Lazy Is In The Forecast.

Turns out we are supposed to get 10 to 15 inches of snow up here in Northern Michigan today. This always happens…we get hit with a March storm. Little does this snow know, however, that I am fully prepared to enjoy it. Yes you read that right. I know I happen to be the queen of complaining about how snow ruins my plans but I have accepted that since there isn’t a weekend agenda that in turn I can just kick back, snuggle up, and relax. I am already making a list of “can goods” (aka beer, for the boy) and in my case some bottles of wine to make it through the hard times ahead. Haha! Other than that, I plan to go to the bar literally across the street from my boyfriend’s house for some late night entertainment later though.

I would want us to look like this:

But I know this will be what we will end up looking like (picture one girl as a guy):

Most of all, I am just excited to spend Saturday morning like this:

I also want to make hot chocolate and spend the afternoon catching up on TV shows and movies. Nothing is better than lazy days with the boy. Here’s part of the line up:

Nothing like scary movies chased with completely girlie shows. The boy will watch literally anything and probably like it, so its the perfect combination.

The snow will not defeat me. I definitely need a little downtime and thankfully the weather is allowing me to just say “Well I am kind of stuck indoors, so I might as well…do nothing."

What are you plans this weekend? Anyone else feeling like staying in and being lazy is in their forecast/agenda? I want to know!

Weekend Recap.

Well this weekend was full of sports, sports, sports, sports, sports… and that is not an over exaggeration. I honestly feel like my life is documented by who the people are in my life and which sport they are partaking in that day/night. Good thing I always find a way to make it fun!

Friday was dedicated to my brother’s football game, which was in Rockford, MI. I realized from being in this town for 5 minutes that maybe someday I’ll live there {with my future husband and 5 boys who all play hockey.} They have a huge high school with a football stadium that is gorgeous.. litterally looks like a college statium. But on the other hand, their downtown is so small and charming. I loved it even more when we happened to find the best place for a few beers and dogs before the game. Its called the Corner Bar and they even have a Hot Dog Hall of Fame, that if you eat 12 of their coney dogs you get your name on the wall. Look how cute:

Mmm Chicago-Style dog.

 

Even won $1 from the Pull-Tab Machine in the bar. Winner, winner!



The "little" brother {#8} scored 2 touchdowns during the night. So fun to watch!

Sunday was spent mostly on the couch... recovering from a night of dancing and adult beverages with the boy and these little ones seen below. Of course we were watching... SPORTS! {Detroit Lions game was on.} The guy I am seeing has a pug named Lola, who over the past few months I am becoming seriously attached to… It’s crazy. The other pug in the picture is his mom's pug, Sidney, who he was dog-sitting for the weekend. The only time they weren't snuggling with us on the couch was when this picture was taken and I had to quietly sneak to take it. Stinkin' adorable.  

Want to know something else that is crazy?  I have a Lola too. How weird is it that we both have Lolas that are 5 years old? Our next date we are planning on bringing our dogs with us... It can be a play date for us and our dogs. Haha I am so cheesy, but has anyone ever done that?

Please tell me I am not crazy!

Weekend Plans.

Only 9 hours of work left until I get to yell “it’s the weekend.” Then the craziness starts.

Things to do:

Get the iPhone 4S. My phone has had a great run and now it’s ready to be upgraded. I am very excited about this since lately my phone decided it’s too weak to power my apps or allow me to have long conversations. Out with the old and in with the new!

I will be ordering these puppies in a few minutes once my paycheck is deposited. Red and white TOMs! Love love love. Pretty fitting for my beloved Miami Redhawks and Detroit Red Wings. I think its the perfect hockey shoe while the boy thinks I am crazy because they don't "look warm." He should know by now that cuteness over warmth!

My little brother has a football game tonight… ohh and its homecoming and he’s on the court! VOTE FOR JOE! It’s crazy that he is a senior and got his pictures back yesterday. Makes me feel old.

Joe hugging the ball after his game-winning interception last week.

Date nights. This weekend will be full of dates with the boy. He told me last night that “I have to get in my Sarah-time right now because once winter hockey season starts (next week) I won’t be around much.” It’s true. He will be playing games 3 times a night while also being the referee for the other teams’ games. Goodbye boy, goodbye.

So what’s more romantic and a perfect date then a haunted house an hour away? Every October in Wolverine, Michigan a company hosts the scariest haunted house ever. I haven't been in 3 years, so I know it will creep me out like the first time I've gone. They even added a haunted swamp behind it... Yikes. This girl's biggest fear is getting lost in the woods so I can only imagine how much I will freak out once I am being chased through the woods.

Lastly, my best friend sent me this card in the mail and I nearly died laughing. It’s sad but true. I am getting it framed due to the fact its kind of a rule I live/date by.

With that note, I am going to crank out hours of engineering work so I can start enjoying my sports-centered weekend of football and hockey. What do you guys have planned this weekend?

So Much To Celebrate.

Well I am at work bright and early this morning even though I stayed up lateeee last night to watch my beloved Tigers take the series against the Yankees. Needless to say, I am still running on the high of winning... well that and Diet Coke.

Now I need to start planning out my weekend... {Hey, I have to have something to look forward to in order to get me through this workday.}
Tonight I am roadtripping to watch my brother's varsity football game. So this means a little pregame appetizers and drinks are in order. Good thing North Peak Brewing Company is right down the road from the stadium! So I will be meeting up with a few good friends and the family to try to calm the nerves of the night's game.

Picture from last week's Breast Cancer Awareness football game.

Finally my Saturday will be spent seeing the movie, Ides of March, starring two of the most beautiful men, Ryan Gosling and George Clooney. Part of the movie was filmed at Miami University, my alma mater, so of course I have to go see my school on the big screen! I have been counting down the days until its premiere, so the boy has been preparing himself for when I grab his arm during the movie and “whisper” {I don’t know how to whisper… I am a loud talker, especially when excited} to him “THAT’S MIAMI!”
That’s when you know you have a keeper is when the guy you are dating lets you scream “Miami!” every time the trailer comes on TV and for some reason doesn't get tired of it. I am just hoping the film lives up to all the hype...I’ll let you guys know how the movie turned out in a post later this weekend. Deal?

Last but certainly not least… it’s my little sister’s 21^st birthday this weekend. That means the boy and I are packing our bags and headed north to the UP of Michigan to visit her at school. The game plan is we are surprising her… I am thinking I’ll just knock on her apartment door and just stand there with a bottle of Skinnygirl Margarita with a bow on it. I know she will love it and I can’t wait to share such a huge night with her. Missing her like crazy recently.

So that's quite a weekend, huh? I can't wait to spend it with the people I love the most.
What are your plans for the weekend? Anyone else have beautiful weather and are outside enjoying it as much as possible?

Happy Friday Everyone!

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?!

Mud on the Tires.

Even though I was born and raised in northern Michigan, I haven’t really embraced the whole outdoorsy-ness of the state until lately. The past three years, whenever I was home from college in Ohio, I would call the boys I had known since elementary school and say “take me two tracking” or “let’s go camping.” They would often laugh and then say “well grab those Coach rain boots of yours and let’s go!” Well this weekend was no exception. We live 15 minutes from a town called Boyne Falls which hosts a Polish Festival every year. One of the events is a Mud Run.  Basically, boys work on a truck or jeep for years {or all summer} to get it to the point that it can make it through a track full of mud in the shortest amount of time possible.  So I grabbed my sister, who is as naïve about mud and trucks as I am and we went to watch.

Me & Kelly.

The boy we went to go cheer on was Mike, who drives a truck he named “Mud Slut.”

Haha yeah, pretty classy huh? But it was honestly one of the best looking trucks in the competition… I know that isn’t in the “winning criteria” but I thought I needed to tell him that he should win for that alone. {See how girlie I can be?!} The whole day we would just kick back & sing this song together:

I've got the perfect place in mind
It's in the middle of nowhere only one way to get there
You got to get a little mud on the tires

Hands down it was one of the best summer days ever. We got to do some serious people watching {my favorite thing in the world} and also ogle over guys in big trucks.  Not too shabby! So we sat in the “rain, then sun, then rain, then sun” weather, drank beers out of our new Polish festival coozies {Classy, huh?}, and just enjoyed the country-ness.  

I was one happy yet muddy girl by the end of the day! This even has now become something I will look forward to for years/summers to come.


Anyone else ever been to something like this? Anyone ever went completely out of their comfort zone and then realized what they had been missing? Cannot wait to read about everyone else's weekends!

U Gotta Regatta!

Well this weekend was busy, busy, busy… hence the lack of blog posts, but I’d figure I would show what I have been up to. My hometown of Petoskey had its sidewalk sales which were nothing short of amazing due to the hot weather and all the sale racks. One of my big purchases of the day was a Vineyard Vines skirt to wear later that night to the Regatta!

The last weekend in May the Little Traverse Yacht Club and Irish Boat Shop always host a sailboat race {called the U Gotta Regatta} in Lake Michigan. Once the race in completed all the racers and sailors celebrate with free beer and brats. {Greatest combo ever.} It always turns out to be the party of the summer with its live bands and beautiful scenary!

Jordan & Me.

Mom & Me

Little brother Joe, Me, and my cousin Sam

Afterwards, we had a few more drinks at Dudley’s Deck @ the Pier and then crashed at my best friend’s house for the night. It was great to unwind with friends and family while enjoying where we live. Its days/nights like that when you look around and realize how beautiful my little hometown is. I spent the entire weekend on the water, so expect a few more posts of me lakeside! {Totally goes with the theme and name of this blog, huh?}

Anyone else get a little water and sun in their life this weekend?!

Shopping Therapy. {Literally}

Yesterday was one of the longest yet best days of this summer. {Although we had a trip to the hospital... but know now that everything is fine!} My mom had made plans with all of us kids that we would drive to Traverse City to do a little shopping because my little brother {Joe} has senior pictures in a few weeks. Well we only made it 25 minutes in the car {to Charlevoix} until my mom started getting cramps and severe pain on her left side. Well after she pulls over and leans on the outside of the car for a while I realized she needed to go to the hospital. So we turn around and I speed back to our hospital. Seriously, I am a phenomenal driver when it time crunches or emergencies.

Once we got there, they whisked her away and we get stuck in the waiting room. Of course, Joe and I had to raid the vending the machine and find a TV to occupy our time. About a half an hour later, they had given my mom a shot of painkillers and said she would be fine. Well the first thing my mom says after coming out of hospital is “Ohh I am feeling great now. So who’s ready for shopping trip #2?” Believe it or not we ended up going shopping… and thank goodness we did because I got some GOOD stuff. Let’s just say I will be looking extremely nautical/preppy this week. Here’s a few of my favorite buys:

Sailor shorts from Express
{Wearing them today paired with a blue and white striped shirt tucked in. Love!}

American Eagle Jeans - Okay I usually hate how AE jeans fit
but I am desperate for a pair and these fit amazingly.
They were made to be wore for me! Win win.

After losing my pearl earrings in the lake a week ago,
I bought these crystal earrings to fill the void.

Target was having a huge sale on TV seasons so I had to pick up
Modern Family and Friday Night Lights.
Looks like I am going to be a couch potato in the near future...

I can’t even explain how much fun our family had together. Not only did the bonding trip to the hospital go well but we were so slap-happy and overwhelmed from the day’s events that we ended up laughing the entire day. Seriously, we would look at each other and say "Wait... we were at the hospital this morning?" Whether it was one liners or funny stories from the waiting room, it will be a day to remember.  Also, my wardrobe thanks the little shopping trip. It’s supposed to be 85 degrees all week if not hotter, so my sailor shorts and the other summer pieces I purchased will definitely help beat the heat yet look put together.

Anyone else have days that seem to go on forever? Or family bonding that causes your sides hurt from laughing? Hope everyone had an amazing weekend too, I will be checking your blogs to find out!

Quite the Haul!

Have you ever had one of those shopping days when everything fits perfectly, everything is on sale, and everything is worth owning? Well my friends, I finally had one of those shopping trips the other day and I am still giddy from “the haul!” I had originally written out a list of items that I wanted to find that included a red cardigan and maybe a new pair of wedges… Well I got all that and MORE!

 

Lauren Conrad Ruffle Drop-Waist Camisole {necklace, shoe, & ribbon pattern} – Wore to the first day back to work yesterday

Lauren Conrad Floral Mixed-Media Top {striped and floral pattern} – Wore on the 4th of July

Marc Jacobs Lola Perfume – I have been wearing Marc Jacobs Daisy for the past few months so I figured a new scent was just what I needed. A little change.

2 new pairs of wedges - Ohh, I am a huge fan of wedges... I live in them - work and play. So of course I had to get a few more pairs.

Vera Wang – Simply Vera earrings.

They are navy blue and seem to be the best accessory for my nautical pieces in my closet.

Love, love, love.

Okay *insert cute story* - My little brother has watched my feather obsession in my hair accelerate lately… so as I was shopping he went and purchased this 3 pack of colored feather earrings by With Love From CA as a present for me. How stickin’ cute?

Solitaire Cream Shirt - I wore this shirt for the July 3^rd fireworks in Bay Harbor. So comfortable and lightweight.

Dana Buchman - Red Cardigan... Perfect coverup for my anchor dress on the 4th of July

Violet & Claire Tank with ruffles... Can't go wrong. It fits perfectly and I am currently wearing it now with a pair of Lauren Conrad white pencil jeans {also purchased during the haul but didn't photograph well.}

Michael Kors Tortoise Shell Sunglasses!!  These babies didn’t leave my face the entire holiday weekend. I was petrified I would get raccoon tan lines but I HAD to continuously wear them.