Weekending Highlights+{a Giveaway}

Happy Monday, loves! After a fun-filled weekend, friends and yummy food, I'm definitely not ready to jump into the work week, but alas...we must!

My highlights this weekend included:

~getting out of work early to pick up my friend Lynn during some free time while she was in town

~Happy Hour at Bracket Room (Chris Bukowski's bar) for a couple of hours of catch up, girl chat, the most delicious mac n cheese, and some nice quality time together

~a mini dinner date night with MG, ending the night watching Dateline

~Did a little saturday shopping and got our friends' new twins (a girl and a boy) two cute little outfits for when we get to meet them this week (I mean, look at that little ruffle butt! I die)

~Picked up a new chair for MG's desk at Pier 1 to replace his old one--love the pattern and the rivets!

~Drove to National Harbor for a little daytime excursion--but boy was it chilly near the water! 

~Wandered in and out of a  bunch of stores in the area, including the Peeps store!

~Stopped at a tea shop and finally got started on my journey to drinking more tea since we went on our food tour in Chicago

~Had lunch at Granite City and headed back home

~After taking a week off, we finished the last part of our puzzle (that sky was torture!! haha), followed by some cozy reading

~Had a double date planned in Old Town, but our one friend got sick so MG and I had an intimate date night just the two of us (with shrimp and scallop mushroom risotto that was pretty banging)

~Came home and watched Everest--holy Moses, that movie is SO well done, and SO intense!!! Totally recommend it!

~Proceeded to have dreams about the movie the entire night once we went to bed

~Woke up and tried my first batch of tea--it is SO good! #teadrinker

~Ran some Sunday morning errands, with a stop at Panera for some breakfast bagels!

~Headed to our friends' housewarming in DC to see their new place and bring them a housewarming gift--got to meet a lot of their friends from South Carolina who were so nice and fun

~Made our way to another Superbowl party to see another group of friends and watch the game

~ate so much yummy Superbowl food--why is football food so dang good??

~Rooted for the Panthers for all of my Carolina girls! 

And after that, we made our way home and into bed to start the week!

How was your Superbowl weekend? 

~.~.~

Also, I'm joining up with Pamela and a fabulous group of ladies for an awesome giveaway in honor of Valentine's Day: a 1 year subscription to Birchbox!
Hosted by: Jessi's Design, The Sequin Notebook,  Going The Distance,  Pink and Fabulous, Living On Cloud Nine, Lisa Loves John, Twin Living Blog and A Little Glitter.

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