Weekend Wrap Up! (Part 1)

Happy MONDAY!

I hope you had a long weekend like I did.

It was so long that I decided to split my wrap up into two posts! Here's Thursday-Saturday!

THURSDAY

Thriiiiiiday! The last day of work for the week. I started the day with a 6 miler. Then I went to work, which was super busy. But I felt accomplished by the end of the day.

After work I had a bunch of piano lessons, as I usually do on Thursdays. At 7pm I was DONE and it was time to chillax with Paul.

We watched the Big Brother episode from Wednesday. Then we planned to watch the LIVE EVICTION episode that night, but it was postponed to 1:37am due to freaking preseason football! We were pissed!

Even Paul hates preseason football...

So we subscribed to CBS All Access so we could watch a past season of Big Brother. We chose Season 12 since we had only seen it once. It's the first season with Brendan and Rachel. I remember hating Rachel when I watched this season in 2010. But rewatching it, I am entertained by her hot mess!

We made a frozen pizza. Tons of healthy food in the house but this is what we wanted...

Sleeping in was EVERYTHING! I slept until 9am. Then I transferred to the couch with coffee and Jelly...

One of the first things we did was watch the Big Brother eviction episode that had been postponed the night before.

WHAT THE HELL IS JULIE WEARING???

Julie Chen is a BEAUTIFUL woman with a very nice figure and pretty much looks good in anything. But her fashion choices for the eviction episodes are mind boggling. Who is her stylist!?

Then Paul and I hit the gym. It was dead, the way we like it.

On the way home we ran a bunch of errands. At the wine store, I saw this on sale for $3.04! I got five bottles- all they had left! Honestly, I would've gotten 15 bottles if they had them! We didn't try it yet so I don't know if it is good. But it was on the same shelf as Sutter Home and I like that!

When I got home, I went on Kohls.com and saw my shoes were marked down to $29.99! I used $10 Kohls cash and a $10 off coupon. So with shipping to my house, the final price was only $18! Yay! 

(You may remember I had already ordered these online and did in store pick up, but they gave me one 7.5, one 8, and they were both left feet.)

The rest of the night was spent blogging, listening to podcasts, reading articles, and watching Big Brother with Paul! Feels like summer again...

I will be honest, I didn't feel too great today. I couldn't poop in the morning, which always just throws me OFF. And my stomach was weird. I ate so much pizza the night before that I wasn't really hungry today. But I ate anyway... not a ton, but some...

What a rainy, dreary day! I got up at 9am and went for a rainy run.

Then Paul and I headed over to Harrisburg for the Kipona Festival. First, we walked around City Island so we could see the Native American Pow Wow. We listened to some music, then headed over to the Riverfront.

Unfortunately, I wasn't hungry at all, even though it was nearly 2pm and I hadn't eaten yet. It didn't make sense. I ran 6 miles that morning, yet no hunger. My stomach just hasn't been right since the pizza on Thursday night.

Paul got food and then we watched two 16 year old girls set a World Record for walking in 4 inch stilettos on a tight rope that was 70 feet long! It was so cool to see!

The girls staying warm before their attempt!

The heels! 

Here she goes... It started raining toward the end of her attempt!

Here goes the second girl... by now it was POURING!

They did it!!!!!

Then we walked around the festival, checking out the food and the crafters. Our cat sitter, Amy, was there with her beautiful afghans and doilies.

Even though it was 56 degrees, my fingers started turning white. What the heck!? 

This has never happened before. I asked Facebook, and apparently I have Raynauds Syndrome. So why can I run in 12 degree weather with two pairs of Dollar Tree gloves on and not have my fingers go white, but I can't walk around Harrisburg in 56 degrees???

We went home and put on dry clothes. Then we headed over to Mid State Distillery on Cameron Street. They make their own rum and vodka, so they serve cocktails as well as local beers and wines.

I'm super pissed to have to put on warm clothes! Just two days ago it was AUGUST!

We did the tasting, which was free. Whoooooo boy! Vodka on a stomach that hasn't eaten anything in 20 hours... not very good! I had to tear right into my Popeyes.

Yes, you can bring food to the distillery and yes, we got probably the worst fast food there is- POPEYES CHICKEN!!! 

I got the 3 piece with a biscuit and coleslaw. It was divine. Paul got the $5 Box. The cashier told us it is a limited time thing and very popular. "It's only around for about a month and then it just stops and won't come back for a year. People get really pissed when it's not available anymore." Paul and I were rolling. This cashier kept it REAL!

So anyway, we tasted the vodkas and rums. I'm not sure I like just sipping vodka! I often say I like my alcohol to taste like alcohol but this was a little much... Paul ordered a Troegs and I got a mojito. The mojito was terrible! They either don't put very much sugar in it or they forgot to put sugar in it, because it wasn't sweet at all. Bummer.

Needless to say, the vodka and Popeyes did NOT make my stomach feel better.

I drank lots of water the rest of the night.

We ate, drank, played cards, and then hit the road. Paul bought a bottle of vodka to go since he liked it a lot.

Before heading home, we checked in on Bitty Bot. We were cat sitting this weekend. She was frisky and ready to play soccer with Paul!

Randy and Michael pay me in puzzles for cat sitting!

Do you like preseason football?

What types of outfits can you see me wearing these shoes with?

Locals: Have you been to Mid State Distillery?

Do you like Popeyes?

Ever hear of Raynauds???