date day: the west loop

so, one of my part time jobs is in a part of town called the west loop and i have been dying to explore that area with p for a very long time. i planned a really nice day with window shopping, showing him the areas i work in, and eating at this sandwich place that had a 5 star rating on yelp (and only one dollar sign). im a huge yelper these days if ya didnt know. still on my search for the best gf pizza in the city. 

so we started off the day with, of course, dunkin, and a nice, cold wait at the train. its freezing here, by the way. 

 p + coffee = heaven 

look at the pigeons huddling under the heat lamps for warmth! i cried from laughing! haha! 

 totes. 

west loop streets with downtown background. so hip. so chic. 

we boutique shopped for a bit and p suggested we grab a drink at his favorite blackhawks bar which was right down the street from the restaurant. was it to just grab an innocent drink or watch part of the nd game, the world may never know. but we ended up staying there a quarter and half in the game when, the ultimate planner that i am, decided to just then look at what time this sandwich place closed, which had been 30 minutes before. i was bummed but i guess that just means we will have to come back again, right p!?

 THIS ISNT OKAY YET, WEST END! 

NONONONO CHRISTMAS YET! GIMME TURKEY FIRST!

since my dinner plan was out the door (ugh!), we yelped some more and decided on little goat diner which had great reviews and gluten free options to boot. so we ventured back into the cold, a little upset about the game and a little excited for the new restaurant option. we got there at the perfect time and was seated right away. the food was to die for. p had this interesting asian breakfast scramble thing and i got this amazing sandwich with meat and avocado and peppers and i cant even tell you what else. i was in food heaven and i wasnt even eating pizza. i must go back. soon. 

 side note: i have about 743829 picture of p in this exact pose but with a different background. i wonder if he knows....

hey, a window!

he likes me i swear. 

what a great date. except next time we go back, were doing the photobooth i dont care what you say patrick. 

this post is a little late but p & i just celebrated our 1 year anniversary in september. 

since were in the business of saving money, we played it low key and made pizzas together for dinner and went to a fancy bar downtown for drinks. i didnt get any pictures of the pizza because i cant control myself around pizza and dont think of anything else when its in front of me. 

delicious cocktails


here are some snaps of us throughout the year.

thanks for the adventure, p. cant wait for many many more. 

halloweenie 2014

i am already doing horribly at keeping this up but im taking a vow to do better. so i thought it was fitting to write a post about halloween, which is one of my top fave holidays, and because it just happened. i just love the idea of dressing up as something fun and seeing what others have dressed up as. plus its the perfect reason to throw an awesome party. when i was little my mom used to always make my costumes by hand which i would love to do with my future kids. it just makes it that much more special. plus costumes in the stores are insanely expensive. and usually pretty lame. 

 megs & me!

back in september i had this amazing idea that p and i should be johnny cash and june carter. cute right? so i ordered a dress off rent the runway, borrowed my friend megans microphone, and patrick bought a black button down. i was so excited for this costume and i told everyone. well just my luck, my dress never got delivered. i was SO upset because there was really nothing i could do about it. it was out of my control. and i hate when things are out of my control. luckily, i kept my unicorn costume from last year so i just threw that together and called it a night. but did p and i look funny together; johnny cash and a unicorn. oh well, theres always next year!

we had a little pre game party at my place that was a ton of fun. we had drinks, snacks, music, etc. we sang, we dance, we drank. we ended our night at a bar down the street where we danced some more. im so glad everyone could come out and have fun! 

costume of the night/costume of my life ^^