Crazy Busy Weekend...

Well I hope you all had a nice Labor Day weekend! I spent my weekend doing numerous things!

Friday, as you know, I attended the Imagine fashion show at IADT. You can check out all the info on that and the images just by scrolling down the page to the blog after this one.

Saturday I tried a new spa in Kirkland called Ambrosia Med Spa and had one of THE BEST facials I have ever had. They even put makeup on me once it was over so I didn't have to attend the Cougar football game all shiny. Plus, they don't accept tips for their services!! Well, as you now know, I went to the WSU vs. OSU college football game with hubby and in-laws after my facial. WSU lost but it was a fun game - the sun even came out for us. Then we spent the rest of the day relaxing and I watched Michael Clayton on DVD.

Sunday I went with my boot camp gals to do a free yoga class in lower Queen Anne - I got my butt kicked in that class. It was pretty hard but definitely a great workout! After yoga Melissa and I went and had lunch at Bamboo Garden, then she dropped me off at home so I could clean up to then turn around and meet her downtown for a little boutique perusing and then a movie.

I jumped on a bus downtown and we headed over to Polite Society, Alhambra, Powder Room, Ian, Fancy, La Rue (it was closed), Sway & Cake and then TBC. All that perusing and I bought nothing. I was so proud of myself!! "Pineapple Express" was the movie we saw and it sure was funny. If you like that humor. :) (Dad, you wouldn't like this movie.) Then, it was back home on the bus just in time to relax a bit and then fall fast asleep...

Monday was Bumbershoot (A Seattle music festival) for me. It was going on all weekend but we decided on Monday. This was my first time ever. Regina, Melissa and myself wandered around for quite sometime visiting some vendor pals, watching some random performance art shows, saw 5 minutes of some band and then finally settled on the ballet. I'm not a big music festival type of person but I am glad I went. It was alot of fun to people watch.

The highlight of the festival for me though was the Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) - they did 9 dances to 9 Sinatra songs, then had a quick pause, did another show, another pause and then the guys all did a quick show. I loved it but then again I love going to the ballet! Here is a quick little snippet of what they did.

How was your holiday weekend? What did you end up doing? :)

Happy Belated Birthday America (and Tim)!

Wow, the weekend flew by way to fast! Hopefully you all had a fabulous 4th of July weekend and were able to spend some quality time with friend and family.

My day job gave us Thursday AND Friday off so I had lots of time to relax and enjoy the Summer weather. Woohoo!

Thursday, after spending most of the day doing stuff around the house, I ventured up to my local Tully's coffee shop to meet with Cory who has started a new website called stylescout.com. It seems like it will be a really fun place to go and discuss fashion with other like minded people and local boutiques. He setup an invitation code for UFN readers – it is UrbanFashion. It will work for anyone that visits stylescout.com and creates an account. Go check it out and let me know what you think.

After that I headed to a yoga class with my boot camp group and got all kinds of stretched out. Man, I need to do more of that! We tried to then eat at Bamboo Garden... Closed... Then Sushi Land... Closed... What the *&@#! I had no idea some restaurants closed early on July 3rd... We finally found a place open, Tup Tim Thai.

Friday was July 4th! We had a few friends over for BBQ'ing and socializing. Then we headed over to Geoff's boat to watch the fireworks on Lake Union. It was a really enjoyable time!

Saturday was pretty low key. Nothing worth writing about. Sunday I woke up and went to boot camp with Regina and Melissa... although I wasn't feeling real well so I did, like, woosie boot camp... When I got home I started to ache all over, my throat hurt, my head hurt, I had a temperature... I was coming down with the flu. I started taking emergen-c and trying to get myself medicated but I just felt worse and worse. It was a pretty miserable day.

I still didn't feel well on Monday so I stayed home and rested. Regina dropped off Back to The Future, that made me feel a little better. ;) I had so much free time I watched all the little commentary tidbits on the DVD. Did you know that Eric Stoltz was the original Marty McFly?!



Oh, and by the way, I found out yesterday my dog, Scooby, is in the running for the NWSource Pet Photo contest - please go vote for him here (he is on the 2nd row, middle picture). You can vote everyday if you want!! Reagan (our other dog) won last year and it's about time Scooby wins something - he is tired of her strutting around all the time... He'd love your support. :)

Ok, enough of my ramblings... Go enjoy the day!

Dear Santa,

I really don't need anything this Christmas because I tend to buy the things I want right when I want them. However, when forced to make a list for my hubby I came up with a few ideas of things I would like but don't necessarily need.

For this Christmas I would like the following:
1 Yoga membership - 2 months unlimited $99 at Home Yoga. I hurt my back awhile ago and yoga seems to be one of the best ways to make it feel better.

1 cute laptop case from this place: (I like the blue airplane one - it's snazzy and cool!)

The ipod touch - I was able to play with one of these the other day and, boy howdy Santa, it was neat!

I love gift certificates, some of my favorite places to go are: Glee Day Spa, Nordstrom, Etherea Salon, Lucy, Diamond Nails in Queen Anne, The movies, Panera Bread (yum!), Puma (I love their shoes!). I really enjoy having the freedom to buy something when I feel like it.

Cute yet funny shopping bag from About Attitude: I tend to use plastic bags b/c I reuse t hem for my lunches but this bag would make me want to use it. It's so funny I would laugh and laugh and laugh my way to the checkout stand.

Diamond Earrings (studs or something like this) - I ask for these every year, Santa, and they never come. Have I been naughty?

So anyways, Santa, like I said, I don't really need anything. It was just fun making the list. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Sincerely,
Tarah