Kids these days...

Wednesday night is bowling night. Clay and I pack up our bowling balls (yes, we now both have our own!) and head to the alley to meet up with the rest of the crew! In the midst of our first game, a young girl about 12 years old comes to our lane selling candy bars. Of course, we give her the business. Who can resist chocolate? :) I ask her what she's selling candy bars for and she says she's raising money to go to Disneyland. After that response, I was immediately interested in helping her out! I bought a candy bar and got a little bit of attitude because I only bought one! ha But I told her to have a great time at Disneyland! She collects her money from my friends and I and scurries off to the other end of the bowling alley. Later that night, Clay came back from the restroom only to report that he had seen that same little girl at the claw machine (where you try and claw the stuffed animals) digging money out of the candy bar box. Hmmm...now that's going to be one pissed off mom who has to pay for the box of candy bars because her daughter couldn't resist the bright pink elephant amongst a sea of fuzz and fur! Not only that, I feel ripped off now- I was giving money to support a trip to Disneyland, not to be wasted at the bowling alley. Geesh...kids these days! Never know the true value of the dollar!

Oh man...I'm getting old!

~crunch time~

So, it's getting down to wedding crunch time! No...not my wedding, silly! Chelsea's getting married June 27th. Her bridal shower is Saturday and I can't wait to celebrate and be with all my sisters! The bachelorette plans are coming around. The "day of" planning started last night at dinner with my mom and Chels. It took us 3 hours to tentatively plan the day beginning at 8am up until midnight! It's going to be a whirlwind of a day...but this MOH is getting organized!
Weddings are a funny thing- so much time is spent making stressful decisions and with so many detailed preparations and it's all over so fast! I don't know how I feel about that...
Hmmm...I'm sure it'll be different once I start planning my own (which won't be for a loooong time for all you wishful thinkers out there!) :)

Brit Brit's Circus

Alas, the Britney Spears concert came and went and boy, what an evening! The girls were all very excited for the day to finally come, since we bought our tickets (very excitedly) back in November. I had to work that day (and all weekend for that matter), so I rushed home after working the Lido boat show, got showered, ate and quickly was off to JT Schmidts for some drinks before the show.
I met Gabby and Larissa there, and Meg and lindsay arrived shortly after. The place was getting crowded- full of girls dressed to impress Britney! :) We got tons of compliments on our shirts that we made! Not sure if I'll have a chance to ever wear it again but it was fun for the night!
We walked back over to the arena and waited for the concert to begin. Perez did some sort of creepy intro- guess it went along with the circus theme? And the circus began...there were circus acts going on all over the stage and finally Britney came out. Although she was lipsyncing every single song, I was impressed with the show and loved the dance party we were all having!
It was an amazing night with some amazing girls! :) Unfortunately, we didn't get a group shot of our shirts! But the rest of the shirts spelled out I <3 BRIT! Probably the first and last time I'll ever see Britney on stage!

QUICK UPDATE

I'm horrible and missed over a month of blogging. And of course TONS of stuff has been going on so here's a quick update (from looking off my outlook calendar- my lifesaver):
WENT TO BIG BEAR- AMAZING
WENT TO ENGLAND FOR WORK- AMAZING
PURPLE DISNEYLAND- AMAZING
SHAMROCKAPALOOZA- ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY @ MY HOUSE- AMAZING
RASCAL FLATTS CONCERT WITH SUZANNE- AMAZING
THOMAS HART PENCE WAS BORN 3/23/09- CONGRATS CARRIE AND EVAN!
DISNEYLAND FOR MY MOMS BDAY WITH CHELS, LACEY, MOM AND ROB AND CLAY- AMAZING
EASTER CELEBRATION WITH (ALMOST THE WHOLE FAM)- AMAZING
LIDO BOAT SHOW STARTED WEDNESDAY WHICH MEANS WORK WORK WORK- NOT SO AMAZING!
HAPPY BDAY DADDY TOMORROW! :) I LOVE YOU DAD!

But the most exciting thing is about to happen in Sunday. The Britney Spears Circus Tour. Megan, Lindsay, Morgan, Gabby, Larissa and I are all heading to the Honda Center for this amazing show- and we even made matching tanks. I spent a Saturday night with Megan and Morgan crafting them and they are amazing! If I stick to my work at getting better at updating this blog then hopefully my next post will be the events of the night of the circus.
Better Blogging- I promise!

Girls Night*

I invited the girls over for some food, drinks, and just plain ol' girlie fun! We had a blast- laughing, talking, rocking out! I am so so thankful for the amazing friends in my life and I love every moment with them!

But I am definitely ready for the weekend away with Clay! We're going up to my parents cabin in Big Bear. It's going to be soooo relaxing and great! I'm ready for some down time...especially since I'm headed to London next week for work! A week away from my life...I'm a lil nervous! But it should be amazing, even though I'll be working the whole time! I just know I'm going to miss Fatty and Clay so much- hope they can take care of each other while I'm gone! :) I don't get back until the 22nd...where has this month gone already??? Time is drastically speeding up the older I get and it scares me! Maybe that's why I try to pack sooo much stuff into every week or weekend! I'm tired...but not too tired to live my life to the fullest!

Turkey*

Some friends and I went bowling last night- $25 for a lane from 9 til 1am. It's a great deal! There were 5 of us and a leopard bowling ball.

(Sub story- I have my own bowling ball. It's leopard print and has BROOKIE engraved on it. The finger holes are fit for my own. It was a Valentine's Day present... worst, most unromantic valentine's day present in the history of the universe. But I love it and am not afraid to carry it around in my leopard print bowling bag. End of Sub-story)

Now...don't let my collection of bowling equipment scare you into thinking I actually have some bowling skills! I have my moments...but usually my score card is left with a bunch of 8's and 9's and open frames! However, last night- when it really mattered- I got 3 strikes in the 10th frame! Woohooo! Took me right past my boyfriend's score into second place! :) (We're pretty competitive when it comes to bowling!) 3 strikes felt so good all in a row! Too bad the bowling alley we went to was ghetto and we didn't even get a turkey graphic up on the screen!
This may become a weekly occurance- so pics of my leopard ball will pop up sometime soon I predict!

Fat Cat

I decided to take Fatty to the groomer's for a cut since he was looking a little scraggly! I try to get him cut at least 2 times a year, but I can say it had been way longer than 6 months since he's last visited. I decided to try PetSmart since PetCo said Fatty was too old (sad....) for them to take. PetSmart said they can only do a shave on cats, which I though was fine since his hair grows back pretty fast and gets everywhere in the process!

Well, here's a BEFORE look at Fatty's fluffiness-

And now for the AFTER pose-

Does he look happy to you? I think he hates me....but he'll get over it! I try not to laugh at him too much but I can't help it! :)