Mind Blown.

So last night I went out with my favorite people to attend trivia night at my favorite bar.

Like usual, I bellied up to the bar and I ordered my typical beer and then found us a table in order to start to answering questions. My best friend, Lauren, came to the table and handed me a little taster glass and said, "Try this." The beer looked darker and it smelled sweet so I didn't know to expect.

Yeah, it was the greatest sip of beer of my life. Mind blown.

I am now a lover of Pumpkin Harvest Blue Moon.

 How did I not know about this?!

Vine-ripened pumpkin, spices, and a touch of wheat.

It is my Pumpkin Spice for the nighttime! So of course I purchased a 6 pack to drink this weekend at home. Ohh, I now picturing a night of curling up on the couch with the boy, catching up on our favorite shows on Hulu, and sipping on my new seasonal beer. Come on weekend, you can get here already?

Has anyone else tried this delicious beer? What is your favorite seasonal drink!?

Early Christmas Present? Yes Please.

So this morning I arrived at work to see a present sitting on my desk… an interesting looking present, to say the least.

Yes that is tape being wrapped around the paper in order to keep it attached while the bow is made up of leftover tape. This is the work done by my best guy friend, B. The card is the cutest and means more to me than what’s under the wrapping paper {or so I thought!} and it says:



"To: Rah
For all your time and dedication, hopefully this makes it more enjoyable! Merry Christmas!
Love ya, Brandon"



He told me I had to open it today since I will be needing it the next few days. So here’s my beautiful/thoughtful gift...

Stadium chair for the ice rink!

While I am checking it out and laughing saying “thank you” he is pointing out its bells and whistles saying “here’s where you can put your Diet Coke or beer… here’s where you can store your Crossword Puzzles from People Magazine or even your homework.” He seriously thought of everything!

Tonight, I am going to be at the ice rink for hours {literally hours} to watch my boyfriend be a goalie in one game then a defensemen in the next. Looks like I will be putting this contraption to work! The best part is how practical of a gift it is, as well as how in the locker room last night my boyfriend kept telling B, "dude, stop rubbing it in how perfect your gift is for her... you are making me look bad because I haven't gotten her anything yet." Haha let the pressure of gift-buying begin!

Just when I think hockey couldn't get any better... now with some back support and cushion between the metal bleachers, it has!

Halloweekend Festivities.

This Halloween weekend was one of my favorites. Not only was my costume easy and fun to wear but the boys' costumes turned out even better. Its fun to just celebrate dressing up and going out for the night. So here are a few pictures of my night as Rosie the Riveter. 

The Gilligan Island Cast
{The Skipper, Gilligan, & The Professor}

How was your Halloween? I want to know what everyone was and any DIY projects you performed to make your costume the best! I want to share my project with you guys... The boyfriend needed a Skipper hat  and all I could find at the costume shop was one for the air force. So I took off the patch and replaced it with an anchor patch. Then I removed the gold ribbon and changed it out with some golden rope with knots. I couldn't be happier and the boyfriend loved it! I guess that's all that matters :)

 Happy Belated Halloween everyone! Cannot wait to see your wonderful costumes :)

Get By With a Little Help From My Friends.

Ahh, I love my girlfriends. I am seriously obsessed with these girls and they are making life at home so enjoyable. Nothing like knowing that at a drop of a hat anyone of these girls would be game for a venting session or just go to happy hour. There's nothing better. Like this weekend, we went to our friend Grant’s house and somehow a little photo op happened. Starting with my favorite picture of the night, which I want an 8” X 10” made and framed ASAP. So freakin’ precious, but also the scariest way to have a picture taken since the ledge was really high.

These next few pictures still make me laugh. Who else would want to be friends with us? Kind of ridiculous.

I love nights like this, when all you need are a few drinks, a great photographer, and crazy girlfriends. Cheers to many more nights like this one! Anyone else got friends that seem to make everything better?!

Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous.

Don’t you love it when you find the perfect birthday present for someone?

My best friend Lauren’s birthday was last month and I knew it had to be good… had to be original. First of all, I don’t see her nearly enough anymore since she is enrolled in med school while I am completing my engineering degree and we are at two different colleges.  Secondly, she deserved something pretty and fun. Well all it took was one trip to my favorite store downtown Petoskey to find this book:

Eat, Drink, and Be Gorgeous will:

- Teach you how to have fun, go out, and be healthy—all at the same time
- Show you how to put the fun back in eating and avoid restricting yourself
- Get your groove back in the sack and get your mojo going
- Tell you the secrets of the nutritional it girls…and how they can help you
- Teach you what vitamins are right for you
- Empower you with the secrets of how to recover from a nasty hangover
- Help you realize that life is too short to be on a diet the whole time!

Last night I got a text & picture from her saying, "I just got back to my apartment and found my birthday present in my mailbox and I love it {except I cut my finger opening the box}" and how it makes the perfect coffee table book. I couldn't agree more! I wanted to give her something that she could giggle to while reading yet still be doctorly. {Is that even a word because it makes sense in my mind.} Its a nutritionist's guide to living well while living it up! How perfect for a 23 year old girl who needs to let go everyone once and awhile from the stress of med school and textbooks?! 

Also, in the package was a little white box that held a Petoskey stone. This is Michigan's state rock... sounds lame I bet, but you can only find them literally in my front yard on the shore of Lake Michigan. So about a month ago I went out looking for some {hard thing to do in the summer months because all the tourists STEAL them} but I found one. I got it polished and wrapped up ready to be sent to Ohio. I figured it is something she can use even as a paper weight on that desk she never leaves and still remember me! Plus, I am a sucker for unique gifts.

I love birthday shopping and luckily my other best friend... Emily at Live, Laugh, and Shop turns 21 at the end of this month. Ohh the ideas are reeling in my head of what to get this little lady. I already picked up a few things this past weekend - Can't say what because she stalks my blog BUT be looking out for that post later on.

Anyone else enjoy other people's birthdays more than your own? Any good birthday presents you've gotten your besties? I wanna know!