An Update

Whew........it's been awhile. I hope you all didn't miss me too much.

Well, I missed all of you, really.

That gorgeous dress I was so excited to wear to the wedding in So.Cal? Yeah, it didn't fit when it came. Yet another reason I get pissed that a majority of plus size women are shuffled to the internet to buy clothes. You never know if it's going to fit! I ended up getting an "it will do" dress at the last minute. I liked it okay, but I wasn't all too excited about it, so I kept the tags on and returned it when I got back. BOO-YAH.

Through a series of drama filled events (which are not even worth going into here) one of the bridesmaids did not show up. So I was the pinch hitter bridesmaid. Awesome. I got to be one of the first in the dinner buffet, so that was nice.

Speaking of weddings (which is all I will be speaking of for the next few months, gah) I hosted a bachelorette party this weekend. We had a BLAST. Me (maid of honor) and the bride went wine tasting in the afternoon and gnoshed on some goat cheese and olives. We had a nice dinner with a few other girls and then of course we had to deck her out in a "Future Mrs." tshirt and a bridal veil and make her do a list of dares on her back. All in all it was a fabulous night. The only downside was that one of the gentlman that we used for a party game (One of the girls rolled the dice and had to "do a shot with a nerdy guy") approached me later, asked me to dance and asked for my number. Because of a mixture of shock(regardless of whether you believe me or not, that never happens to me) and distraction (that night was about HER, not ME) I gave it to him even though I wasn't remotely interested. He then proceeded to follow me around all night (halfway to the bathroom) stare at me while I danced or walked around the bar with the bride, try to hold my hand and text message me twice and leave me a voicemail. All before he left the bar that night. I got myself a stalker, but the bride had fun and that's what it's about.*

Rewinding back to Thursday night...
I went on a "radio cruise". I realize many of you probably don't know what this is so I will tell you. A local radio station will sponsor a cruise on a nearby lake and the tickets are only around 8 bucks but you get a 3 hour ride around a GORGEOUS lake. You also have access to lots of booze. You have to buy your own but it seems like no big deal cause you only paid 8 bucks to get on the boat. Me and my friends got a little too drunk and I was the recipient of a life milestone on my drive home.
My friend puked in my car.
Somehow I had avoided this all through college but I believe it is some sort of rite of passage, and no matter when it has to happen, it will. Good times. Not really.

I think that's the end of Monday's post. I am in a wedding this Sunday so I'll probably have lots of embarassing things to report after that. Stay tuned.




*On a side note I did get the phone number of a guy I WAS interested in and he told me to call him sunday to perhaps go out to some comedy, and when I called him he never answered nor did he call me back. So..........that whole dating thing is still lame.

My First Time

As you become an "adult" you tend to grow out of having any sort of "firsts" that mean anything to you. Well I guess I should say you start growing out of "firsts" all together. I've been having a decent amount of "firsts" lately but they are not your typical kinds of firsts. They are only "firsts" in my own estimation and if you don't agree that they are worthy of noting, then you can fuck off. See? I'm nice. I like to provide options.

*2 nights ago I attended my first real organized wine tasting outside of my own workplace. One of the prominent restaurants in this town hosted a wine tasting of a local winery. A few of my coworkers from my winery were there and they brought some friends along. It was a BLAST. Oh and the wine was DELISH! I also attended another wine tasting last night at a little bistro here in town. The wine was not AS delish but I did end up buying a bottle of the Cabernet Franc. And flirted a little bit with the restaurant owner.

*I tried a flavor other than "_______mint" gum. I usually don't go for the crazy gum flavors I gotta be honest. It's usually "spearmint" or "bubblegum" and that's where I draw the line. Well the other day I branched out and tried "mint mojito" by Orbit. Uh HELLO?! DELICIOUS! So the most amazingly perfect combination of flavors in one gum! I am now addicted and I bought the 3-pack which probably says something about my problem.

*I bought a man a drink last night. I was out after the wine tasting having dinner with some gal pals and there was a very attractive gentleman at the bar with 2 friends and I could have sworn he kept looking over at our table. In the past I would have assumed I was crazy and there was absolutely no way he was looking at our table. He was probably looking past us to the door or something. Well I have been in therapy for a while now and these thoughts have changed, quite a bit. After my friend said "oh yeah I just saw him look over here twice" I figured I was not crazy and he was looking over here for some reason. Regardless of whether he was looking at me or the other three girls I decided it warranted some action. So I told our waiter to send him another of whatever he was drinking and put it on my tab. Yes! I have become bold! When the waiter pointed out who bought it he and his friends (in a completely NON SUBTLE way I might add) turned around to see who had purchased him a drink. I waved politely and smiled and figured I was done at that. NOPE. He came over to say hello and thank you. Turns out his name is Sean and he's a pharmacist. He was very nice and even more handsome when he smiled. He found it insanely intriguing that I work for a winery and I really should have used that to more of my advantage.

*I've decided that me working for a winery could get me more ass than I even imagined. I didn't realize the impact until last night. Here's to the future...

Birthday Booyah!

Ok, so I realized that in my crazy travel-rant-snowfall action I completely forgot (or got toobusy) to blog about my birthday! Now last year at my birthday I was turning a quarter of a century old! MY GOD MAN!! Well this year I am one year older than that and I have to tell you that I am in no way anxious about that. I was actually really excited for my birthday this year. I got to have my favorite food (STUFFING AND PUMPKIN PIE!) on the day before my birthday and got lots of fabulous presents including:

*3 miniature Shakespeare books from ENGLAND!

*Lots of Lavendar girly bodywash stuff, YUM!

*A total of 3 Gnomes!!

*A framed Shakespeare stamp!

*The POST SECRET book!

On my actual birthday I went out for breakfast with my 'rents and then had a Starbucks and did some shopping with my mommy. It is our new custom that when I am home we get a 'bucks and then jaunt over to the BigLots! that is 2 stores down from the Starbucks. I LOVE this new tradition. And what better day to do it than my birthday?! Later that day I decided I wanted to treat myself to some wine tasting (because I'm a big wino now) and so I discovered a winery in my hometown I didn't even know existed. Tagaris winery is a fabulous tasting room with great wines and a restaurant attached. I ended up sitting next to an orthopedic surgeon that was in town just for the weekend to cover the emergency room who was from Seattle. We had a nice little chat for an hour or so and then I gave him my number and told him if he wanted someone to show him around I would be happy to. Apparently I'm getting all kinds of bold in my old age. I ended up buying myself 2 bottles of wine as a self birthday present. WOO.

After a couple margaritas and some birthday karaoke with my best friend from HS I was back in my childhood bed sleeping soundly. The birthday celebration continued the next day with breakfast with a childhood friend and Martini's that night at a new bistro and martini bar. I found out they have a "Martini card" like a coffee card? So If I try all 24 of their martini's (not all at once!) then I get a free gift. SCORE!!!

So all and all, my birthday was a success:)

Now back to your regularly scheduled program.