

Some good songs came from that year:




Thanks for playing

Billboard Top Hits

I thought it would be fun to have a playlist with 10 songs from Billboards Top Hits for a certain year. Anyone that wants to can guess the year that the top hits are from. You can leave a comment with your guess or vote below or both!! The playlist will go away and I'll give the answer on Wednesday, March 4th. Remember to pause my normal playlist and Good Luck

What year are these Billboard Top Hits from?

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  1989


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  1995


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  1992


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  1999

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Lunchtime Struggles

Bryan and I have been having a constant struggle with wanting to be healthy and watching our finances vs. eating whatever we want and wherever we want. We try to bring lunch to work/school everyday so we can save money, time and our figures and just eat in my break room. But, there has sneakily been placed 3 vending machines in the break room! So, everyday after we're done eating we are faced with the chocolate concoctions in the vending machines. It has seriously been such a struggle for me to not swipe my ID card and get a treat. Thereby destroying the cause of bringing lunch! Usually if we ever do succumb to the temptation we decide to share a treat. Today, however, Bryan had to leave right away and I decided to buy the biggest ice cream cone available and eat the whole thing myself. I'm not going to say I totally regret the purchase decision (because it was delicious), but why does it have to be such a struggle? Ahhh the love/hate relationship I have with chocolate!

on another note: if you notice the first four songs on my play list are about being lucky! I thought it'd be fun to follow the St. Patrick's theme throughout. I know that a lot of people are anti having music on the blog or at least anti about having the music automatically playing when they enter. And I get it because you may already be listening to something or whatever. But, this is a blog about me and the music I'm listening to is a big representation of who I am or what I'm feeling. So, I'm sorry to those of you that don't dig the music playing automatically but I think I'm gonna keep it for now. Happy Blogging and Happy Monday!

Things I'm pretty Psyched about right now

Psyched #1: my mom sending about 15 emails with pics attached. She had pics from our cruise, mine and summer's graduation, my grandpa's funeral, and Christmas. I think I've decided that my mom and I need to switch cameras because apparently her camera likes me a little better than mine does. I looked pretty ghetto in all of the cruise pics I have!


Uh the Cruise

The whole gang


Formal Night #1

and Formal Night #2

Graduation Baby

I was beginning to think I would never graduate and now it kinda seems like forever ago that I was in school! I love that


My Grandpa's funeral

I wish I could have seen my grandpa one more time before he passed away, but at least we were able to go to his funeral and see grandma again and cousins.

Bryan and John playing Cricket at our house. Sometimes it's a little creepy how much they look alike

Christmas

Our lovely Christmas Eve dinner - I think my favorite thing about Christmas this year was playing the game Moods! Mom and Dad were pretty crazy during the game - little cheaters :)

Our Christmas tree - I loved having a Christmas tree this year (but I don't love taking it down!)

Psyched #2: Getting ready for Spring Training. Baseball is probably my favorite sport. I love going to Baseball games - it's so fun! I also love getting Giants gear to support my team while the rest of the gang will be wearing Mariners gear :) And it'll be so fun to see most of Bryan's family. I can't wait to hang out with the cute kiddos.

Psyched #3: We just planned a trip to meet my mom and dad in Monterrey the last weekend in April. I don't think I've been back to Monterrey since we moved when I was 3. It will be a short little weekend trip but it'll be fun to see mom and dad and to be in beautiful weather . . . . and Bryan's pretty psyched about seeing the Pebble Beach Golf Course. He's trying to convince me that it's a necessity for him to play the course - but at $495 I think we'll pass. I love little mini trips.

Double Feature Weekend

This weekend we hit up He's Just Not That Into You on Friday night with Summer and Steve and then on Saturday we went to Australia with Conrad and Kali. I enjoyed both of the movies but maybe He's Just a little more. I didn't have too high of expectations for the movie because it's just a chick flick but I actually really enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty funny :) Australia was good as well but maybe I was in a light hearted mood this weekend because He's Just fit my needs a little better. It was a pretty rockin movie weekend