Quinn likes to eat Cauliflower and drink diet Pepsi. She's also kinda my boss, which makes it so I have to listen to her..sometimes.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Best Buy pt. 3
Yay my BFF-slash is coming with us now. At first she wasn't but then she decided its more fun to hang out with us than Rod (her boyfriend) This is Quinn.
Quinn likes to eat Cauliflower and drink diet Pepsi. She's also kinda my boss, which makes it so I have to listen to her..sometimes.
Quinn likes to eat Cauliflower and drink diet Pepsi. She's also kinda my boss, which makes it so I have to listen to her..sometimes.
BestBuy Blackfriday pt. 2
The camcorders arrived via FedEx this morning.-two tiny and cute flip ultra something video things. One is ours to keep and one is to record the events of Black Friday for Bestbuys PR usage and such. Oh and the giftcard came- that glorious $1,000 Best Buy gift card! I called the phone number to check the balance and really enjoyed hearing the monotone recorded voice say "one-THOUSAND-dollars" (insert Dr. Evil's voice for dramatic effect!)
Tomorrow night we leave for our hotel in Denver. Then we're getting picked up by our super duper limo at 3:15 AM ~ Yeah baby! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Tomorrow night we leave for our hotel in Denver. Then we're getting picked up by our super duper limo at 3:15 AM ~ Yeah baby! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
BESTBUY BLACK FRIDAY pt. 1
The winners have been announced and you can read every winning entry here:http://askablueshirt.net/blackfridayvip/
(Be sure to read SARAH FROM DENVERS ESSAY- thats us!)
Our count-down has begun! The list of what we want to buy is being mentally written and edited as we speak. Sarah has been getting calls to confirm details of Fridays events and today the winners were officially announced via BestBuy. This is all so exciting!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
This is too cute!
I found this on youtube, its even cuter if you were hear to see my pups sing with it!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
WE WON!!!! OMG WE WON !!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, if you know us then you know we are obsessed with BLACK FRIDAY. Well, Sarah entered a Best Buy Black Friday Essay Contest.. AND WE WON!!!!
PRIZE:
One winner from each of the twenty-five eligible markets will win a $1,000 Best Buy Gift Card and full VIP treatment including: a limousine ride to and from the designated Best Buy store below, on-site pampering and prizes for the winner and up to three guests, early admittance into the store at 4:30 a.m., and the opportunity to purchase up to four doorbusters. Each winner will also receive a Pure Digital Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder to document the Black Friday VIP experience.
Holy batman under the mistletoe! We are SO EXCITED! And here is the essay for anyone who cares to read it.
To some Valentines Day is the holiday for love- but for me and my husband Black Friday is what brings out the sweethearts in us! Our first date was spent waiting in line outside Best Buy during Black Friday 2003. Six years later we're still acting like the love-struck college students by making Black Friday at Best Buy an annual tradition and date.
We wake up extremely early every Black Friday energized with thoughts of half-off sugar plums dancing in our heads. To make the day special we start off with my homemade pumpkin waffles and hot cocoa, the breakfast of deal-chasing champions. We revisit that first Black Friday date by wearing the same winter coats and matching scarves we did six years ago, now faded with time, but still protecting us from the cold. Cuddled together, we patiently wait outside in the blistering cold for stores to open. We always ask another Black Friday fan to capture the moment with our camera adding to the yearly pictures we have collected from Black Friday that decorated our mantel throughout the year.
While some women may prefer their husbands in tight tank tops running on a beach, nothing says “hubba hubba” like my husband in his clunky snow boots weaving his way through a crowd, trying to reach for that must-have gadget of the season. Black Friday is the day we celebrate our tradition, our love, and hopefully finally grabbing the last Nintendo Wii off the shelf!
PRIZE:
One winner from each of the twenty-five eligible markets will win a $1,000 Best Buy Gift Card and full VIP treatment including: a limousine ride to and from the designated Best Buy store below, on-site pampering and prizes for the winner and up to three guests, early admittance into the store at 4:30 a.m., and the opportunity to purchase up to four doorbusters. Each winner will also receive a Pure Digital Flip Video Ultra Series Camcorder to document the Black Friday VIP experience.
Holy batman under the mistletoe! We are SO EXCITED! And here is the essay for anyone who cares to read it.
To some Valentines Day is the holiday for love- but for me and my husband Black Friday is what brings out the sweethearts in us! Our first date was spent waiting in line outside Best Buy during Black Friday 2003. Six years later we're still acting like the love-struck college students by making Black Friday at Best Buy an annual tradition and date.
We wake up extremely early every Black Friday energized with thoughts of half-off sugar plums dancing in our heads. To make the day special we start off with my homemade pumpkin waffles and hot cocoa, the breakfast of deal-chasing champions. We revisit that first Black Friday date by wearing the same winter coats and matching scarves we did six years ago, now faded with time, but still protecting us from the cold. Cuddled together, we patiently wait outside in the blistering cold for stores to open. We always ask another Black Friday fan to capture the moment with our camera adding to the yearly pictures we have collected from Black Friday that decorated our mantel throughout the year.
While some women may prefer their husbands in tight tank tops running on a beach, nothing says “hubba hubba” like my husband in his clunky snow boots weaving his way through a crowd, trying to reach for that must-have gadget of the season. Black Friday is the day we celebrate our tradition, our love, and hopefully finally grabbing the last Nintendo Wii off the shelf!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Its Begining to Look a Lot Like Christmas...
So the weather outside isn't frightful, and there is no snow here to be delightful... but its time for a Christmas-y themed blog anyway. we're ready for the season, aren't all of you? With all the talk of a poor economy, the war, the election and all its trash talk- we're ready for some peaceful times coming up.
This year we will be enjoying the season with the people we love the most- each other! from Dec 23rd - Jan 1 we won't be reachable. We're taking the phone off the hook, cutting the wires to the doorbell, and letting ourselves be snowed in (literally hopefully!).
And to add to the joyous things happening in December:
This year we will be enjoying the season with the people we love the most- each other! from Dec 23rd - Jan 1 we won't be reachable. We're taking the phone off the hook, cutting the wires to the doorbell, and letting ourselves be snowed in (literally hopefully!).
And to add to the joyous things happening in December:
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sarah got blog-tagged!
Sarah got blog-tagged so here we go:
Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2)Answer the six "8" items
3)Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving them a comment
8 Favorite TV shows:
- Scrubs
- Friends
- Ugly Betty
- Dancing with the Stars
- Desperate Housewives
- Psych
- the Sarah Silverman Program
- the News
8 Things I did yesterday:
- Worked on the monthly budget
- Worked at work
- Played starcraft with friends
- Attempted to learn how to play poker, but decided it was dumb
- Went out to dinner with Vince on an impromptu date
- Went out to breakfast with Vince on an impromptu morning date
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8 Things I look forward to:
- Being a full-time teacher
- Getting caught up on everything...someday
- BlackFriday!
- someday being debt free including the house
- Taking that dream Disney vacation
- ..the future in general
- Being 70 years old with neon orange hair and fishnet stockings... I'll be old enough to get away with it I think.
- The end of this semester (its been a hard one)
8 Favorite Restaurants:
- Blue Bayou
- Macaroni Grill
- Chipotle
- MocaSalsa
- Olive Garden
- Famous Dave's
- Guadalahonkeys
- Chilis
8 Things on my wish list:
- Get my whole house cleaned/organized
- For us (Vince, me, Olie, Frank, and Penny) to be healthy and happy
- To have more time to date my husband
- For Vince to go to college and finish his degree
- Have a romantic weekend away from EVERYTHING
- to always look younger than I am
- To someday have a big ranch/farm to adopt all the rescue puppies that need homes
- To have enough money to live comfortably
Rules:
1) Post rules on your blog
2)Answer the six "8" items
3)Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving them a comment
8 Favorite TV shows:
- Scrubs
- Friends
- Ugly Betty
- Dancing with the Stars
- Desperate Housewives
- Psych
- the Sarah Silverman Program
- the News
8 Things I did yesterday:
- Worked on the monthly budget
- Worked at work
- Played starcraft with friends
- Attempted to learn how to play poker, but decided it was dumb
- Went out to dinner with Vince on an impromptu date
- Went out to breakfast with Vince on an impromptu morning date
-
-
8 Things I look forward to:
- Being a full-time teacher
- Getting caught up on everything...someday
- BlackFriday!
- someday being debt free including the house
- Taking that dream Disney vacation
- ..the future in general
- Being 70 years old with neon orange hair and fishnet stockings... I'll be old enough to get away with it I think.
- The end of this semester (its been a hard one)
8 Favorite Restaurants:
- Blue Bayou
- Macaroni Grill
- Chipotle
- MocaSalsa
- Olive Garden
- Famous Dave's
- Guadalahonkeys
- Chilis
8 Things on my wish list:
- Get my whole house cleaned/organized
- For us (Vince, me, Olie, Frank, and Penny) to be healthy and happy
- To have more time to date my husband
- For Vince to go to college and finish his degree
- Have a romantic weekend away from EVERYTHING
- to always look younger than I am
- To someday have a big ranch/farm to adopt all the rescue puppies that need homes
- To have enough money to live comfortably
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Almost 1/2 through November!
We looked at the calendar this morning and saw that we are really far into November. Yes, you read that correctly- we said November! It will soon be Thanksgiving, and black Friday, and then the end of Sarah's fall semester and teacher aiding for the year- not to mention that one big December holiday!
Our Halloween decorations got taken down this weekend, they were only inside the house so we're not one of those neighbors. We are, however playing Christmas music in the house already. That is one of the joys of being independent adults- we can listen to whatever silly music we want anytime we want and no one can complain because *we* pay the utilities. Of course, the paying the utilities is not a fun part of being an adult.
I wonder when we'll get the Christmas decorations up? It won't be this weekend but we will most likely start before Thanksgiving if we get the chance.
Our Halloween decorations got taken down this weekend, they were only inside the house so we're not one of those neighbors. We are, however playing Christmas music in the house already. That is one of the joys of being independent adults- we can listen to whatever silly music we want anytime we want and no one can complain because *we* pay the utilities. Of course, the paying the utilities is not a fun part of being an adult.
I wonder when we'll get the Christmas decorations up? It won't be this weekend but we will most likely start before Thanksgiving if we get the chance.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Saturday, November 1, 2008
~Happy Halloween~
Does Halloween loose some sparkle once you grow older? Not grown-up, just grown-older. There aren't very many Halloween fans around here where we live. It is a mix of people our age taking their kids trick-or-treating or people our age going to parties that we would NEVER go to. Our idea of a good Halloween party does not include drinking, more drinking, and bad music that is way too loud and has more swear words than a drunken sailor. Its hard to find a spooky good time when you're an inbetweener, no kids but too old to attend stupid frat-like parties.
I had a quarter-life crisis (is that what you call it?) and so my "BFF" and I decided to go trick or treating. This was a plan from a few weeks ago and I think we were just waiting for the other to change the plans, but we secretly both wanted to hold onto that little piece of childhood fun. Yes, we were THOSE people who go trick or treating and are way to old to be doing so. It wasn't about the free candy (unless you ask Quinn, she'll tell you it was ALL about the candy) but just having a good innocent time. We wore appropriate (ie not slutty) costumes- real costumes I had in my costume trunk, none of that adults-trying-to-be-cheap stuff. No one asked us our ages (24 and 30), questioned us in any way, and to my total surprise and shock everyone smiled and gave us candy like we were in fact an appropriate age. And maybe they did think we were younger, not to brag but we both look and sound a lot younger than we are (this is why you wear sunscreen kids), and in the right costume/makeup I'd like to think maybe we did fool a few people.
Vince drove us around and put up with us being crazier than normal. Who knew being one of THOSE people could be so fun? I remember when I was little some college kids came trick-or-treating to our door with no costume but a bra on their heads telling us they were "boobs". Mom gave them our rejected-candy pile (wouldn't you?). This is what I was expecting all night, thank you Coloradians for playing along!
HIGHLIGHT of the night~ going to my in-laws house to trick-or-treat in masks. My friend and I went to the door and said trick-or-treat and were REALLY rude. "None of that cheap stuff, please" when my mother in law was getting the bowl. Then she held the bowl out for us to take some- BIG MISTAKE! We took the biggest handful we could manage each, and then took ANOTHER big handful- the look on her face was priceless! She pulled the bowl away from us and said "okay, thats enough happy Halloween" trying to be the nice polite lady she is. We then walked to the side of her house, switched masks, and rang the doorbell again- this time with Vince in a costume as well. (switch masks, add a person- they will never catch on, right?) Needless to say she looked horrified to see us again and this time handed us each a piece of candy instead of letting us do it ourselves. I asked "Can I have some more candy?" and at this point I'm sure she wanted to take ALL my candy away or slam the door in my face. Vince pulled off his mask and asked "How about ME, can I have some more candy?" Then we all pulled off our masks. I don't know if her smile and laugh was out of joy for seeing her kids, or relief that it was a joke and no strange kids were being that snotty to her. I'm so thankful my mother in law is such a sweet woman to put up with our silliness- while my Mom is as bad as I am and if I pulled a snotty trick like that on her I could expect something twice as bad back somehow I'm sure (where do you think I learned it?).
Now that Halloween is officially over our house is now filled with Christmas music. Yes, we are THOSE kinds of people to!
I had a quarter-life crisis (is that what you call it?) and so my "BFF" and I decided to go trick or treating. This was a plan from a few weeks ago and I think we were just waiting for the other to change the plans, but we secretly both wanted to hold onto that little piece of childhood fun. Yes, we were THOSE people who go trick or treating and are way to old to be doing so. It wasn't about the free candy (unless you ask Quinn, she'll tell you it was ALL about the candy) but just having a good innocent time. We wore appropriate (ie not slutty) costumes- real costumes I had in my costume trunk, none of that adults-trying-to-be-cheap stuff. No one asked us our ages (24 and 30), questioned us in any way, and to my total surprise and shock everyone smiled and gave us candy like we were in fact an appropriate age. And maybe they did think we were younger, not to brag but we both look and sound a lot younger than we are (this is why you wear sunscreen kids), and in the right costume/makeup I'd like to think maybe we did fool a few people.
Vince drove us around and put up with us being crazier than normal. Who knew being one of THOSE people could be so fun? I remember when I was little some college kids came trick-or-treating to our door with no costume but a bra on their heads telling us they were "boobs". Mom gave them our rejected-candy pile (wouldn't you?). This is what I was expecting all night, thank you Coloradians for playing along!
HIGHLIGHT of the night~ going to my in-laws house to trick-or-treat in masks. My friend and I went to the door and said trick-or-treat and were REALLY rude. "None of that cheap stuff, please" when my mother in law was getting the bowl. Then she held the bowl out for us to take some- BIG MISTAKE! We took the biggest handful we could manage each, and then took ANOTHER big handful- the look on her face was priceless! She pulled the bowl away from us and said "okay, thats enough happy Halloween" trying to be the nice polite lady she is. We then walked to the side of her house, switched masks, and rang the doorbell again- this time with Vince in a costume as well. (switch masks, add a person- they will never catch on, right?) Needless to say she looked horrified to see us again and this time handed us each a piece of candy instead of letting us do it ourselves. I asked "Can I have some more candy?" and at this point I'm sure she wanted to take ALL my candy away or slam the door in my face. Vince pulled off his mask and asked "How about ME, can I have some more candy?" Then we all pulled off our masks. I don't know if her smile and laugh was out of joy for seeing her kids, or relief that it was a joke and no strange kids were being that snotty to her. I'm so thankful my mother in law is such a sweet woman to put up with our silliness- while my Mom is as bad as I am and if I pulled a snotty trick like that on her I could expect something twice as bad back somehow I'm sure (where do you think I learned it?).
Now that Halloween is officially over our house is now filled with Christmas music. Yes, we are THOSE kinds of people to!
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