Still here

So don't mean to be abandoning my blog. I have so many posts in the queue just waiting to be told, but between company, studying for finals, and keeping up my social and family life, well they just have to wait. I miss my blog community though!!

In the meantime to entertain you I give you YouTube. It does have to do with my psychology class, and it's funny... Extra points if you get the theory right.

Get on This!!

I'm so there.

 

You're Invited to Mix & Mingle at Mama Fu's Holiday Happy Hour!

 

Sip Sake & Eat Asian inspired treats while touring our downtown venue. Experience the perfect party space for your next event.

 

Date: Tuesday Nov 17

Time: 5:30 to 7:30

RSVP: by Monday November 16

 

Leave a comment or email me at sundrops at gmail dot com for the link.

Here's Where I'm Hoping to be Tomorrow Night!

Email me at sundrops at gmail dot com if you want to meet up!

Local Style and Flavor Happy Hour Benefiting the American Cancer Society
November 12, 6-8pm
Join Sanctuary for cocktails and appetizers as well as raffles, swag bags and more.

Ligne Roset Boutique
Come out and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of French New Wave Cinema with us on Thursday, November 12. Complimentary French Inspired Spirits and Hors d'Oeuvres.
November 12th, 2009, 7pm - 9pm

Austin Art Garage
Cory Ryan is a freelance commercial and portrait photographer that lives and loves in Austin. For over a year, the Holga never left Cory's side and the resultant work is some of her favorite imagery that was produced and recorded from that year.
Artist Reception: Thursday November 12th 7PM-9PM
Sponsored by: Tito's Vodka, Lone Star Beer & Maine Root

Austin's Meet Yo Blogger Bleetup

Tolly has done it again with the blogger meet up - raising the bar for the rest of us who get together unofficially. Good thing we have an excuse to get together and partAY every once in awhile, because we just may start to overrun each other with our own little meetups (oh, who am I kidding we'll do it any way and probably even more so as a result!) that couldn't possibly include everybody as well as Tolly has managed to do at both the bleetups. Cory Ryan photobooth, Mama Fu's edamame and ahi tuna, Tito's Vodka and Sweet Leaf Tea drinks, the Lemmings, and Built by Snow, all at the very cool Mohawk venue. Who could ask for more? Sorry I don't have more pictures of the actual event! We had too much fun taking pictures of all of us girlies together, besides I'm still working on getting back into the groove of things. Another post to come and more pictures on the pre-party at Whole Foods Taste of Thanksgiving!

Mai is Back!!!!

Just have to put a plug in for Mai - she is BACK!! She's still been posting on her blog, but she is physically in town for a few days and I am so BEYOND excited to see her! Can't wait for the Austin Bleet-up on Thursday!

On a different but related note, I am so excited that when Mai and I talked today I mentioned how overwhelmed I have been with school and exams, and she had some awesome suggestions! She suggested mixing fun classes with the core classes in order not to make the next semester so grueling and give me more time for the social support aspect that keeps me from burnout (which I'm totally experiencing right now). Thinking about not having next semester be so completely life sucking excites for the next semester for the first time since having to think about registering for classes again!! I already registered, but I think I can still switch them around. Friday will be perfect to do that since the people who haven't paid by now will be dropped then. Sad for them, yay for me!

Happy Halloween

Yay, Halloween! I am loving the idea of parties the weekend before. After a Halloween costume party AND a pumpkin carving party last weekend, I already feel like we've celebrated Halloween and we're not even there yet!

Greek Goddess and Brando as... himself.

I tried to convince him to write in silver sharpie on his shirt, "I am coming as myself."

Oh, yes, we danced. And danced. And danced.

Brando did borrow my friend's boyfriend's costume from last year. He only wore the ostrich rider for about twenty minutes, though, because the machine on his rear end keeping the costume full of air was a little hard to sit on.

The end of the night, and the Burger King. He was awesome.

And on to... the pumpkin carving party! We went to Sweet Berry Farm first for our pumpkins, and did a giant maze where the field is in the shape of Texas (you can see the field ready to be seeded here).

Afterwards, we went to a friend's house and everybody carved all their pumpkins! Shawners and I had the weekend to ourselves as Brando and Justinb had gone camping. So we cuddled upstairs and watched a movie on the half a theatre movie size screen until the crowd (with their crazy huge knives they used for their pumpkin carving tools!!) cleared and then we carved ours with one other girl that was still doing an intricate design on her large pumpkin.

Shawner's pumpkin!

My pumpkin that was extremely difficult. It took all of five minutes!

Weekends of Fun

This last weekend was EXACTLY what I needed. Friends, good times, good memories, and a little bit of shopping, as well as going to see Whip It, which I highly recommend. I also recommend coming to see the roller derby in Austin, where the film was based, with me when their season opens again in January. The movie was killer, but it's even better in person!

A friend from school, M2, and I hit up the Round Rock outlets for some killer deals. I scored two Oakley jackets at Oakley similar to this one for $5, only one was solid black and one was solid white, and neither had the ribbing. This one is $70 on the website - yikes!! So perfect for school where they keep the classrooms FREEZING.

At GUESS I found two adorable pairs of earrings, one of them similar to these, only bigger and with black around the edges. The other pair were hoops with an opalescent appearance - perfect for summer. They look like you just picked shells up off the beach, but are also perfect for that winter outfit that needs just the right amount of winter white. $3.50 each!

At PacSun I found an adorable zebra print black and gray O'Neill cami - I heart O'Neill! - trimmed in black and with three buttons down the middle front, and a fun Lilu (my nickname : ) colorful purple, hot pink, black, and gray tank. As well as ripped jean shorts - yay next summer! All $5 a piece.

And that was the end of my not more than $30 shopping spree. I was so happy walking away from there with my pile of loot and most of my money!

Study, Sleep, Play

I had one good round of blog posts in there, but really I haven't done much since school has started, except for, well, what's in the title. This weekend though Brando and I made it out to the Hideout Theatre for Ka-Baam! Hilarious, and just what I needed to relax and actually not think about studying for once. Friday night I took off at 10:30pm as soon as Brando got home from a guy's night, and went to go see Couples Retreat with a girlfriend from school. More laughs, and a totally cute film. Vince Vaughn was not completely raunchy for once, and I loved his character. And his wife's character! I loved the way the couples all ended up in a totally different direction from what you expected at the beginning, and the way their relationships spawned new developments during therapy. Saturday was super deep clean day, somebody came to look at the house, then relax in super clean, decluttered house that has actually managed to stay clean since, then off to improv.

Sunday was study, study, study day which was perfect because tonight was girls night with tomato and bell pepper pizza, salad with red and yellow bell peppers, avocado and garlic cheese croutons, red wine, and Potbelly cookies. Oh, and, as always, Gossip Girl and The Hills (which the latter is pretty darn drama ridden this season and almost to the point where it's not worth watching). Random and yum!

Sorry for the ho-hum post. More fun and pictures soon! As soon as I have the time to create them, that is, muahahahaha.

Some fun "engagement" pictures we took in the meantime. Because, you know, being married almost nine years deserves that.