Weekending Highlights

This weekend started off on an incredibly scary and somber note with the terrorist attack that occurred in Paris on Friday evening. MG and I watched everything unfold, completely and utterly dumbfounded at the hatred in this world. I continue to pray for those whose lives were lost and the families of the people who were taken too soon from this world.

With that, I'm going to share my highlights because there were still happy things this weekend, amongst the sadness.

My weekend highlights included:

~Came home from work to my Rebecca Minkoff bag waiting for me on our doorstep #allthehearteyes

~Friday night sushi dinner date night with MG. So much yum!

~A night in, on the couch--had plans to rent a movie, but watched the news coverage of the attacks in France, in shock

~early morning of errands all over the place with some pretty chilly, blustery Fall weather to accompany us; and a trip to Costco where we picked up another one of their super soft and comfy blankets for couch cuddles in the basement--the pattern is so pretty!

~lounging with these slippers, purchased at Target (I love how cute the cable knit sweater part is, and they are SO comfy--highly recommend!)

{via} Only $15!

~late afternoon 4 mile walk/hike with MG

~Gave myself a manicure with Essie's Bahama Mama

~Got ready for a double date night out with our friends who we had dinner plans with last weekend, but plans had gotten cancelled.

~Tried out a new-to-us restaurant in DC, called Lincoln, with some of THE best food I've had in a loooooong time. The wine was delicious, and so were the small plates that we split: brussel sprouts, flat iron steak, mushroom risotto, mac and cheese, and french onion short ribs, and the pecan pie ice cream (with candied pecans!!) for dessert, plus French press coffee....we were stuffed! There were so many more dishes we wanted to try-and we'd had plans to order several rounds of dishes-but we couldn't stuff in any more food because the portions were so big!

(The place was obviously themed after Lincoln, with various artwork/decor centered around him, and the entire floor was done with pennies...it was pretty cool!)

~Made plans to celebrate the guys' birthdays in a couple of weeks, along with a holiday outing together, too

~Discovered Lyft, which is even cheaper than Uber (download the app if you haven't yet--you can earn points and get free rides, too)

~Meal prepped and ran some more errands on Sunday morning

~Had our favorite buffalo chicken wraps with home made blue cheese dressing (an almost weekly tradition during the football season)

~Discovered an awesome furniture/decor store near our place that has some great pieces. I could get lost in this store forever! (This video is just the beginning of what this store has in it!)

~got in a little reading, watched some football games and saw some fantastic results (the Vikings--the team our friend coaches on--are actually in playoff contention this year!)

~had the doors open since the weather was so pretty out

All in all, it was a good weekend for us, and I'm incredibly thankful for that.

 My heart still hurts that what happened on Friday is something that is becoming the new normal, it seems. As hard as Mondays can be, I'm choosing to be thankful for this Monday--the privilege of experiencing the start of another week was taken away from so many people on Friday, and I won't spend mine wishing it away.
Be present. Make sure the people around you know that you love them.
I pray for France, our world, and its future.

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