Weekend Recap.

Friday

Since Felix always pays for me and buys me dinner, and since we're not eating out the entire month of October, I told Felix to pick any restaurant he wanted to go to, and I'd buy him dinner. So we went to Sawa (It's a Japanese steakhouse) and we got some sushi rolls and hibatchi (I got steak and shrimp...yum!!). After dinner, we decided to do a little shopping for Felix (if he's in the mood to shop, who am I to complain? It happens so rarely!). We picked out some shirts for him, then we stopped at Handel's Ice Cream (best ice cream I've ever had. Hands down.) I got some Graham Central Station. It's graham cracker flavored ice cream with crumbled graham crackers, and chocolate covered graham crackers, and it. is. heavenly. After that, we were beat. We went home, watched a little TV, and were in bed around 11:30. It was nice, because we've been so busy lately and haven't had a chance to just relax!

Saturday.

Saturday morning it was cold and rainy, and I decided to make pecan tassies. Why? I've decided to make Christmas cookies for my co-workers this year instead of buying them gifts because it get ssoooo expensive, and I just don't have the money this year. The only problem is, I've never really made cookies before, because baking is just NOT my thing. So, I figured I should "test-drive" all my cookie recipes before I tried to make them during the holidays. This is how they turned out:

The ones up front came from the second batch, which wasn't as good as the first. I tried to use up all of the extra filling, which just resulted in them baking over. But they still tasted yummy!

After baking cookies, Felix and I headed to Brookville for a few hours to see my Aunt Dayna's family. It's crazy my cousin Katie is married and pregnant with her THIRD kid, and my cousin Josh, who is in the Air Force and I NEVER see, is married and just had his second baby. It was awesome to see everyone. It happens so rarely. I don't mean this to sound rude, but I always forget how much I like my family until I spend time with them! I wish everyone wasn't so busy and we could do it more often. I can't believe I forgot to take pictures! My camera was in my purse and I just didn't do it. Whoops!

After Felix and I left Brookville, we headed BACK to Ohio, straight to have dinner with our friends Wayman and Lyz. We didn't get there until around 9:00, but Wayman made his famous spaghetti sauce (SPICY!) and we watched the Penn State game. Both of us were exhausted, so we went straight upstairs when we got home and went to bed.

This morning Felix and I cleaned the ENTIRE house, and now we're headed to the grocery store. I'll come home and nap for a few hours, then it's off to work for one more week of ten hour days!

This just in: Looks like I'm going to Chicago over Thanksgiving with Felix to meet his other sisters! One weekend I'll be in Chicago, then the next we'll be in NYC with Steph and Rich! We're jet-setters, what can I say?