Day Five: Pay Day Rants, Tattoos and Cookout!

So, it's payday. I'm not sure if I've ever voiced my opinion about how much I hate direct deposit. I don't like having the money go into one spot. I like having a check in my hand, going to the bank, cashing it..and deciding how much I want to keep there. I live by the envelope system. I have since I was 16 and I really don't see myself ever backing away from it. I think it's hard for people to understand how it works. Danny doesn't. He just knows we are saving money. Anyway, today was payday. I had a fit this morning about how much I hate direct deposit...and then we moved on and I filled up my envelopes.

Me and Michelle went to Walmart to get stuff for the cookout. Like I said, it's payday. She thought it was so funny that everyone was stocking up on things for the next few weeks. I just think it's funny that you can tell when the entire town gets paid. Do most people just do their grocery shopping on payday? Maybe it's with the help of the envelope system that we go every week. I can't imagine getting everything I need/want only twice a month.

Okay moving on from my rant!!

Me and Michelle got tattoos today! We both got "Let It Be." She got it on her foot, I got mine on my wrist. That makes number 7 for me. And way more for Michelle! I just decided that someday I'm going to do a blog entry on all of HER tattoos! As usual the tattoo artist thought it was my first one. I guess I should start getting bigger more obvious ones! AND he thought all The Beatles were still alive...he must live under a rock!

 I'm paranoid that the birds don't look like birds!

I see a starfish, dolphin and wishbone...

We had a cookout tonight! The four of us, Reina and Dave, and Dan and Natosha. We had wayyy too much food. Reina made an awesome dessert, we named it the candy apple dip. It was a-maaa-zing! Miley even had a little play date!

Somehow we ended up at the bowling alley. Very rowdy, some of the boys had way too much to drink. It was a fun time hanging out with everyone! 

Shopping, Swapping and Eating

Does anyone else feel like the weekend flew by? I don't even feel like we did anything, but looking back..I guess it was a good weekend!

Danny usually gets out of work late on Friday nights, so I was a little surprised when he came strolling in the house early. We grilled some steaks and I made a yummy pasta salad. In case you were wondering, we still have a freezer full of Omaha Steaks! After dinner we headed to the store so I could get everything for my swap partner. I had a hard time sticking to the gift limit...the limit that I chose for everyone! Oops! I think Brittney will like everything I sent.

You know what I hate about Jacksonville? There are about five Post Offices, and none of them open on Saturday. Also, there are about a BILLION banks in Jacksonville...and most of them are not open on Saturdays. It doesn't make sense to me. Half of the town works the same hours, doesn't it make sense to be open one of the few days they have off?

Anyway, Saturday morning we had to travel to Richlands. It's not THAT far away..but it's the fact of the matter! The postal worker asked me if the package was fragile. Why do they do that? I said yes, he put a stamp on it...and then tossed it into the bucket. Maybe fragile has a different meaning at a Post Office, but I thought it meant "breakable?!" I'm crossing my fingers that nothing breaks on its travels out to California!

We were going to spend the day in New Bern exploring, but the weather wasn't really on our side. So we ended up watching LOST. This is the third time I've watched the entire season and now that we know how it ends...I catch little things that I've never noticed before. It's like a game. And Kate still bugs me. I wish they killed her off in season one.

I planned a surprise date for Saturday night. When I lived in Chapel Hill we always went to Hams for awesome spinach artichoke dip (they put bacon on top!) and beers. I randomly Googled Hams locations the other day and apparently there used to be one in New Bern. I looked up the new name of the place...SAME MENU! So, even though I told Danny the name of the restaurant we were going to it was still a surprise. He was clueless until we walked in and there was a sign that said "still accepting Hams gift certificates." The artichoke dip was just as good as we remembered! To top the night off we shared some chocolate peanut butter ice cream. A great date night!

Yesterday Danny had some friends over for a little cookout (um, all we do is eat....) My Mom makes awesome sweet and sour kielbasa, I know how she makes it...but I wanted to put my own spin on it. I randomly combined some ingredients...and oh.my.God....it must have been good because those boys ate it up in! We watched the World Cup. Even though I thought the game was a little boring, I think it's pretty sweet that Spain one! And isn't that who Paul the Octopus said would win?!

We finished season two of LOST last night...so looks like we'll be moving on to Season three tonight! At this rate I'm going to need to buy season five this weekend! Cross your fingers that the pawn shop has it cheap!!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! Navy ladies, have you entered my giveaway? Don't miss out! Link is up top!

Such a Great Weekend!

This weekend has been so great so far, and just think...there's still a full day left of it!

Friday night me and Danny went on a fancy-shmancy date. We drove out to New Bern (because lets face it, who really wants to go out to eat in Jacksonville...on a payday) and had dinner at this random place I found online. The website was really nice, so I assumed it was a dress up place. So we put on some nice clothes, heels and all, and went out! And man am I glad we dressed up! Everyone had cute summer dresses on and guys had jackets! I love those kind of places! Anyway, we had a yummy bottle of red wine, blue cheese dip and of course...awesome meals. We will most definitely be driving out to Downtown New Bern again! Oh, and I must be looking pretty old these days...the girl didn't card me! Jeez!

Yesterday I had a little girls day with Breanna. Much needed. We went to a movie, laughed at the old ladies that sat near us..and got some food. Talked about stuff that I'm not yet ready to blog about and just enjoyed the girl time. We didn't get to do the Super Secret Saturday event...no girls were really interested. Too bad, we missed out on the Male Revue! BOO!

Hubby took me out for ice cream last night. Ice cream down here sucks. I want farm stand ice cream. Not something I can get anywhere. Does that even make sense to anyone? I know it does to the girls from Massachusetts. I.Want.Richardsons. What's better than getting ice cream and then looking at the cows that gave you the milk...ew, isn't that gross? I once saw a cow give birth while I was eating ice cream...most disgusting thing ever!

We had a slumber party in the living room last night with the puppy. Popped in a movie, got some pillows and got comfy! It turned out to be a little camping adventure! That's right...I saw a cockroach! EW!

And today is going to be amazing. Going out for my favorite meal ever..brunch! Danny so knows the way to my heart! Then coming back home and doing a field day on our little apartment! I might even get on my hands and knees with a toothbrush to make this place shine!

My Vice

Hi, my name is Nicole. And I am a glutton.

I'm generally too healthy, but every few months I get a craving. For pizza. And you better order a lot cuz I can put away a lot. Saturday night I ate an entire medium thin crust Hawaiian pizza. I justified it by saying "it's think crust and there's fruit on it!"

As if that wasn't bad enough. I love Lays original potato chips. Yep, I also like eating the entire bag. OOPS!

Last night Danny asked me if a good surprise on his way home from work would be a medium order of McDonald's french fries. My answer? Don't do it tomorrow..make sure I'm really surprised!

What's your vice?