& that's the way life goes

Yesterday was a pretty good day except now I’m left feeling guilty because I didn’t make it to my uncle’s retirement party. In all honesty, I tried. I got out on the roads to go pick C up from hockey so we could head out but I’m deathly afraid of black ice. This comes from totaling one car, smashing another and doing a 360 on a main road. My chest gets tight and I start to wheeze. To me it wasn’t worth it to drive an hour. I’m sure because of it I’m the topic of what an awful relative I am for not showing.

Besides that I hung out with my girl LP.  I <3 this girl.  We’ve been friends since I was 3 and we’ve had major ups and downs but she’s become a sister to me.  So much that there are times I admittedly want to strangle her but I wouldn’t trade her for the world.  That’s when you know your friends have crossed the line to a sister.  Even when I want to kill her (clearly not literally) I’d never think of pushing her out of my life.  I know that she will always be there, just like I”ll always be there for her.

I worked out with her and her trainer, we got lunch and did a little shopping. I bought this awesomeness because I’ve needed some nice hooker boots for when I go out. Also, I think they will be perfect for our Chicago adventure with LP and her boyfriend in June.  I am trying to save money but I think this was a pretty good purchase.

Have I mentioned that C invited LP and her boyfriend to go to Chicago with us?  I was shocked when he asked them but I’m so excited!  We are going to take the train, similarly to what we did for C’s birthday last year (part 1, part 2, part 3).

Lastly, OMG USA vs CANADA tomorrow in hockey!  I’m so excited and nervous at the same time.  It will hopefully be an awesome game regardless of who wins. {USA, USA, USA }

I don’t have much time to blog today.  It’s sad I know.  I’m blaming it on all the slushy, sloppy snow we got last night.  Anyhow, here are the rest of the pics!

after some drinks - aka Ria is a lightweight

we are those people that workout on vacation (shut it!). both hotels had nice fitness rooms

out and about

we're cool like that

last day - union station

I took a lot of pictures.  I love playing with my camera.  Here are some examples from Chicago.  Have you used the collage feature in picasa yet?  That’s what I’m using.  I think it’s a lot nicer than me bombarding you with a billion pics to scroll through.  What do you think?

This is what happens when C takes too long to get ready

elevator shots

mirror shots

Ok that’s enough for today.  Don’t worry I have more.  LOL you poor, poor readers.  That’s ok, you can always just mark as read

Happy Hump Day!

C is a good sport and lets me compose shots. there are more haha don't worry

I am not in work mode at all.  I’ve waded thru my inbox and I accomplished some work stuff thoug, woo!  I’m not ready to post pics yet, I know I’m sorry, but I will tell you the majority of what we did in Chicago was walked (miles and miles), shopped and ate.

I’m not a huge shopper but it’s hard when you are walking down the Mag Mile and all these pretty things are in the window.  I didn’t buy anything that I couldn’t buy at home though, which was a bummer, but they were things I wouldn’t have slurged on at home, ya know what I mean?  C did the majority of buying, which surprised me!

I went into Sephora for the first time *gasp* I know!  That store is pretty frickin awesome! I really liked the girl that was helping us too.  I don’t wear makeup really, just eyeliner and mascara but she put  Stila Tinted Moisturizer on me and I was hooked. It’s not something I’ll wear daily (I’m too lazy) but I like feeling like a model sometimes I also needed a cheek color for special occasions and this looked pretty on, plum radiance, didn’t know it was $24 til I bought it though lol.

C bought me Ed Hardy’s new perfume and Ugg sandals, I never thought I’d buy Ugg anything but these sandals are soooooo comfy and I’ll wear them all summer.

I also bought a $10 Obama shirt at Urban Outfitters and a shirt from Forever 21.

the shirt i bought at Forever XXI

I’ve told you guys that I’m an introvert.  We got into Chicago on Saturday and went window shopping.  I went into some stores …ahem Forever 21…and almost had a panic attack because there were so many people.  I didn’t buy anything on Saturday because I couldn’t stand to be in the junior/women’s sections, there were just too many crazy people.  So I helped C shop, which is probably why he ended up with some really cool shit.  Sunday and Monday were much better shopping days for me hehe