Weekend Shenanigans!

I'm linking up for Weekend Shenanigans for my first time! I'm so excited! I love reading other people's Weekend Shenanigans and I finally feel like I had a cool enough weekend to link up, too hahaha.

Friday was Nappy's birthday! He turned two! I made him some pupcakes earlier in the week, so we celebrated with another one of those.

Pupcake time!

Saturday, I picked up Lindsay and Chad and Kendall and we drove out to Grand Prairie to check out the new outlet mall that opened about a year (probably less than) ago! It was SOOOO nice and so much fun! I got a really cute dress at the Banana Republic outlet store and I can't wait to wear it this weekend to a dinner party for one of my roomies from college. We shopped for about 4 hours and still didn't hit every store there (but hit most of the ones we all wanted). It was great. I can't wait to go back and shop again with my mom (hopefully sometime this summer/fall once I'm moved back to the Fort).

Just look how cute the dress is and ignore my face

After shopping, we drove over to Arlington for the Rangers game. This was only my second pro baseball game and I'm absolutely hooked. Especially because when the Rangers score 7, Papa John's has a promo code for half-price pizza for the next day! Kendall's roommate, Michael, got us AWESOME seats. We were in an "all you can eat" section and in the second row. We could have gotten hit by fly balls at any moment. Batting practice was a bit unnerving once we sat down with our food before the game actually started. The Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 7-2 (hello half price pizza!).

Me, Lindsay, and Kendall with a giant ball

Me, Kendall, and Sarah in our Ian Kinsler shirts

Marine band playing the National Anthem while Boy Scouts hold the flags
#Merica

We left during the 8th inning and headed back to Tyler. We had a BLAST all day and were slightly delirious once we got back in the car. I finally got home after dropping everyone back off around 12:30. I was exhausted but had to talk to my mom.

She had called me earlier to tell me she took Nappy to the vet. He was extra pitiful after I left and hadn't totally been acting himself since Thursday. Turns out he has a staph infection (second one this year). Poor baby must have gotten scratched at the groomer on Wednesday. I felt awful for being gone while he felt so bad, but I'm so glad my mom was here to take care of him! And really glad he's back on the mend. I hate when my fur baby gets sick.

Nappy likes to hog the couch when he feels bad

I don't know why my pictures are all so pixelated and gross... That kind of stinks.

What did you do this weekend?

Day Twenty-Six

A picture of somewhere you've been to... recently? In my life? What?

I guess I'll do recently... Cowboy's Stadium... AKA: The Death Star, Jerry's World or Gary's World last weekend!



Currently, I'm listening to the game on KTCU. I had GameTracker up, but it gets so delayed... Middle of the 2nd qtr, TCU 21, Tennessee Tech 7. And it's... 3rd DOWN! Go Frogs!

Also, God bless America!

Day Twenty-two

Day 22 - A letter to someone who hurt me recently.

That's a little personal. I don't think I'd have the guts to do that if I had a letter written... So instead I'll change it to a update on my life.

I've been on the hunt for jobs for over a month now. I've had one interview and I have another tomorrow. Tomorrow's interview is for an unpaid internship, but the place looks amazing and they loooove TCU grads, so it sounds really promising - and if not, then interview practice always helps. The first interview was in Dallas for a technology ad agency. I don't think it went badly, but it probably could have gone a ton better. I didn't get asked back for the second round, but by the time I had heard back from them I had talked myself out of wanting it. I love visiting Dallas, but I can't see myself living there. Ever. It's just too claustrophobic for me. After that interview, I drove over to SMU and had lunch with Molly! It was great to see her and catch up, hopefully it will happen much more often once I make I make it back up to the DFW. That weekend, I ventured back up to the DFW for a big-little bonding night in Arlington with Courtney and then FW for Maggie and Allison's birthday celebration. The next big thing that happened was the TCU game at Cowboys Stadium this weekend. Can we say "AH-MAZE-ING!"? Because that barely begins to describe the stadium, the game, and the turn out. Our boys looked like BAMFs in their new Nike uniforms, but I must say I like last year's just a tad better. In case you were in a hole or something this weekend, TCU won. Oregon St. kicked a safety for us and sealed the deal. That morning I went to Johnson's wedding in Plano. He and Allie are adorable! They both looked so happy all day. I left the reception early though to go to the game, so I missed out on some of the fun stuff. But the ceremony was really nice - especially when Allie's pastor pulled out her stuffed animals.


Gary is my homeboy.
That's pretty much it for now. As I encounter more big girl adventures I'll keep you updated.

Day Eighteen - Twenty? FAIL.

You'll have to forgive me! College Football started this weekend and I had to travel to the glorious Cowboys Stadium in Arlington to watch my amazing TCU Horned Frogs take on (and kill) the Oregon St. Beavers. Not only that, one of my dearest friends got married that morning in Plano as well! Needless to say, it's been a slightly crazy Labor Day Weekend. So here comes a big post of all the days I've missed!

Day 18 - Something I crave a lot.
I'm editing this to something I crave a lot lately.

I've been ALL about big soft pretzels from the mall kiosk lately. They're amazing. My mom tried to find some at the grocery store. Nasty. Nothing like the big soft ones at the mall.

Day 19 - Another picture of myself


Day 20 - The meaning behind my blog name
When I named my blog "Welcome to GrownUpLand'" I imagined a city limits sign on the side of the road with this greeting. Maybe a population count of 1. However, I am not the most artsy person when it comes to Photoshop and InDesign despite what I like to think - I'm totes the creative mind behind stuff, not always the creator. So I couldn't quite bring that to life, but I loved the name idea, so I stuck with it.