Baby it's Cold Outside!

This may be a first. It is a Saturday, and there isn't Idaho football on TV, and somehow I am not skiing with my Dad!! It is so cold here that on the mountain it is six degrees!!! BRRRRR! A little too cold to make skiing fun! I am spending the day waiting for a package to arrive, shopping and maybe if I can squeeze it in...a little baking!

My Mom treated me to a manicure this morning which was such a treat. Granted I don't have nails still...**note to self: stop stressing out and taking it out on my nails! But my hands are super soft and groomed quite nicely!

A favorite pastime has been torturing the poodle by putting Christmas decorations on him. This morning he sported a giant red bow off of a package of cookies. He puts up with it, but always looks at me like "what did I do to deserve this!"

I have a large amount of shopping to knock out in the next few days. I am dreading the crowds, I can feel a headache creeping up on me already!! Wish my luck to find the perfect gifts for my family!!!

Three Clicks of My Heels

So it wasn't as easy as clicking my heels like Dorothy, but I am finally in Boise for Christmas. My planned trip was a flight from Dulles, D.C., to Las Vegas and then into Boise in time to have dinner with my family and enjoy the evening. Instead due to a technical problem in Dulles and a snow storm in Las Vegas (??!!??!?!) I ended up being routed from Las Vegas into Salt Lake City and then finally into Boise. I still had dinner with the parents but crashed shortly after for the night. My bags are still missing. I have managed to put together some outfits from my mom's closet...tomorrow I think I will be relying on high school t-shirts and mini skirts....or not.

It is wonderfully cold here and the snow has been falling on and off since I got here. Bogus opened yesterday so I am sure I will be hitting up the slops over the weekend. For now I am enjoying my wonderful bed, the poodle (who we all know I can't get enough of) and tomorrow I am battling the mall to do ALL of my Christmas shopping. I really should have been more on top of things in D.C.. Tomorrow night my parents are doing a business dinner, and I will be heading to my favorite pizza joint to enjoy my all time favorite "white" pizza from Guido's. yum!

We decorated the tree tonight (and tortured the dog as usual by making him wear Christmas decorations for photo opts). The tree is decently simple this year compared to years past since we will be having another tree when we get to Sun Valley. Red and gold was the color scheme this year and it looks wonderful! My dad did a great job with the lights out front as usual and my mom is working to put the usual festivity in the house.

The poodle has been a snuggle buddy. He sticks to me like Velcro!! I've missed him a lot! Hope everyone else is having safe travels home! Miss you all! Pictures to follow when I can manage to get them uploaded to my camera. (Ps photos of the Holiday party will also be up once I can find the connector cord for my camera)

B&D Holiday Extravaganza

Tonight is my office's Holiday Party at a hotel in DC. From what I have heard it is a pretty crazy night. I am thoroughly excited.

The run down of the outfit:

Yellow BCBG Dress that I wore for the last Black Diamond Event
Side curly bun hair
Black and Gold Eyes
Black Satin Shows

I will post pictures and the details tomorrow!

Bedrock Billiards Trivia Night

Alex arranged for us to meet up with two of his co-workers to play trivia at Bedrock Billiards in Adams Morgan. The trivia night was voted one of the best bests so I was excited to try it out. The bar was pretty neat, a large open floor plan with pool tables, TV and a large bar counter where trivia took place. There were lots of rules for the trivia (I am sure it varies every Sunday for whoever is hosting it). There were definitely the "regulars", who knew we were first timers, but the bar tender was still attentive and helpful. No food available at the bar, but you are allowed to order in which made for a cool ambiance to see people using the bar phone to order various orders of food. Beer was typical. We lost, were humbled and are now assembling our dream team to play trivia! My favorite question of the night: What is the title of Britney Spear's new CD?. Somethings I learned: According to Urban Dictionary a prolonged interaction between two people where nothing but atrraction takes place is called a flirtationship. And a mythical creature that is charming, good looking, funny, charismatic, smart, chivalrious, etc. is called a manicorn. And surprisingly NSync did not produce one of the top 5 christmas albums since 1991 or something like that: M. Carey (which i got), and Celine Dion. Well off to work for the day!

A Thousand Little Boxes...ok More like 21.

For work I helped out arranging the Secret Elf gift exchange for this upcoming week. Jessica and I wanted to do something cute for people to draw names. I (with lack of judgement) offered my crafting skills and said I would make little paper boxes filled with Hershey's Kisses. Total Project Time: 5 hours. Worth the efforts: Most definitely. Here was my finished product!